university hockey

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife recorded victory on Tuesday at the ongoing Hotlink/NUGA Hockey Championship at the OAU Sports Complex just as Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria recorded victory as well.

The hockey championship that is being sponsored by Hotlink Sports Shop in conjunction with OAU Sports Council and being supported by Industrial General Insurance (IGI) has lived to its billing being the first of its kind in the anal of the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA).

In the group B match played, OAU team led by its energetic skipper, David Ogbuke had difficulty to penetrate the defence line of their opponent from University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB) throughout the first half of the tension soaked game while they managed to score the lone goal of the game in the 43 minutes by the skipper in a goal mount scramble.

However, the NUGA games champion efforts to increase the tally proved abortive as the Dr Osigwe Cyril led Abeokuta based team defended well to maintain the score-line despite mounting pressures from the home side just as they gave a good account of themselves to the admiration of the OAU supporters who thronged the venue to cheer all the teams.

 Similarly, ABU hockey team coached by Ndana Baba Abdullahi had the mince meat of their opponent, University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka as they scored two un-replied goals in each half of their group A match decided at the complex.

Kichem Gomerep score the curtail raiser in the 32 minutes of the game to give his team a slim lead before Abubakar Musa increase the tally in the 52 minutes thus gave his side a resounding and comfortable lead in the group chart.

Moreover, the UNN team frantic moves to reduce the goal deficit failed to materialize as every progress made almost resulted to another goal from the highly determined Zaria based team who claimed to have set their pace in motion for the championship.