Castelldefels Make It Nine From Nine as Biel Roca Hits Four in Spain’s Second Tier
Nine games, nine wins. Castelldefels HC are running away with Group 1 of Spain’s División de Honor B, and they did it again at the weekend with a 2-0 win over RH Privé Benalmádena.
Micaela Conna scored both goals, the second in the last minute, to keep the perfect record intact. That’s the kind of detail that matters. Castelldefels aren’t just winning, they’re finding goals late when games get tight. Nine from nine in a league this competitive is a serious statement.
Elsewhere in the women’s Group 1, Pozuelo beat CH Xaloc 4-0, Málaga Rincón de la Victoria beat FC Barcelona 3-0 with Cayetana Aluz opening the scoring and Ángela Arjona adding a brace, and Sanse Complutense edged RC Jolaseta 1-0 through Celina Posse’s first-quarter goal.
Roca’s four-goal show
The men’s competition had the weekend’s best individual performance, and it came in Group 2. Biel Roca scored all four goals as AD Rimas beat CD Giner de los Ríos 4-3, including a last-minute winner. Four goals in one game is rare enough. Scoring your team’s entire tally, and deciding it at the death, is the stuff players remember for years.
There was another hat-trick in Group 2. Pau Galy hit three as Linia 22 Stern Motor beat Egara 1935 4-3, and Pozuelo beat Castelldefels HC 5-1 with a Guillermo Nevado brace. HC Sant Cugat edged CH Madrid-Las Rozas 2-1.
In the men’s Group 1, Peio Garate grabbed a hat-trick of his own as RC Jolaseta beat UA-San Vicente 5-2. Syed Zain Ejaz scored both goals for the Alicante side. Real Sociedad 1927 beat Pedralbes HC 4-2 behind a Beltrán Dopacio brace, Vallès Esportiu beat CH San Fernando 2-1, and Iluro HC beat SPV 2-1.
The women’s Group 2
RGC Covadonga beat CD Giner de los Ríos 3-1 with a Paula Cué brace, CH Madrid-Las Rozas beat Vallès Esportiu 3-1, Club Egara drew 2-2 with Hocquet after a Valeria Perales brace for the visitors, and HC Sant Cugat drew 1-1 with Real Club de Campo.
The second tier doesn’t get the attention the Liga IATI does, but weekends like this one are why it’s worth watching. A nine-from-nine run, a four-goal game, and three hat-tricks across the two groups. Not bad for a Jornada 9.
