Steffi stars for University of Madras

Riding on a brace by Gladlin Steffi, University of Madras registered a facile 6-0 win over Pondicherry University in their second round tie of the South Zone Inter-University women’s hockey tournament here at the Chamundivihar stadium on Tuesday.

The Chennai girls were quick to get off the blocks as Steffi opened the scoring in the very first minute before R Manonmani doubled the advantage in the fourth minute.

K Vijayalakshmi then made it 3-0 in the eighth minute, while goals from K Stella (21st) and B Jelastina (34th) late in the opening half made it 5-0.

Later, Steffi returned to hurt the Pondicherry side once again as she slotted in her second in the 35th minute to complete the rout.

Results (second round): University of Madras: 6 (Gladlin Steffi 1st, 35th, R Manonmani 4th, K Stella 21st, K Vijayalakshmi 8th, B Jelastina 34th) bt Pondicherry University: 0. Annamalai University: 9 (P Anitha 14th, M Vembarani 20th, 42nd, A Vijithra 27th, 50th, Saira Banu 30th, 36th, 52nd, R Hema 38th) bt Bharathidasan University: 0. University of Calicut: 4 (MA Anishma 23rd, 43rd, A Vismaya 28th, K Reshma 31st) bt Thiruvalluvar University: 1 (R Anushiya 9th).

Osmania University: 3 (Pavani 25th) bt Kannur University: 1 (Arthana Sathyan 21st) via penalties.

Madurai Kamaraj University: 4 (M Mahalakshmi 5th, P Vinothini 19th, A Krishnamathi 23rd, P Madhubala 44th) bt TNPES University: 1 (M Nithiya 53th).

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University: 3 (A Vadivoo 3rd, 24th, K Karthika 21st) bt Christ University: 2 (Elizabeth 22nd, Sahajdeep Kaur 25th).