RAJNANDGAON: Haryana and Jharkhand set up the title clash in the 5th Junior Women’s National Hockey Championship 2015 A Division after registering easy victories in their respective semifinals here on Saturday.
While Neha, Udita and Jyoti struck home for the winner as Haryana beat Odisha 3-1, Jharkhand rode on a triple strike by Sangeeta Kumari to beat Punjab 5-2. Amrinder Kaur scored both goals for the losing side. The final would be played on Sunday.
The results (semifinals): Haryana 3 (Neha, Udita, Jyoti) bt Odisha 1 (Nilprojita Majhi); Jharkhand 5 (Sangeeta Kumari 3, Binita Tirkey, Kanti Pradhan) bt Punjab 2 ( Amrinder Kaur 2).