Lazy P ekes out win in IPC President’s
Cup qualifier

By Alex Webbe

Lazy P snuck past Goose Creek by the narrow margin of 8-7½ to capture the 2012
International Polo Club qualifier for the USPA 8-goal President’s Cup.

A realigned Goose Creek team received one half goal by handicap and quickly ran
off with a 2½ -1 lead. Wesley Finlayson scored the sole Lazy P goal in the opening
chukker.

Two more Goose Creek goals were countered by a single goal from Gringo Colombres
as Goose Creek extended its lead to 4½ -2.

The two teams exchanged penalty goals in the third as Colombres converted a shot
from 60-yardsBrandon Phillips scored on a penalty shot for Goose Creek for a 5½-3
halftime edge.

Two more second half goals from Lazy P in the fourth were answered by a pair of goals
from Phillips. Lazy P continued to trail, 7½ -5.

Lazy P got back into the game in the fifth. Finlayson and Colombres scored single
goals. Phillips scored twice for Goose Creek, but Lazy P had cut the lead to one-half
goal, 7½ -7.

Santiago Galland scored the only goal of the sixth chukker, giving the game to Lazy P,
8-7½.