St Teresa (Santacruz) beat defending champs St Elias (Khar) 4-2 via the tie-breaker to clinch the girls' U-16 Div I crown in the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised inter-school hockey tournament at the Sports Authority of India ground (Kandivli) yesterday.

The match ended in a goalless draw and the umpires enforced the tie-breaker to settle the outcome of the match. In the tense tie-breaker, the girls from St Teresa converted four of their five attempts, while St Elias could only score two and ended up on the losing side.