Team Herald
PANJIM: Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim packed too many guns for Our Lady of Rosary Higher Secondary School, Dona Paula who seemed to match their opponents attack for attack as they fought tooth and nail in the first half.
In fact each time Rosary HSS took the lead, Our Lady of Rosary levelled scores immediately until the scores were 2-2 midway through. But once the Navelim side struck two more before going into the lemon break for a comfortable 4-2 lead, the writing was on the wall.
The South Goa school pumped in two more goals after the cross over and conceded just once towards the dying stages to troop out 6-3 winners.
Striker Somaaya Nadia Mukundan was the star performer for Rosary, finishing off with a hat-trick while Fevina Costa was not far behind as she completed a brace for the winners.
Rosary HSS set up a title clash with Regina Martyrum High School, who downed St Xavier’s Higher Secondary School 4-3 via tie-breaker in the other semi-final.
After a barren first half, Regina took the lead with Suveda Kokate’s 21st minute strike but St Xavier’s struck back five minutes later through Khushboo Saundatikar and the scoreline remained 1-1 until the end of regulation time. In the penalty shoot-out, the Regina girls held their nerve to book a berth in the final.
In the girls second semi-final, Regina Martyrum High School, Chicalim, overcame a stiff challenge from St. Xavier’s Higher Secondary School, Mapusa 4-3 via the sudden-death after the teams were locked 1-1 at the end of regulation time and 3-3 at the end of the tie-breaker. It was Yukti Patil who held her nerve in the crucial sudden-death that saw Regina Martyrum pull through 4-3.
