New Delhi, 27 April 2013: MPHA and Punjab complete the quarter-finals line-up of the 3rd Hockey India Junior Women National Championship played at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi on Saturday.
Six goals scored by Shikha Sharma helped Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy to register easy win over The Hockey Maharashtra 16-1 in their concluding Pool D match.
Goal scorers for MPHA were Shikha Sharma (8, 11, 15, 19, 43, 68 min), R Ramngaihzuali (14 min), Diksha Tiwari (17, 30 min), Shyama Tigdam (20 min), Priyanka Wankhede (22, 48, 59 min), Nusrat Khatoon (28, 29, 70 min) while Pooja Bhoyar (5 min) scored the only goal for The Hockey Maharashtra.
In Pool F, Punjab edged out Bihar 11-0 in the concluding league match and qualified for the quarter-finals.
Sandeep Kaur scored maximum number of four goals for Punjab.
Haryana, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have already qualified for the quarter-finals.
Fixture for Quarter-finals on Monday ( 29 April 2013)
Q-1 Haryana vs Odisha (6:30am)
Q-2 Tamil Nadu vs Punjab (8:30 am)
Q- 3 Jharkhand vs Uttar Pradesh (4:00 pm)
Q-4 MPHA vs Delhi (6:00 pm)
The Results
Pool D – MPHA 16 (Shikha Sharma 8, 11, 15, 19, 43, 68, R Ramngaihzuali 14, Diksha Tiwari 17, 30, Shyama Tigdam 20, Priyanka Wankhede 22, 48, 59, Nusrat Khatoon 28, 29, 70) beat The Hockey Maharashtra 1 (Pooja Bhoyar 5)
Pool F- Punjab 11(Ruchi Batta 7, 10, 25, Kuljeet Kaur 14, 35, Baljeet Kaur 20, Sandeep Kaur 49, 51, 63, 66, Jyoti Tarlokchand 59) beat Bihar 0
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