MUMBAI, SEPT 14: St Anne's, Fort, lifted the MSSA-Colgate Inter-schools (under-16) girls football final at Azad Maidan today. They quelled a spirited challenge from St Joseph's, Vikhroli, and had to rely on sudden death success, after ten penalty shots failed to break the even deadlock.St Anne's shot into the lead when prolific striker Evelyn Goes scored midway through the first half. St Joseph's equalised five minutes later, through Reena Salian's solo effort.
When the match remained tied at full-time, the two goal-scorers turned protectors under the bar as makeshift goalkeepers. Ironically, Evelyn and Reena both missed from the spot, shooting to each other's body.
Apurvika Shukla and Mahera Shaikh converted for Anne's, Savina Cardoz and Nitya Benny for Joseph's, and a sudden death was forced at 3-3.
Radhika Saxena slotted in for Anne's, but the pressure finally got to Deepti Rohra of Joseph's.
Earlier, Our Lady of Remedy defeated St Mary's, Kalina, 4-3 in a tie-breaker to clinch the thirdplace.
RESULTS
Boys (U-12, II-B): Xavier's, Fort 4 (Sagar Bhure 2, Ryan D'Souza, Gordon Rodrigues) bt ANZA 0; Paul's, Dadar 3 (Varun Charatkar 2, Gilbert Temudo) bt Bombay International 0; Christ Church 4 (Affan Tinwala 2, Zubin Katrak, Ahmed Shahnawaz) bt Udayachal 0; (II-C): Don Bosco, Matunga 1 (Sanjeev Viswakarma) bt Blaise, Amboli 0; (III-A): Anthony, Vakola 3 (Edward Colaco 2, Savio Miranda) bt Marol Edn 0; Jamnabai Narsee 0 drew Xavier's, Andheri 0; (III-C): Swami Muktanand 3 (Sahil Thakur 2, Rigved Angone) bt Rajhan's Vidyalaya 1 (Deep Kumar Mandal).
Girls (U-16) final: St Anne's (Evelyn Goes, Apurvika Shukla, Mahera Shaikh, Radhika Saxena) bt St Joseph's (Reena Salian, Savina Cardoz, Nitya Benny) (1-1); Third place: Our Lady of Remedy 4 (Jennifer D'Souza, Saloni Kolge, Divya Kaup, Aditi Udiyawar) bt St Mary's Kalina 3 (Clerissa Pinto, Nisha Dias, Rochelle Mascarenhas) (0-0).
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