POLO REPORT DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF POLO FLORIDA
THE VILLAGES INSURANCE WINS WOMEN’S SPRING TOURNAMENT
The Villages Insurance’s Hope Arellano prevents Galaxy Home Solution’s Dawn Jones from advancing the ball in the Women’s Spring Tournament at The Villages Polo Club.
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HE VILLAGES INSURANCE won The Villages Polo club’s (The Villages, Florida) 16-goal Women’s Spring Tournament on March 26. Three teams competed in a round robin over two days with scores carrying over from the first day. The winning team was led by 7goal Hope Arellano, ably assisted by sisters Reagan and Robyn Leitner and Sophie Grant. They took on Fross & Fross (Ava Hinkson, Liv Berube, Courtney Asdourian, Paige Boone)
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and Galaxy Home Solutions (Danielle Lussi, Dawn Jones, Olivia Merlos, Alyson Poor). In the first round, after receiving a half-goal handicap, The Villages Insurance downed Galaxy Home Solutions (Danielle Lussi, Dawn Jones, Olivia Merlos, Alyson Poor), 5½-4. Fross & Fross, after receiving a half-goal handicap, defeated Galaxy Home Solutions, 6½-5. That left the final round as a virtual final between The Villages Insurance and
Fross & Fross. The Villages was up 2-1 to start the match after carrying over its first day’s score. Arellano struck first just two minutes into the match. She found the mark early in the second before Boone put Fross & Fross on the board with a penalty conversion to end the half with The Villages ahead, 2-1. Arellano doubled up The Villages’ score with a pair of penalty conversions in the second half of the third period while the team kept
