Hockey India Women Championship: Karnataka defeated Bhopal by 4-1

Karnataka tastes their first win as they defeated Hockey Bhopal with a proficient 4-1 in Pool B of the 4 th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2014 (Division A) played at Chamundi Vihar Hockey Ground today.

Karnataka played a well strategized game today, as in the first half of the game they kept switching their stance between attack and defense. It was Karnataka’s Ramya N. who stroked in the first goal for the team just a minute before the end of the first half in the 34^th minute and helped the team take a 1-0 lead till the half time. Whereas, the second half of the match saw Karnataka on an attacking spree and pierced in a total of three goals in just eight minutes, coming through Sushma C.G in the 43^rd min, Captain Sandhya H.P in the 47^th minute and lastly Niha’s field goal in the 50^th minute which took the team’s goal margin to an attractive 4-0.

In a Pool D match, Hockey Odisha registered their second win in a row, as they defeated defeated Punjab 3-0. Hockey Odisha took the control of the match from the 9^th minute itself, when Captain Ambika Toppo converted a motivating penalty corner and opened the account for the team. The second goal for Hockey Odisha was followed through Ashmita Barla in the 33^rd minute, coming in again as a successful penalty corner conversion.

In another match of Pool D, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy overcame Delhi 5-0 to register their second consecutive win. Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy’s Rakhi Prajapati dunked in two goals for the team in the 8^th and 25^th minute of the game and helped the team take a comfortable 2-0 lead by the end of the first half. Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy pounced on with three more goals with the help of Anuja Singh’s two in 54^th and 66^th min and Preeti Dubey’s one field goal in 61^st min, Delhi failed to impress in the second half as well and lost the game by 5-0.