03-Apr-2022 0
Hockey Association of Odisha (HAO) won the bronze medal in the 12th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship, defeating Hockey Maharashtra 4-0 in the 3rd/4th place match in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh today. Earlier, Hockey Association of Odisha (HAO) went down fighting to Hockey Haryana 1-2 in the semifinals on April 2.
HAO reached semifinals, defeating Hockey Chandigarh 2-1, via penalty shootout, after the teams were locked 0-0 at the end of regular time in their quarter-final match in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh on March 31.
Jyoti Chhatri and Munmuni Das scored for HAO during the shootout whereas goalkeeper Namsi Jarika was the star with four saves. Gurmail Kaur scored the only goal for Hockey Chandigarh in the shootout.
HAO advanced to the quarterfinals beating Delhi Hockey 3-1 in their second and last league match at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh on March 28. Earlier in their opening Pool-E match, HAO trounced Kerala Hockey 7-0. Munmuni Das was the top scorer for Odisha with a hat-trick (three field goals).
Assam girl Munmuni, who hails from Tinsukia and trains at Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar, scored the three goals in the 21st, 22nd and 48th minutes. Among other goal-getters, Kamla Singh scored a brace (17th, 60th), while, Sunita Xaxa (5th) and Jyoti Chhatri (53rd) sounded the board once each.
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