Three teams 2-0 after second day of
Maserati Beach Polo Competition

By Alex Webbe

In the second day of competition in the Maserati Miami Beach Polo World
Cup in Miami Beach, the favorites continued to reign. Victories by Maserati, Yellow Cab
and The Raleigh had the officials turning to net and then gross goals to determine the
finalists

Maserati opened the day with an 11-6 win over a vastly improving Gascon team that
trailed by only a couple of goals for most of the game.

Gascon’s Lindor Novillo Corvalan scored the first goal of the game on a penalty
conversion. Maserati responded with a penalty goal from Facundo Obregon and a goal
from the field from Guille Usandizaga. The first chukker ended with Maserati holding a
2-1 advantage over Gascon.

Obregon scored on a penalty goal in the second chukker followed by a penalty goal
from Corvalan and a two-pointer from George Olivas for a 4-4 tie. Two more goals from
Usandizaga ended the first half with Maserati holding on to a 6-4 advantage.

Corvalan converted a two-pointer to open the second half in a 6-6 tie, but Maserati
raced back into the game. Two goals from Usandizaga closed out the third period with
Maserati ahead again by two goals, 8-6.

Maserati and Usandizaga took control of the game in the fourth. Three consecutive
goals from Usandizaga went unanswered as Maserati cruised to a comfortable 11-6
win.

Usandizaga’s nine goals led all scorers. Obregon added two penalty goals for the
Maserati victory.

Corvalan accounted for four points for Gascon, including a two-pointer. Olivas added a
two-pointer for Gascon as well.

YELLOW CAB 8, LUFTHANSA PRIVATE JET 5

Yellow Cab drove onto the beach in high gear as they ran up a 4-0 lead over a confused
Lufthansa Private Jet trio that could do little to stop the attack. Juan Monteverde scored
two goals from the field while Kampsen scored once from the field and once on a
penalty shot. Lufthansa Private Jet was grounded and trailed by four goals after the first
period of play.

Jamie Morrison scored from the field and Tommy Kato converted a penalty shot in the
second. The Lufthansa defense held Yellow Cab to a single Monteverde goal in the
chukker. Yellow Cab held a three goal, 5-2 lead at the end of the first half.

Defense was the byword in the second half. Simon Garber managed a goal from the
field for Yellow Cab, but Luis Escobar cancelled it out with a goal of his own. After three
periods Yellow Cab held on to a 6-3 lead.

The two teams exchanged goals in the final chukker with Escobar scoring on a two-
pointer for Lufthansa Private Jet while Yellow Cab garnered a penalty goal from Garber
and a goal from the field from Kampsen. It might not have been pretty, but Yellow Cab
drove off of the field with an 8-5 victory.

Kampsen and Monteverde scored three goals apiece for Yellow Cab. Garber added
two for the win.

Escobar was high point man for Lufthansa Private Jet. Morrison and Kato added single
goals in the loss.

THE RALEIGH 14, HEYS USA/SLS JETS 10

The Raleigh took the lead in the opening chukker and controlled the ball throughout for
the 14-10 victory over Heys USA/SLS JETS.

Heys USA got a pair of goals from the field from Nic Roldan in the opening period
but The Raleigh established their superiority early with a pair of goals from Gringo
Colombres. John Gobin added a goal from the field and a two-point goal from over fifty
yards away for the 5-2 advantage.

Heys USA got back into it in the second chukker, picking up a penalty goal from Shaun
Garber. Roldan picked up three more points, scoring once from the field on a single
point goal and adding two more points as he tapped the ball into the air at midfield and
batting it through the goal posts. Colombres added three goals for The Raleigh (two on
penalty shots). At the halfway point, The Raleigh led by two goals, 8-6.

Garber converted another penalty shot for a goal in the third and Phillips added two
from the field. The Raleigh got two more goals from Colombres and a goal from Bash
Kazi. Gobin added another two-pointer as The Raleigh galloped off to a 13-9 lead.

Colombres scored a final goal for The Raleigh in the fourth chukker and Heys was
limited to a penalty goal from Shaun Garber. The Raleigh would take the game, 14-10,
and find their way into the finals with Yellow Cab by a one goal margin.

With Maserati, Yellow Cab and The Raleigh all tied with identical 2-0 records the
officials turned to gross goals scored. All were tied at 23. Turning to net goals, The
Raleigh and Yellow Cab had +7 and Maserati had + 6, and the finals were set. Yellow
Cab would battle the 2011 defending championship Raleigh team for the 2012 Maserati
Miami Beach World Cup.

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