Haryana clinch HI Sub Jr Women National Championship title
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 22 2022:
Haryana were crowned champions of the 12th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2022.The Haryana girls put two goals past Jharkhand in their summit clash at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium on Sunday.
Riya found the breakthrough for her side in the 13th minute before Sejal made it 2-0 in the 39th minute as Haryana kept their opponents at bay for the remaining minutes of contest to seal their memorable title triumph.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh swept aside Madhya Pradesh 3-0 to claim the third place.
After 30 minutes of a seesaw contest, Uttar Pradesh finally broke Madhya Pradesh's resistance with Manisha Patel on target.
Then Pushpanjali Sonkar upped the ante with a 41st-minute strike to put the UP squad 2-0 up before Purnima Yadav rounded off the scoring in the 58th minute.