Sports News | Haryana Bags Third Women's Senior National Hockey Title
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Haryana thwarted Maharashtra's hopes of winning at home with a 3-0 victory through shoot-out to lift the 14th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2024 title here on Saturday.
Pune, Mar 23 (PTI) Haryana thwarted Maharashtra's hopes of winning at home with a 3-0 victory through shoot-out to lift the 14th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2024 title here on Saturday.
Both the teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time. This was Haryana's third national title having won it in 2013 and 2020.
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For Maharashtra, it was the second successive year that they had to settle with the silver medal.
Haryana took the lead through India international Deepika (26th) from a penalty-corner in the third quarter, before the hosts took a while to settle and work into the opponent's defenses.
It was Akshata Abaso Dhekale who restored parity, also from a set piece, to take the match into a shoot-out.
In the shoot-out, Navneet Kaur, Usha and Sonika scored for Haryana, while Priyanka Wankhede, Akansha Singh and Rutuja Dadaso Pisal missed for Maharashtra.
Earlier, Jharkhand defeated Madhya Pradesh 2-0 to secure the third spot in the tournament.
India international Sangita Kumari scored an early field goal in the third minute before Supriya Mundu (59th) converted a penalty corner a minute from the hooter to seal the win for Jharkhand.
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