Haryana and Odisha storm into quarterfinals

New Delhi, April 23, 2013: Pooja Rani, Jyoti Gupta and Reena Rani scored four goals each as Haryana raced to 23-0 win against Uttarakhand in their concluding Pool A league game and entered the quarterfinals of 3rd Hockey India Junior Women National Championship played at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi on Tuesday.

Haryana went on to dominate from the start of the match. Haryana, who led 12-0 at the half time, scored through Pooja Rani, Nicky, Jyoti Gupta, Deepti, Navdeep, Navneet Kaur, Reena Rani, Navpreet Kaur, Jyoti Dahiya, Malkeet Kaur and Own Goal.

Uttarakhand committed so many errors and missed some scoring chances in the first half of the game.

Odisha also booked their berth in the quarterfinals defeating Sports Authority of India 2-0. Nilprojita Majhi scored the two goals for Odisha in the 12 and 25 minute.

In Pool C, Rajasthan beat Mumbai Hockey Association Limited.

In another game of the day, Delhi defeated Rajasthan 2-0 in Pool H. Pooja and Monika scored a goal each for Delhi.

The Results

Pool A- Haryana 23 (Pooja Rani 1, 2, 7, 19, Nicky 9, Jyoti Gupta 11, 52, 53, 69, Deepti 13, 26, Navdeep 17, Navneet Kaur 20, 70, Reena Rani 22, 41, 44, 61, Navpreet Kaur 27, 50, Jyoti Dahiya 42, Malkeet Kaur 59, Own Goal 68) beat Uttarakhand 0

Pool C- Rajasthan 1 (Manisha Dhaval 10) beat Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd 0.

Pool H- Delhi 2 (Pooja 13, Monika 45) beat Bengal Hockey Association 0.

Pool E- Odisha (Nilprojita Majhi 12, 25) beat Sports Authority of India 0.