The second game of the day featured Park Place returning to the Cartier Queen’s Cup with a dominant 17-7 victory over Schockemohle Polo at the Zacara field as they began their quest to reach their fourth consecutive final.
Closely matched in the opening two chukkas, Park Place separated themselves from Schockemohle in an impressive start to the second half, scoring 10 consecutive goals, including seven goals in the fourth chukka to take an insurmountable lead. The highest goal total of the season, Park Place’s offense produced at a quick rate led by Facundo Pieres and Juan Britos, who combined for 15 goals and 7 assists. Patrick Maleitzke helped produce a strong start for Schockemohle, but their inability to maintain possession and slow Park Place’s runs to goal prevented them from staying within reach in the 17-7 defeat.
Coming off a victory over Scone in their final game of the Prince of Wales Trophy, Schockemohle picked up where they left off in the opening seconds as Maleitzke took the opening throw-in straight to goal for a 1-0 lead. Park Place reset to pull even on two goals from Facundo Pieres, one from the penalty line and one from the field but were met stride-for-stride by Schockemohle. Maleitzke and Clement Delfosse added a goal each, but the momentum began to swing in Park Place’s favour as they settled into the game. Foul trouble for Schockemohle in the third chukka resulted in two penalty conversions for Pieres, allowing Park Place to take an 8-5 lead into halftime.
Rarely seen, Park Place produced seven goals in seven minutes during a dominant fourth chukka that put the game out of reach. Shooting a perfect 5 for 5 from the field, all four Park Place found the scoresheet with Pieres’ passing accuracy leading to four assists during the chukka. The duo of Pieres and Britos added one more goal each to complete a run of 10 unanswered goals and produce an astounding 17 goals through five chukkas. Late tallies from Maleitzke and Delfosse provided Schockemohle’s only offense in the second half as Park Place cruised to the 17-7 victory.