Railways, Haryana enter semifinals of 3rd Hockey India Senior Women National Championship

New Delhi, April 28, 2013: Defending champions Railways booked their berth in the semifinals of the 3rd Hockey India Senior Women National Championship at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in the Guru Govind Singh Sports College in Lucknow on Sunday.

Scoring thrice in each half, defending champions Railways defeated Uttar Pradesh 6-1 to become the first team to enter semifinals.

Jasjeet Kaur scored the opening goal for Railways in the 7thminute. Hosts Uttar Pradesh tried to reduce the margin in the 9thminute with the field goal scored by Pratibha Chaudhary. Three minutes later Amandeep Kaur scored another goal to give Railways 2-1 lead.

After getting 2-1 lead over the hosts, Railways started their attacking game and denied any scoring chance to their opponents. Roselin Dung Dung scored field goal for Railways in the 23rd minute. Other goal scorers for Railways were Laurenua Kerketta (44 min) and Binita Xess (51 min) and Jasjeet Kaur (59 min).

Haryana also joined the defending champion Railways who earlier defeated Uttar Pradesh to book their berth for the semi-finals.  

Haryana defeated Sports Authority of India 4-1 in the second quarter-final played here.

Goal scorers for Haryana were Jyoti Sharma (8 minute), Narinder (10 minute), Monika Dahiya (17 minute), Bharti (61 minute) while Binita Kindu (50 minute) scored the only goal for Sports Authority of India.

The Results

Quarter-final 1- Railways 6 (Jasjeet Kaur 7, 59, Amandeep Kaur 12, Roselin Dung Dung 23, Laurenua Kerketta 44 and Binita Xess 51) beat Uttar Pradesh 1 (Pratibha Chaudhary  9).

Quarter-final 2- Haryana 4 (Jyoti Sharma 8, Narinder 10, Monika Dahiya 17, Bharti 61) beat Sports Authority of India(Binita Kindu 50).

HI Press release