Haryana defeats Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 2-0

Defending Champions Haraya scored a hat-trick of titles as they defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 2-0 in the summit clash of the 4th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (Division A) at Chamundi vihar Astro turf Ground today.
This is the third time in a row that Harayana have won Junior Women National Championship.
Harayna started the finale by scoring just 8 minutes into the game when Narinder Kaur scored through a field goal. This was the only goal for the session as both the teams kept the attack on each other during the entire session.
Going into the second half with 1-0 lead Haryana again started the session with a quick goal which came in the 40th minute. This time it was Neha Goyal the Captain who scored for the team. The two goals helped Harayna win the title championship and the team won the tournament in succession.

Meanwhile, Jharkhand defeated Hockey Odisha 3-1 via penalty shoot out to finish third in the championship. Both the teams kept the attack in the entire match but failed to score any goal in the regulation time, after which match went to Penalty Shootout round.
While Jharkhand failed to convert the first two penalty shootout they finally came back in the game by scoring the past 3 shootout. It was Rajni Soreng, Kanti Pradhan and Sitamani Topno who finally went past the goalkeeper and pounded the ball in the goal post giving them the much required win and 3rd position in the tournament.

On the other hand Hockey Odisha were unable to keep their nerves and they failed to score in the 1st three shootouts. It was Sarojini Ekka who scored the lone goal in the shootout and which was not enough for the win.