Nine goals from Brandon Phillips rally Goose
Creek to a 13-9 win

By Alex Webbe

Goose Creek scored an unlikely come-from –behind win over Tonchala/ART Friday afternoon in the
International Polo Club USPA 8-goal President’s Cup Qualifier. The victory will place Goose Creek in
Sunday’s 10 am finals against Lazy P (a 17-5 winner over Duck Hill).

Tonchala/ART took an early 2-0 lead with Sergio Silvestre converting a penalty shot and Gilberto
Junqueira adding a goal from the field. A disciplined defense kept Goose Creek off of the scoreboard
and Tonchala/ART left the field with a 2-0 advantage.

Two more Tonchala/ART goals came from Eduardo Barco in the second, but Goose Creek’s Brandon
Phillips kept them from being shut out for the second straight chukker by scoring from the field.
Tonchala/ART continued to be in control of a 4-1 game.

Phillips opened the third chukker with a goal from the field before converting a 60-yard penalty shot to
cut the Tonchala/ART lead down to a single goal, 4-3. Junqueira closed out the chukker with a penalty
goal of his own for a 5-3 halftime lead.

The two teams exchanged goals in the fourth, with Phillips adding two more for Goose Creek while
Silvestre scored once from the field and once on a penalty shot. Tonchala/ART stayed in front, 7-5.

A refreshed Goose Creek team took the field in the fifth and shut out the Tonchala/ART offense while
piling up four goals of their own. Hayden Walsh tallied his first goal of the game followed by a goal from
the field from Matt Coppola that tied it up at 7-7. Phillips added a pair as well, scoring once from the
field and once on a penalty shot, and Goose Creek would be taking a 9-7 lead into the final period of
play.

Phillips made good on a 40-yard penalty shot to open the sixth and added a goal from the field as Goose
Creek moved ahead, 11-7. Silvestre converted a penalty shot, but Coppola and Walsh responded with
single goals to give Goose Creek a five goals lead, 13-8, with time running out. A final penalty goal from
Silvestre ended the game with Goose Creek celebrating the 13-9 win.

Phillips led all scoring with nine goals. Coppola and Walsh added two goals apiece for the victory.

Silvestre set the pace for Tonchala/ART with five goals. Junqueira and Barco added two goals each in a
losing effort.