JABALPUR, JANUARY 11: Hot challengers Haryana sent strong signals to reigning champions Railways, pumping in 15 goals against a hapless Bundelkhand, who cried halt to the painful proceedings, pulling out seven minutes into the second session to stop the goal-glut in a Group H league match of the 50th Senior Women's National hockey championship on Tuesday.In other matches, potential quarter-finalists Chandigarh, Punjab and Bihar chalked out easy victories, while Manipur beat West Bengal 7-0.Haryana, who shocked Railways in the Federation Cup on natural surface at Tirupati, drew first blood in the third minute through international Surinder Kaur but it was striker Meenakshi who impressed a sizeable crowd accounting for four goals.Penalty corner specialist Suman Bala was in her elements banging in three but Haryana should improve their set-piece sequence drill if they intend to challenge Railways. They earned 14 short-corners but were found wanting several times in the crucial area missing out 10 of them.Others who made it to the scorebook were Surinder Kaur and Balwinder Kaur with two each while Gurpreet, Sarika, Simarjit and Minu Shahni chipped in a goal each.Earlier in the morning, Tamil Nadu gave an impressive show against a strong Bihar holding them goalless for the first 20 minutes with Selva Lakshmi playing her heart out in the goal.However, Bihar mounted pressure on the rival goal with repeated raids that yielded result when they forced their third penalty corner which was converted by Ursula Toppo. Despite the reverse, TN girls played with vigour to contain the Bihar forwards and crossed over at 0-2.Bihar switched gears and increased the pace in the second session and the TN girls lacked the fitness to match their speedy rivals. Ursula went on to score two more goals, junior international Adeline Kerketta netted twice while Masira Surin converted a stroke to complete the 7-0 verdict.Other results: Punjab 13 (Mohan Davinder 4, Harvinder Kaur 3, Sarabjeet Kaur 2, Rajwinder Kaur 2,Amrinder Kaur, Neelam Kumar) bt AP 0; Chandigarh 7 (Asrita Toppo 3, Suman Bala 2, Anu Choudhary, Roohi Dhillon) bt Kerala 0; Pepsu 4 (Charanjit Kaur 3, Harjinder) bt Gujarat 0; Manipur 7 (S Ranjita Devi 3, Bindu Chanu, Nandini Devi, Ranjana Devi, Romila Devi) bt Bengal 0.
