USPA National Twenty-Goal results 2012-FALL-Grand Champions-23

Audi defeats Grand Champions in
USPA National Twenty-Goal

By Alex Webbe

Audi (Marc Ganzi, Carlitos Gracida, Nic Roldan and Carlos Gracida) took the first step
in its effort to sweep this fall’s 20-goal tournaments by downing Grand Champions (Wes
Finlayson, Jason Crowder, Tommy Biddle and Joey Casey) 11-8 in the first round of
play in the 2012 USPA National Twenty-Goal tournament.

Audi captured the USPA North America cup with a 6-5 win over Piaget on Sunday, and
flexed its offensive muscles in Monday’s game with Grand Champions.

Carlitos Gracida opened the scoring with consecutive goals in the first chukker for a 2-0
lead. Tommy Biddle converted a penalty shot to end the period, trailing Audi by a single
goal, 2-1.

Jason Crowder tied it up in the second, and Biddle added two more penalty goals.
Marc Ganzi converted a penalty shot for a goal for Audi, but after two chukkers Grand
champions held a 4-3 edge.

Biddle added another penalty goal in the third, but Nic Roldan’s mallet was red hot. The
talented 8-goaler scored four goals from the field, giving Audi a 7-5 halftime advantage.

Roldan and Carlitos Gracida added single goals in the fourth while the Audi defense
kept Grand Champions off of the scoreboard. The Audi lead had stretched to four goals
at the end of the fourth chukker, 9-5.

Carlitos Gracida dazzled the spectators with some fancy stickwork in the fifth, scoring
his fourth goal of the game. Crowder answered with a goal for Grand Champions, but
Audi held the four goal lead, 10-6.

Another penalty goal for Biddle and a goal from the field from Wes Finlayson had Grand
Champions trailing by two goals, 10-8. A missed penalty shot by Grand Champions and
a change in the direction of play allowed Roldan to score for the sixth time to give the
win to Audi in an 11-8 game.

Roldan led all scoring with six goals. Carlitos Gracida added four goals and Marc Ganzi
scored once for the win.

Biddle converted five penalty shots for goals for Grand Champions. Crowder registered
two goals and Finlayson scored once in the loss.

USPA National Twenty-Goal play is scheduled to continue on Wednesday with an
11AM game between Piaget (0-0) and Daniel Henry (0-1); followed by a 3PM contest
featuring La Karina (0-0) and Grand Champions (0-1).