Kuala Lumpur Wipers and Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) Thunderbolt are on course to contest for the 2016 Malaysian Junior Women’s Hockey League crown.
Both teams recorded convincing wins in their respective semifinals first-leg matches on Sunday at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
Going up against MSN Kedah/MSS Kedah, KL Wipers had to wait until the 33rd minute to open the scoring through Qasidah Najwa who converted a penalty corner and Shahiera Syazreen added the second in the 44th minute before MSN Kedah/MSS Kedah pulled one back through a penalty corner converted by Nur Amirah Shakirah.
KL Wipers then put the match to bed in the 58th minute with Nurrobiatun Norhisham’s field goal and Qasidah Najwa’s second penalty corner goal to take the first leg 4-1 winners.
After keeping clean sheets in the quarterfinals, SSTMI Thunderbolt continued their stellar performance by beating Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Sabah 5-0.
SSTMI Thunderbolt started the rout in the 24th minute through Liyana Aqilah followed by another goal from Khairunajwa Khairrudin five minutes later. Liyana returned to score her second goal in the 33rd minute to give SSTMI Thunderbolt a 3-0 lead at half-time.
Arinah Azyyati then scored twice in the second half through field goals in the 54th and 69th minute to give SSTMI Thunderbolt a five-goal advantage heading into the second-leg of the semi-finals.
The return leg semi-finals will be played on Wednesday (April 6) at the National Hockey Stadium (Matches start at 6.0pm).
