Karnataka start with a win

Karnataka began their campaign at the 6th Senior National Women’s Hockey Championships (A Division) with a 3-2 win over Patiala in their Pool ‘A’ tie here   on Monday.

Nisha (30th), Rashmi (49th) and Teena (36th) scored for Karnataka while Beant Kaur  (23rd) and Kulwinder Kaur  (36th) netted for Patiala.

Results: Division A: Karnataka: 3 (Nisha 30th, Rashmi Pandyanda 49th, Teena Kallichanda 55th) bt Patiala: 2 (Beant Kaur 23rd, Kulwinder Kaur 36th); Railways: 8 (Navjeet Kaur 5th, 20th, 37th, Neha 9th, Manmeet Kaur 27th, Anupa Barla 33rd, Priyanka Wankhede 41st, Ritusha Kumari 45th) bt UP: 1 (Diksha Tiwari 8th); Jharkhand: 0 lost to Odisha: 1 (Elin Lakra 49th); Madhya Pradesh: 6 (Ramngaihzuali Ralte 3rd, 58th, Shivani Singh 23rd, 52nd, Siddi Singh 28th, Reena Khokhar 44th) bt Bhopal: 0; Railways: 8 (Navjeet Kaur 5th, 20th, 37th, Neha 9th, Manmeet Kaur27th, Anupa Barla 33rd, Priyanka Wankhede 41st, Ritusha Kumari 45th) bt UP: 1 (Diksha Tiwari 8th); Punjab: 4 (Hardeep Kaur 11th, 20th, Gurjit Kaur 21st, Pooja Rani 29th) bt Mumbai: 2 (Ranjita Sanasam 49th, Sengar Sandeep 55th); MP: 3 (Karishma Singh 8th, 50th, Jyoti Pal 15th) drew with Haryana: 3 (Monika Dahiya 29th, 56th, 58th); Maharashtra: 3 (Yogeshwari 18th, 32nd, Pooja Bhoyar 25th) bt Assam: 2 (Shika Singh 15th, Elisaba Sanga 46th).