Kakinada, (Samajweekly) Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha registered victories in their respective quarter-final matches at the 12th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2022, here on Thursday.
In the first quarter-final of the day, Haryana defeated Karnataka 6-2. Sakshi Rana (20′, 42′) scored a brace, while Pinki (37′), Neelam (43′), Ishika (51′) and Disha (54′) scored one goal each for Haryana while Seema Anandrao Pawar (33′) and Jeevitha BG (60′) scored one goal each for Karnataka.
On the other hand, Jharkhand defeated Uttar Pradesh 4-0 in their quarter-final match. Deepika Soreng (13′), Rajni Kerketta (18′), Pramodni Lakra (56′) and Elin Dungdung (60′) scored one goal each for Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra booked a place in the semi-final after defeating Punjab 4-2.
Shivani Sahu (18′, 34′) scored a brace, while Oshin Bansod (13′) and captain Himanshi Gawande (49′) scored the other goals for Maharashtra. Meanwhile, Sweena Rani (41′) and Sukhpreet Kaur (47′) found the back of the net for Punjab.
In the last quarter-final match of the day, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Chandigarh 2-1 via penalty shootout after the teams were locked at 0-0 at the end of regular time.
Jyoti Chhatri and Munmuni Das scored for Odisha during the shootout whereas Namsi Jarika was the star with 4 saves. Meanwhile, Gurmail Kaur scored the only goal for Hockey Chandigarh in the shootout.
