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It's Mansour vs. Grants Farm in first final at Santa Barbara

Lucchese America Cup decider this Sunday

By David Lomiska, polographics.com

The third and last of the qualifying rounds corresponding to the 2012 USPA Lucchese America Cup went ahead on Friday July 27th at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club.

In the day's first match, Grants Farm, with Pablo Pieres and Jeff Hall in the team's line-up, and already a finalist, rounded off a perfect qualifying round performance with a 15-11 win against Farmers & Merchants Bank. In the other match of the day, in which victory meant a berth in the final, Mansour (with Hilario Ulloa in the team) claimed that spot with a 12-11 win against Lucchese.

Grants Farm and Mansour will play the final as from 1 p.m. this Sunday. Grants Farm defeated Mansour in the qualifying stage, 12-9.

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

Friday, July 27th

Farmers & Merchants Bank 11 vs. Grants Farm 15

Mansour 12 vs. Lucchese 11

Schedule:

Sunday, July 29th

Final

Grants Farm vs. Mansour

The Teams:

Farmers and 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