Manipur woman blank Gujarat

Bangalore, Apr 7 : Strikers Memtombi and Manorama scored four goals apiece as nippy Manipur walloped Gujarat 13-0 in a Pool F encounter of the 56th IHF Senior Women's Hockey National Championship played at KSHA Stadium here.

Bijeta and Ashalatha scored a brace each while Aruna scored one goal for the winners taking advantage of poor show by Gujarat girls.

Results: Pool 'A': Tamil Nadu w/o Tripura Pool 'C': Madhya Pradesh 1 (Lilima 58th min) bt Uttar Pradesh 0.

Pool 'H': Mizoram 2 (Lalsangzuali 37th & 41st min) bt Kerala 0.

Pool 'C': Pune District Hockey Academy 5 (Rama 32nd, 40th, 44th, Pooja 22nd & 35th) bt Dadra Nagar Haveli 3 (Karishma 20th, Nagma 48th, Priya 56th).

Pool 'F': Manipur 13 (Bijeta 6th & 52nd, Ashalatha 12th & 50th, Memtombi 16th, 37th 45th & 49th, Monorama 17th, 35th, 44th & 47th, Aruna 55th) bt Gujarat 0.