SONEPAT, October 9, 2012: Haryana muscled past
Odisha 6-1 here on Tuesday to set up a mouth watering semi-final clash with
runners-up Jharkhand in the 2ndHockey India Junior Women National Championship
at Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai.
In the semi-finals to be played on Thursday October 11,
defending champion Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy take on Chandigarh at 2 PM
while last year runners-up Jharkhand will clash with the hosts Haryana at 4PM.
Navneet Kaur scored thrice as Haryana raced to a 6-1 goals
win against Odisha in the fourth quarterfinal match.
Haryana opened their account through a field goal scored by
Navneet Kaur in the 15th minute. Odisha tried to reduce the margin in the
20th minute with the penalty corner successfully converted by Ambika
Toppo.
Haryana who led 3-1 in the first half scored two another
goals through Jyoti Gupta in 23rd and Navjot Kaur in
31st minute via penalty corner.
For Haryana Jyoti Gupta (38), Navneet Kaur (41) and (64) to
put 6-1 on board.
In the 3rd Quarterfinal match played earlier in the
day, Chandigarh
scored a hard-fought 5-3 win against Uttar Pradesh to enter the semi-finals.
Uttar Pradesh tried to reduce the margin in the
22nd minute with the field goal scored by Pratibha Chaudhary. Both the
teams tried to restrict each other in the second half but Chandigarh successfully availed penalty
corner opportunity in the 55th minute through Pooja Rani putting 5-2 on
board. Three minutes later Pratibha Chaudhary scored another goal for Uttar
Pradesh through penalty corner.
Results
Quarter-final 3: Chandigarh
5 (Pooja Rani 6, 55; Navdeep 8, 10; Karishma Singh 14) beat Uttar Pradesh 3
(Own Goal 3; Pratibha Chaudhary 22, 58)
Quarter-final 4: Haryana 6 (Navneet Kaur 15, 41, 64; Jyoti
Gupta 23, 38; Navjot Kaur 31) beat Odisha 1 (Ambika Toppo 20).
Press release
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