Striker Sanika Patil was in excellent scoring form and notched up a fine hat-trick to power Rudra FA to a convincing 7-0 win against Ravens FA in aWomen’s Super Div match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) Yuva President’s League – 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza Ground, Bandra on Friday.
Riya Panchal (left) of Somaiya SA tries to shield the ball as she is challenged by a Rising Star Urban Angels player during their Women’s Super Division match.
Besides the brilliant efforts of Sanika, Jagruti Koli struck two goals while Nisha Patil and Samiksha Powar scored one each to complete the winning tally of goals.
Earlier, Somaiya SA and India Rush scored contrasting wins from their respective matches. In the opening match of the day, Somaiya SA called the shots against Rising Star Urban Angels and romped to a 5-0 win, while later India Rush got the better of Rising Sun FA by a narrow 1-0 margin.
Somaiya girl’s showed good understanding combined well as a team to dominate the match from the start. The Somaiya forwards also cashed in on the openings that came their way to score at regular intervals and run away to victory.
Somaiya SA scored the first three goals through Dnyeshwari Kokane, Riya Panchal and Shrushti Sawant all contributing one goal apiece before the energetic Meghna Jadhav scored two quick goals to round-off the winning tally of goals.
Later, Indian Rush produced a fighting performance and managed to stave off a spirited challenge from their opponents who did well to restrict them to just one goal. Striker Tanvi Karamble scored the decisive winning goal to secure India Rush win and pocket all the three points.
Meanwhile, the match scheduled to be played between Oscar Foundation and Young Guns FC ‘B’ was abandoned due to unplayable ground conditions. On account of incessant rains the ground was water-logged and referee Manish Patel decided to call off the match as the ball was not rolling on the surface.
Results – Women’s Super Div: Somaiya SA 5 (Meghna Jadhav 2, Dnyeshwari Kokane, Riya Panchal, Shrushti Sawant) beat Rising Star Urban Angels 0.
India Rush 1 (Tanvi Karamble) beat Rising Sun FA 0.
Rudra FA 7 (Sanika Patil 3, Jagruti Koli 2, Nisha Patil, Samiksha Powar) beat Ravens FC 0.