Source: The Sangai Express
New Delhi, January 27 2010:
ARC, Shillong humbled Cosmo, Wangkhei 13-1 and SSB, Guwahati outlasted MPSC 3-2 in super league matches to top their respective groups in the 12th Dr Kanti Mukherjee Memorial Invitation Hockey Tournament being held at Khuman Lampak Hockey stadium.
The Group A tie between ARC and Cosmo this afternoon saw the former side sound the rival board at regular intervals with Th Banty and M Chittaranjan contributing maximum number of goals at three each.
Lalthanzuala, who opened the score in the fourth minute, also found the mark in the 31st, as L Brajakumar, RK Anandjit, M Romenkumar, M Sashikumar and Ph Khamba chipped in one apiece to complete the rout and cement its place in the semifinals.
G Amarjit scored the Cosmo consolation goal in the 68th minute.
With an unblemished record, ARC topped the four-team group while UYAC with two wins and a loss also advanced to the last four and will play group B toppers SSB, Guwahati on January 29 .
SSB also completed its group outings with an all-win record and will face UYAC for a place in the summit round.
The group B match against MPSC played today began with the police side taking the lead through P Adeva's strike only three minutes into the match.
After Arif Ansari leveled the score in the 17th minute and Kishore Lakra made it 2-1 for SSB, N Gunamani restored parity for MPSC before O Guni's 50th minute strike ensured top finish for SSB.