The Hindu: Monika scores four goals
Four goals from Monika propelled Steel Plant Sports Board to a thumping 9-1 victory over Andhra Pradesh in a Pool-D match in the Hockey India senior women’s national championship (B-division) here on Sunday.
The results: Tamil Nadu 3 (A. Vennila 23, S. Parameshwari 37, A. Gayathri 47) bt Kerala 1 (Anjali 36); Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2 (Sonali Walia 45, Navjot Kaur 54) bt Madhya Bharat 1 (Pooja Kushwaha 6); Bihar 6 (Priya Kumari 18, Anshu Priya 21, Aparajita Kumari 49, Harshita Singh 51, Dolly Kumari 54, 58) bt Telangana 0; Rajasthan 6 (Prakash Choudhary 17, 24, 42, 45, Situ Poona 46, 47) bt J & K 1 (Baljeet Kaur 35); Himachal Pradesh 3 (Manisha 23, Nagina 26, 36) bt Bengaluru 1 (S. Meghana 12).
Gangpur (Odisha) 8 (Jiwan Kishori 5, Rinki Kujur 9, Namrata Jasmin 10, 14, 41, Rojita Kujur 49, 59, Janhabi Pradhan 60) bt Uttarakhand 1 (Monika Rawat 39); Chhattisgarh 10 (Balvinder Kaur 10, 34, Afshana 15, Rushali 16, Pooja Yadav 22, 60, Pooja Singh 23, 28, 59, Avantika 42) bt Bengal 0; Steel Plant SB 9 (Poonam Giri 1, 49, Monika 2, 44, 48, 55, Seema Ekka 11, Nilima Pandey 39, Priti Singh 48) bt Andhra Pradesh 1 (T. Mangala 29).