PUNE, Sept 22: In an encounter fought on even terms College of Engineering Pune (COEP) edged out Ness Wadia 3-2 to enter the quarter-finals in the PCZSC Inter- Collegiate hockey tournament which began at the SP College ground today.COEP's left-out Nagraj Shankar put the team ahead in the 6th minute, after he capatalised on a through pass from Datta Pimpale just inside the 25-yard zone.
COEP did not have to wait long as they increased their tally eight minutes later through Satish Suttati who converted his teams second penalty corner, with a neatly executed push past custodian Ritesh Shetty.
With the first half going COEP's favour, five minutes after resumption centre-forward Jitendra Chande made it 1-2 for Ness Wadia pushing home a cross sent in by centre-half Ritesh Basin.
Three minutes later, Kevin Braganza netted the equaliser after he picked up a loose ball on the edge of the circle and finished off with a push that beat keeper Dhruv Bhate.
COEP settled the issue in the dying minute of the game through Dutta Pimple who scored of a solo effort.
In the opening match, Symbiosis Arts and Commerce College registered a solitary goal win over Modern College.
The day definitely did not as Modern planned as luck totally deserted them. Their opponents custodian Sandeep Pawar saved atleast six sure-shot goals exposing the inadequate sting their forwards lacked after getting into the scoring area. The match-winner was scored by Abbas Tinwala mid-way into the second-half.
A total of 17 teams are participating in the competition spread over three days.
Results
Symbiosis Arts College Commerce: 1 (Abbas Tinwala) b Modern College: 0; Nowrosjee Wadia: 4 (Omkar Desai 2, Mahesh Bendbar, Mangesh Shinde) b Fergusson College 0; Vidya Bhavan W/o Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC); BVE W/o COET; Poona College: 1 (Amit Chadda) b MIT 0; Symbiosis Law College: 10 (Yogesh Muthaiah 4, Subhash Mane 2, Shyam Sharma 2, Harshwardhan Deshpande, Sachin Pawar) b S.P College: 0; Poona Institute of Computer Technology (COET): 1 (Gautam Rege) b BMCC: 0; COEP 3 (Nagraj Shankar, Satish Suttati, Datta Pimpale) b Ness Wadia: 0 (Jetendra Chande, Kevin Braganza) 2.
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