Teams for Ylvisaker Cup Semifinals Determined Sunday
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Polo Line for IPC
Wellington, FL - February 21, 2018 - Sunday was quarterfinal day at International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC), and eight teams fought for a place in the next stage of the Ylvisaker Cup, the last 20-goal tournament of the IPC season. During the 3:00pm feature match GSA defeated Pilot 10-9 on the Engel & Volkers main field, in what was a vibrant and evenly paired match.
Pilot secured a 6-3 advantage at the beginning of the fifth chukker, but MVP Mariano González came through for GSA to put his team within one goal of their opponents (6-7). The game came to a head in the sixth chukker, when GSA took control of the match to go up by one goal. With two minutes left, GSA widened their advantage (10-8). They managed to survive Gonzalo Pieres’s 30-yard penalty conversion, and hold Pilot off until the bell. The match ended 10-9 in favor of GSA. Six goals were scored in total in the sixth, making it the most thrilling chukker of the match.
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