State Level Hockey : Contrasting wins for 8H and Ideal Club
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 19 2018:
BH trounced KHSC by 7-0 goals while Ideal Club sealed a narrow 2-1 win over YCCIC in today's league matches of the women's competition at the ongoing State Level Men and Women Hockey Championship 2018 organised by Manipur Hockey at Hockey Stadium Khuman Lampak.
BH's Dainali shone with 3 goals in this one sided match which also saw BH get 6 penalty corners.
Mandakini gave BH the opener early in the 8th minute while the second goal came up through the stick of Dainali in the 14th minute.
BH continued to dominate the possession and it was Aruna who extended the lead to 3-0 in the 18th minute before Dainali hit her second 4 minutes later.
Romita then converted a penalty corner in the 28th minute to hand BH a healthy 5-0 lead while her teammate Sarmila chipped in a single in the 31st minute.
Dainali then came up with another field goal in the 35th minute and wrapped up the game 7-0.In the second match, Ideal Club beat YCCIC 2-1 riding on two goals by T Ayingbi (8', 32') .
The lone goal of the losing side was scored by S Babyrani in the 50th minute.
Both teams had 3 penalty corners awarded but none of the teams failed to convert it.
In the Group B league round clash of the men's competition, SEYO defeated HU by 4-3 in a closely contested match.
HU which had better chances with 5 penalty corners managed to convert only twice while SEYO which got 2 penalty corners had 1 goals converted.
Th Rohit emerged SEYO's star as he netted 2 goals (4', 40') while L Suresh converted a penalty corner in the 11th minute to add to SEYO's tally before Stalin fetched the winner in the 53rd minute.
HU's goal were scored by T Ricky (46'-PC), M Romen Kumar (48') and Y Bidyananda (57'-PC) .
Tomorrow's matches
SEYO Vs YCCIC (Women's league match at 8.30 am); Men's semi-finals in the evening session.