Raina Yadav scored four goals as Odisha raced to a 14-0 win over Rajasthan in a Pool C match of the National women’s hockey championship at the Asih Bagh Stadium here on Monday.
Defending champion Indian Railways recorded a 9-0 victory over Maharashtra in its opening match in Pool A.
The results:
Pool A: Indian Railways 9 (Poonam Rani 3, Soundarya Yendala 2, Roselin Dung Dung, Vandana Katariya, Anupa Barla, Chanchan Devi) bt Maharashtra 0;
Pool C: Odisha 14 (Raina Yadav 4, Namita Toppo 3, Nilima Minz 2, Sunita Lakra 2, Birajini Ekka 2, Punam Barla) bt Rajasthan 0; Hockey Bhopal 13 (Moully Yadav 4, Pooja Yadav 3, Hemlata Yadav 2, Chanda Gupta 2, Mamta Yadav, Shivani Bisht) bt Tamil Nadu 0.
Pool E: Chhattisgarh 13 (Saroj Singh 5, Minni 3, Balvinder Kaur 2, Renu Singh, Renuka Rajput, Rajani Sanger) bt Gujarat 0.
Pool G: Chandigarh 16 (Reena Khokhar 3, Jyoti Manral 2, Neeru 2, Rajni 2, Sangeeta 2, Shivani 2, Navjot Kaur, Neha Rawat, Simran) bt Puducherry 0.
Sunday’s results: Pool A: Maharashtra 8 (Sarita Hanuman 3, Vivenda D’Costa 2, Jahanara Bano, Supriya Jadhav, Satyavati Madaka) bt Kerala 1 (Arunima Remanan).
Pool C: Odisha 12 (Reshma Lakra 4, Raina Yadav 2, Birajini Ekka 2, Nilima Minz, Alin Lakra, Punam Barla, Namita Toppo) bt Tamil Nadu 0; Bhopal 15 (Pooja Yadav 4, Moully Yadav 4, Mamta Yadav 2, own goal 2, Hemlata Yadav, Shikha Singh, Chanda Gupta) bt Rajasthan 0.
Pool G: Uttarakhand 6 (Anamika Singh 2, Divya Rana 2, Shikha Bisht, Anita Pawar) bt Puducherry 0.
