The Argentine Triple Crown resumed on Thursday at Tortugas Country Club with the remaining two quarterfinals of the 78° Tortugas Country Club Open Championship. After their respective wins, Las Monjitas and Ellerstina have qualified for the semifinals of the competition, where they will go head to head on Sunday.
LAS MONJITAS 18-4 LA ALBERTINA ABU DHABI
Las Monjitas: Facundo Sola 9 (7 goals, 1 penalty), Hilario Ulloa 10 (3), Sapo Caset 10 (8, 4 penalties and 1 corner), Julián de Lusarreta 7. Total: 36.
La Albertina Abu Dhabi: Nic Roldán 7 (1 goal), Fran Elizalde 8, Cubi Toccalino 8 (1), Alfredo Cappella Barabucci 8 (2 penalties). Total: 31.
Score Las Monjitas: 2-2, 5-2, 6-2, 8-3, 11-3, 16-4, 18-4.
Umpires: Federico Martelli and Esteban Ferrari.
Referee: Daniel Boudou.
ELLERSTINA 18-7 CRIA YATAY
Ellerstina: Polito Pieres 10 (5 goals, 1 penalty), Gonzalo Pieres 10 (9, 3 penalties), Nico Pieres 10 (3), Facundo Pieres 10 (1). Total: 40.
Cría Yatay: Lerín Zubiaurre 8 (2 goals), Magoo Laprida 8 (1), Tomás García del Río 7 (1), Iñaki Laprida 8 (3, 2 penalties). Total: 31.
Score Ellerstina: 4-2, 8-3, 10-3, 12-5, 14-7, 16-7, 18-7.
Umpires: Guillermo Villanueva and José I. Araya.
Referee: Juan José Araya.
Tortugas Open Championship semifinals to be played as follows:
Saturday
12:30pm, Semifinal Handicap: Alegría/La Irenita vs. La Aguada
3:30pm, Semifinal Open: La Dolfina vs La Dolfina Polo Ranch
Sunday
12:30pm, Semifinal Handicap: Cría Yatay vs. La Albertina Abu Dhabi
3:30pm, Semifinal Open: Ellerstina vs Las Monjitas
TORTUGAS OPEN: Fixture & Teams
PICTURE GALLERIES:
LAS MONJITAS VS LA ALBERTINA ABU DHABI (by Matias Callejo)
LAS MONJITAS VS LA ALBERTINA ABU DHABI (by Santiago Young)
ELLERSTINA VS CRIA YATAY (by Matias Callejo)
QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT
The competition, which grants two teams a place in the Hurlingham and Argentine Opens, continues on Friday:
PILAR
11am: Alegría Fish Creek vs. Puesto Viejo
1:30pm: La Cañada Angiocor DRF vs. Pilará EN
PALERMO
3pm: La Esquina L. M. vs. Chapaleufú.