Haryana defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 3-2 in the final of the 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship at the Aish Bagh Hockey Stadium in Bhopal today.
The goal scorers for Haryana were Sonika (3 min), Ritu (35 min) and Navneet Kaur (49 min) while Karishma (4 min) and Neelu (24 min) were on target for Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.
Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy failed to defend the title.
Earlier, Jharkhand defeated Chandigarh 2-1 to claim the third position. For Jharkhand, Reshma struck in the 28th minute from a goalmouth scramble following a left wing move and in the 46th minute Divya Dung Dung converted a penalty corner before counterpart Saroj scored in the 64th minute via a penalty corner.
In the men's category Punjab defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 1-0 in a hard-fought match to claim the third position. Punjab took the lead in the 30th minute through a penalty corner converted by Arvinder Singh.
