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Grants Farm earns berth in USPA Lucchese America Cup final

Second win for team at Santa Barbara

Sebastian Merlos hooks Lucas Criado as Andres Weisz slips through, by David Lomiska, polographics.com

The second qualifying round of the USPA Lucchese America Cup went ahead on Sunday, July 22nd at America's Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club.

In the first match of the day, Lucchese defeated Farmers & Merchants Bank 12-11, and Lucchese now has a 1-1 record in the event. With this result, Farmers & Merchants Bank is out of the running.

In the other clash, Grants Farm defeated Mansour 12-9 and this, added to Grant Farm's success in its previous outing, means that it has reached the final, although it still has a qualifying match to play against Farmers & Merchants Bank.

The Mansour team's record now is 1-1, and on Friday 27th, the team will be facing Lucchese. The winner of this match will earn the remaining berth in the final, against Grants Farm.

Results:

Friday, July 20th

Mansour 8 vs. Farmers & Merchants Bank 7

Grants Farm 13 vs. Lucchese 12

Sunday, July 22nd

Mansour 9 vs. Grants Farm 12

Farmers & Merchants Bank 11 vs. Lucchese 12

Schedule:

Friday, July 27th

Farmers & Merchants Bank vs. Grants Farm

Mansour vs. Lucchese

Sunday, July 29th

Final

The Teams:

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Danny Walker 2

Henry Walker 2

Lucas Criado 9

Luis Escobar 7

Total: 20

Grants Farm

Andy Busch 3

Jeff Hall 7

Pablo Pieres 8

Jared Sheldon 2

Total: 20

Lucchese

John Muse 0

Andres Weisz 5

Santiago Torres 5

Adolfo Cambiaso 10

Total: 20

Mansour

Ben Soleimani 0

Adam Snow 6

Hilario Ulloa 9

Santiago von Wernich 5

Total: 20