2017 U.S. Open Women's Polo Championship™

Congratulations to San Saba on winning the 2017 US Open Women's Championship Tournament™!
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MVP was awarded to Lia Salvo. 

Best Playing Pony for a professional was awarded to Picasita, owned by Dawn Jones, played by Lia Salvo.  

Best Playing Pony for an amateur was awarded to Chispita, owned and played by Dawn Jones.

AQHA Best Playing Pony was awarded to Reata, owned and played by Kristy Outhier.

​Final Score: San Saba (6) def Lockton/Rocking P (5)   OT

Welcome to the 2017 U.S. Open Women's Polo Championship™! We have 3 teams playing in this year's tournament, everyone will play everyone, then top 2 records overall go to the final.

 - Tuesday – Game 1: A vs B
 - Thursday – Game 2: WG1 vs C
 - Friday – Game 3: LG1 vs C
 - In the case of tied records after Friday’s games, all teams will go to a shootout on Saturday morning. 
 - Sunday Nov 12: Finals held at HPC Farish Field at 2pm 

Reminders:
Teams are required to bring 1 umpire horse to their games.
All USPA Player Memberships need to be paid up for 2017.

Bracket 1
A. Lockton / Rocking P (2,0)
B. San Saba (1,1)
C. Team USPA (0,2)
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SCHEDULE
Tuesday November 7
Rules Meeting
12:30pm @ ERG - #2 Field Side

Game 1
Lockton/Rocking P (8) def San Saba (5)
1:30pm @ ERG - #2
Umps:  C. Kraml / R. Hayes
3rd Man: T. Biddle
Timer: T. Smith

Thursday November 9
Game 2
Lockton/Rocking P (9) def Team USPA (3)
3:00pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps:  C. Kraml / R. Hayes
3rd Man: T. Biddle
Timer: T. Smith

Friday November 10
Game 3
San Saba (6) def Team USPA (3)
10:30am @ ERG - #1
Umps:  C. Kraml / R. Hayes
3rd Man: T. Biddle
Timer: T. Smith

Sunday November 12
Finals
Record 1 vs Record 2
San Saba (6) def Lockton/Rocking P (5)   OT
2:30pm @ HPC - Farish
Umps: C. Kraml / R. Hayes
3rd Man: S. Rice
Timer: T. Smith

Open Tournament Trophy Presentation
4:00pm @ HPC - Farish
ALL TEAMS!

TEAMS
Lockton / Rocking P
Courtney Price/Athena Malin 3/4
Lottie Lamacraft  5T
Hazel Jackson  8
Kristy Outhier  8
Goals -- 24/25

San Saba
Hope Arellano  3
Dawn Jones  6
Sarah Wiseman  8
Lia Salvo  8
Goals -- 25

Team USPA
Julia Smith  5
Tiamo Hudspeth  5
Marissa Wells  5
Courtney Asdourian  6
Goals -- 21

USPA Shootout Rules:
3 players from each team will shoot 1 round of Penalty 3s and 4s.  If teams are still tied after the 1st round, it will go to sudden death shooting penalty 4s.  
Players need to wear boots, whites, jerseys, and helmets. Horses are to be tacked as if playing in a game.
If you have any questions, please look in the USPA rule book: USPA Tournament Conditions pg 166
 
Live streaming:
The USPA Polo Network will be live streaming ALL Open games.  There will not be challenges for teams, however the umpires may request a review for the following incidents only:

1. To determine whether a goal was scored
2. To determine whether a safety occurred
3. If a mount goes down / collision behind the play
4. To determine whether unsportsmanlike behavior occurred  
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Note: The Host Tournament Committee will schedule and assign fields for all tournament games. The HTC will do their best to uphold the draw but reserves the right to modify the draw and schedule in the case of inclement weather or where deemed in the best interest of the tournament by the HTC. Teams may be required to travel to alternate fields in the case of inclement weather