Final Scores; Park Place 15 - 11 Marques De Riscal | Venue: Cowdray Lawns 2
Kicking off Sunday’s Quarter Finals action at Lawns, the first of two Park Place teams competing on the day opened the scoring on a 30-yard penalty conversion from 10-goaler Facundo Pieres. Looking to extend their unbeaten run in the tournament, Marques de Riscal provided a swift response with back-to-back goals from Guillermo Caset, adding to their one-goal on handicap for the early 3-1 lead.
Taking over play in the field in the second, the two-man game of Francisco Elizalde and Pieres resulted in two goals each as part of a dominant 4-1 second chukka that erased the two-goal deficit and put Park Place on top by one. Matching each other stride-for-stride in the final chukka of the first half, an exchange of goals from Park Place’s Pieres and Marques de Riscal’s Caset and Laborde allowed Park Place to maintain their narrow advantage to take a 7-6 lead into halftime.
In arguably the most decisive chukka of the match, Park Place exited halftime exploding for five goals due to the play of young Louis Hine. After putting three field goals on perfect shooting, Hine and Pieres suddenly put Park Place ahead 12-7, with Marques de Riscal in danger of exiting the tournament with their first loss.
Swapping penalty conversions in the fifth chukka between Caset for Marques de Riscal and Pieres for Park Place, the defensive seven minutes played into the hands of Park Place as they effectively kept Marques de Riscal from generating a run and maintained their five-goal advantage with one chukka remaining. Needing to make a final push to force the match into overtime, three consecutive goals from Caset, including his fourth penalty goal, brought Marques de Riscal within striking distance. Still, two final drives from Elizalde in the field and Pieres at the 30-yard line sealed Park Place’s 15-11 victory.
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