Jharkhand, Haryana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh emerged victorious in their quarterfinal matches of the 13th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship here on Thursday.
Jharkhand defeated Punjab 2-0 to secure a place in the last four, with Alka Dungdung (48th) and Albela Rani Toppo (52nd) scoring late goals.
Haryana defeated Bengal 5-0, with Devika Sen (4th, 34th) and Amandeep Kaur (9th, 60th) scoring a brace each, while Monika Sihag scored in the 51st minute.
The match between Maharashtra and Odisha went down to the wire, with the former defeating the defending champions 5-4 in a penalty shootout.
Both teams had earlier scored a goal each in regulation time, with Janhabi Pradhan (36th) scoring for Odisha and Ashwini Kolekar (37th) negating it for Maharashtra.
Madhya Pradesh thrashed Karnataka 6-0, with Diksha Tiwari (10th, 39th), Anjali Gautam (12th), Preeti Dubey (35th, 41st), and Aishwarya Chavan (53rd finding the target.
The semi-finals will be played on Saturday.