Chennai: Punitha Arogya Hockey Club (PAHC), Keeranur, made it to the semifinals of the Winning XI Hockey Club State-level tournament on Monday after a keen tussle and won 6-4 in the tie-breaker against Stella Maris College at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium.
The teams were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation time. Keeranur team’s Santhanavalli and Stella Maris’ Menaka scored two each for their sides.

In the tie-breaker, Punitha Arogya had the upper hand right through converting four against the two by Stella Maris.

The results: Madurai HC w/o IHM (Tiruvallur).
PAHC 6 (Santhavalli 2, Vinodini, Epsi, Ramya, Nitya) bt Stella Maris 4 (Menaka 2, Maheshwari, Ishwarya).

Vivekananda College of Arts and Sciences (Tiruchengode) 1 (Gayathri) bt Sailendrababu HC (Dindigul) 0.