UP girls lose 0-4 to Jharkhand in junior national hockey

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh girls on Sunday lost to Hockey Jharkhand 0-4 in their second league match of the 8th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2018 (A Division) in Bhopal.

In a Pool C encounter, Uttar Pradesh never found the going easy and kept struggling for the ball.

On the contrary, Jharkhand girls were almost toying with the rivals. Deepika Soreng (20’), Beauty Dungdung (31’), Pinki Ekka (54’) and Sushma Kumari (61’) shared four goals between them.

Earlier, in a Pool A encounter, Hockey Chandigarh defeated The Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. 6-0 as skipper Amritpal Kaur (29’, 56’), Kiran (4’), Akshita Yadav (12’), Sonu (27’) and Harmanpreet Kaur (33’) scored the goals for Hockey Chandigarh.

In the other Pool A encounter, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy played out a 3-3 draw with Hockey Gangpur-Odisha. Goals for Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy were scored by Savita (6’, 28’) and Yogita Verma (66’) while Janhabi Pradhan (17’, 23’) and skipper Jiwan Kishori Toppo (60’) scored the goals for Hockey Gangpur-Odisha.

In Pool B, Hockey Odisha beat Hockey Haryana 2-1 as Nimabati Singh (16’) and Abinasi Mukti Surin (69’) scored the goals for the victors while Usha (6’) scored Hockey Haryana’s only goal.

In the other Pool B match, Hockey Karnataka registered a 4-0 victory over Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu where the goals were scored by PA Pavithra (21’), skipper SR Abhinashree (39’), Vidya Kakera (44’) and Dhruthi Vernekar (53’).

In the other Pool C match, Hockey Coorg defeated Hockey Bhopal 4-0. Goals for Hockey Coorg were scored by AH Hema (24’, 60’), M Parvathi (3’) and MJ Yashika (9’).

In Pool D, Sports Authority of India defeated Hockey Punjab 5-2 as skipper Monika Sihag (14’, 43’, 58’), Rekha (6’) and Anisha Dung Dung (27’) scored the goals for the winning team while Kirandeep Kaur (8’) and Harpreet Kaur (61’) scored for Hockey Punjab.

In the other Pool D match, Hockey Maharashtra defeated Hockey Uttarakhand 6-3. Goals for Hockey Maharashtra were scored by Akshata Dhekale (14’, 63’), Vaishnavi Phalke (23’, 32’), Shradha Tiwari (42’) and Pooja Shendge (64’).

Manisha Chauhan (7’, 69’) and Shruti Mamgain (8’) scored for Hockey Uttarakhand, who made late efforts.

IN A POOL C ENCOUNTER, UTTAR PRADESH NEVER FOUND THE GOING EASY AND KEPT STRUGGLING FOR THE BALL. ON THE CONTRARY, JHARKHAND GIRLS WERE ALMOST TOYING WITH THE RIVALS. DEEPIKA SORENG (20’), BEAUTY DUNGDUNG (31’), PINKI EKKA (54’) AND SUSHMA KUMARI (61’) SHARED FOUR GOALS BETWEEN THEM