Ave Maria recovered brilliantly from a 0-1 first half deficit to record a facile 7-2 win against Sea View SC in a Senior Division match of the MHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) League – 2016, and played at the MHAL Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate on Tuesday.
After Sea View took the lead through Adharva Kamble in the first session, Ave Maria came up with a solid second half performance and scored seven goals during this period to run away with the match. Sujit Tiwari scored three goals while Ram Raj, Anil Bindra, Sk Mobin and Taleb Shah all scored one each for Ave Maria, while Sea View got their second goal through Sachin Bhosle.
In another match, Maharashtra State Police proved too strong for Air India ‘B’ and stormed to a 6-0 win. Vinod Manugade led the policemen’s charge with three strikes while Prithiviraj Salunkhe netted a brace of goals and Ganesh Giri got one to round of the winning tally of goals.
Results : Maharashtra State Police 6 (Vinod Manugade 3, Prithviraj Salunkhe 2, Ganesh Giri) beat Air India ‘B’ 0.
Ave Maria SC 7 (Sujit Tiwari 3, Ram Raj, Anil Bindra, Sk Mobin, Taleb Shah) beat Sea View SC 2 (Adharva Kamble, Sachin Bhosle).