MPSC make it three wins in a row
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 26 2015:
MPSC notched up their third straight win in the Super League stage of the Dr Kanti Mukherjee Hockey Tournament at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium on Thursday.
In another match, COSMO survived tense moments before finally prevailing 3-2 over SSA.
MPSC beat MEIRAA 6-1, riding on L Purnachandra's hat trick and a brace from S Tarun.
The latter struck early success in the seventh minute while Th Birjit doubled the lead in the 14th minute.
However, MEIRAA kept themselves in the reckoning with a goal from N Sunil a couple of minutes later though the celebration was short-lived.
MPSC quickly stamped their authority in the match, avoiding further hiccups at the same time, as Tarun slotted his second in the 20th minutes followed by goals from Purnachandra (39th, 42nd and 46th) .
On the other hand COSMO survived a late scare to garner three points in the match against SSA.
The winners were placed in a comfortable position after taking a 2-0 lead with goals from A Boynao (5th) and H Paunao (14th).SSA stayed in contention as Th Thonglen reduced the margin in the 23rd minute.
Meanwhile, COSMO threatened to break free as Boynao scored his second in 36th minute but a goal from Th Kingson (47th) ensured that SSA remained hot in their heels until the final whistle.