The Hockey Maharashtra women's team, led by Himanshi Gawande, suffered an embarrassing 0-9 defeat to eventual champions Hockey Madhya Pradesh in the quarter-finals of the Hockey India Junior National Women's Championships in Rourkela, Odisha, recently. The defeat saw the Maharashtra girls finish eighth in the 28-team tournament.

HMP's Soniya Kumre (6th, 18th, 50th minute) netted a fine hat-trick while Bhumiksha Shahu  (11th, 44th min) scored a brace and Sonia Devi (5th), Aashrita Thakur (43rd), Jyoti Singh (11th) and Gurmail Kaur (27th) contributed a goal each to complete the rout.