Birsi Mundu fired in three goals as favourite Jharkhand registered an easy 7-2 victory over Uttar Pradesh in a Pool C match at the fifth senior women National hockey championship 2015 (A Division) here on Thursday.
Shabnam Lakra scored twice for the winner, which led 2-1 at half time. The second half, though, was completely dominated by Jharkhand, which kept scoring at will past a hapless UP defence.
In another Pool C encounter, Karnataka beat Assam 3-1.In Pool D, Bhopal thrashed Kerala 5-0 to register a facile win, while Punjab edged past Mumbai 3-1 in another game.
Iram sizzlesAt Rajnandgaon, Iram slammed in six goals as Chandigarh walloped Gujarat 22-0 in a Pool B match at the fifth junior women National hockey championship 2015 (B Division).
The results (A Division):
Pool C: Jharkhand 7 (Birsi Mundu 3, Shabnam Lakra 2, Etwari Mundu, Suman Saru) bt Uttar Pradesh 2 (Reena Devi 2); Karnataka 3 (Komla B.M., Rashmi P.P., Nischitha M.J.) bt Assam 1 (Moully Yadav).
Pool D: Punjab 3 (Hardeep Kaur, Navpreet Kaur, Pooja Rani) bt Mumbai 1 (Navneet Kaur); Bhopal 5 (Jameela Bano, Rashmi Singh, Binita Kindo, Ranjita Sanasam, Shivani Bisht) bt Kerala 0.
At Rajnandgaon:
Junior Women (B Division): Pool B: Chandigarh 22 (Iram 6, Suman 4, Manju 4, Shweta 2, Sujata 2, Jyoti Rani, Kamlesh, Kiran, Rosy) bt Gujarat 0.
Pool C: Gangpur-Odisha 8 (Jiwan Kishori Toppo 3, Janhabi Pradhan, Prmanjali Toppo, Namrata Jasmin Bara, Own goal) bt Goa 0, Assam w/o Himachal; Pool D: Manipur 9 (Gita Rani 3, Merry Devi 3, Soniya Devi 2, Sarita Devi) bt J&K 0.