Liga Femenina Round 1 of Semi-Finals. Wins for Malvin and Aguada

Malvin - Yale 82-36

Malvin held Yale to an opponent 16.1 percent shooting from the field compared to 44.8 percent accuracy of the winners. Malvin forced 20 Yale turnovers and outrebounded them 46-30 including a 32-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 28 assists comparing to just 6 passes made by Yale's players. Argentinian Maria Jourdheuil (180-1994) stepped up and scored 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals for the winners and Argentinian forward Carla Miculka (174-1993) chipped in 16 points and 11 rebounds. Four Malvin players scored in double figures. At the losing side Argentinian point guard Julieta Sienra (161-2003) responded with 10 points and 9 rebounds and Julieta Correa (171-2005) scored 6 points. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games.
Top scorers:
Malvin: M.Jourdheuil 20+8reb+4ast, C.Miculka 16+11reb+3ast, F.Carolina 12+4reb+8ast, A.Sosa 12+3reb+1ast, F.Paula 9+5reb+1ast, E.Larre 4+3reb+1ast
Yale: S.Julieta 10+9reb+2ast, C.Julieta 6+2reb+2ast, B.Aldana 5+3reb+1ast, M.Cinthia 4+5reb, C.Luciana 3+4reb+1ast, F.Milagros 3

Aguada - D.Sporting 79-58

Aguada made 21-of-26 charity shots (80.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 20 D.Sporting turnovers and outrebounded them 44-27 including a 33-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. Point guard Josefina Zeballos (173-2003) nailed 21 points and 5 rebounds for the winning side and Argentinian Jacqueline Soto accounted for 14 points and 10 rebounds. Four Aguada players scored in double figures. Guard Natasha Dolinsky (173-1997, college: Lincoln, MO) came up with 13 points and forward Pierina Rossi (171-2004) added 10 points and 5 rebounds respectively for D.Sporting in the defeat. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
Aguada: Z.Josefina 21+5reb+3ast, C.Kirschenbaum 20+3reb+1ast, S.Jacqueline 14+10reb+2ast, D.Tovagliari 11+2reb+1ast, R.Josefina 4+7reb+1ast, L.Schiavo 3+1reb+3ast
D.Sporting: N.Dolinsky 13+4reb+2ast, R.Pierina 10+5reb+1ast, O.Julieta 9+1ast, G.Joaquina 9+2reb, H.Julieta 4+1reb+1ast, A.Garcia 3+4reb+1ast