Goa, Orissa, AP reach men`s quarterfinals

Defending champions Goa and strong contenders Andhra Pradesh storm into men’s quarterfinals, winning all of their five league matches in the 24th Senior National Baseball Championship at Ravenshaw University ground in Cuttack today. Host Orissa also ensured a berth in the last eight round with three wins and a defeat in Pool-B. In the women’s section, last year’s runners-up Orissa became the first team to enter the quarterfinals, posting four wins in a row in Pool-B. Results (Pool league matches): Men: Uttarakhand bt J&K 10-0, Puducherry bt UP 10-0, Punjab bt Bihar (w/o), Goa bt J&K 10-0, Rajasthan bt UP 10-0, Goa bt Haryana 10-0, Orissa bt Jharkhand 9-1, J&K bt HP 2-1, AP bt Rajasthan 7-1, Delhi bt Chhatishgarh 8-0, Goa bt Uttarakhand 10-0, Chandigarh bt Assam 12-0, AP bt UP 12-0, Orissa bt Puducherry 13-2, Manipur bt Assam 10-0, Karnataka bt Himachal 16-0, J&K drew with Haryana 8-8, Maharashtra drew with MP 0-0, Karnataka bt Haryana 10-0, Karnataka bt J&K 7-0. Women: MP bt Chhatishgarh 11-1, Goa bt Assam 16-0, J&K bt Haryana (w/o), AP bt Jharkhand 15-1, MP bt Haryana (w/o), Orissa bt J&K 18-0, Orissa bt Chhatishgarh 4-0.