Sadha slams hat-trick in Chhattisgarh win

MYSORE: Sadha Sengar slammed in five goals including a hat trick as Chhattisgarh outclassed Goa 13-0 at the 4th National Junior Hockey Championship for women at the Chamundi Vihar hockey turf here on Thursday.
Sadha was the star of day as she scored thrice in the space of four minutes. Besides Sadha, Akanksha Parmar too was impressive, chipping with three goals.It was striker Upsana Singh, who opened the goal glut in the sixth minute.
If not for custodian Chitra Naidu, who made several impressive saves, Goa would have lost by a much bigger margin. Chhattisgarh defensc was solid while their midfielders combined well to make way for their strikers to find the target with regularity.
In another match, Manipur rode on Gitarani Devi and Chaoba Chanu for a 2-0 win over Uttarakhand.
Results: Pool ‘C’: Chhattisgarh: 13 (Upsana Singh 6 & 64; Akanksha Parmar 15, 17 & 63; Sadha Sengar 10, 44, 46, 48 & 65; Seema Verma 34; Neeraj Rana 49; Kratika Chandra 66) bt Goa: 0; Himachal Pradesh vs Hockey Mizoram (Cancelled as both teams failed to register); Vidarbha: 13 (Reshma Urkunde 12, Niharika Thakur 22 & 30; Ashwini Shinde 37; Laxmi Khandare 38; Manali Khewala 53, 55, 57 & 62; Tanvi Badki 59 & 61; Sharau Shiwankar 67) bt Tripura 0; Manipur: 2 (Gitarani Devi 5; Chaoba Chanu 26) bt Uttarakhand: 0.