UNIKL Young Guns will face their first test in Division One of the NSC-Milo-MHC Junior Hockey League then they square off against Petaling Jaya Municipal Council at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil today.
Both the teams have two wins after as many matches, and the winner will get a chance to be on par with double champions Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School.
“After two matches, my players have finally steeled down and are looking forward to a good outing against PJCC,” said UniKL coach K. Embaraj.
UniKL started with a 6-2 win over Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School Juniors, and then hit another sixer in their 6-1 win over Bukit jalil Sports School.
“The first two matches saw my players settling down a little late but I expect them to be on their toes from the first whistle against Petaling Jaya,” said Embaraj.
PJCC have also shown their mettle by beating SSTMI Juniors 3-2 and BJSS 1-0. But their scoreline was not as impressive as UniKL’s.
“We have scored more goals while PJCC beat the same teams by one-goal margin only. But that does notmean we can take them lightly.
“Our strength has been in the forward-line, and I expect them to grow even stronger in their third match of the season,” said Embaraj.
RESULTS -- Division Two: Group A: STAR 0 Kelantan HA 6, SERATAS 0 Kedah HA Juniors 2.
Group B: KL Sports School 3 Datuk Taha 1, Bukit Jalil SS Juniors 2 Padang Midin 0, Johor HA 1 Tunas Muda Pahang 2, Olak KPT 6 Kuala Langat 0.
TODAY: Division One -- Petaling Jaya City Council v UniKL Young Guns (national Stadium, 5pm), Malacca High School v Bukit Jalil Sports School (Malacca, 5pm).
Division Two: Group A -- Anderson Juniors v Kedah HA (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5pm), Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors v Tunku Besar Secondary School (Ministry of Education, 5pm).
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
SSTMI 3 3 0 0 16 0 9
UniKL 2 2 0 0 12 3 6
PJCC 2 2 0 0 4 2 6
Anderson 2 1 1 0 5 3 4
Malacca HS 2 0 1 1 3 12 1
BJSS 3 0 0 3 1 8 0
USM-MSSSPP 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
SSTMI Jnrs 3 0 0 3 4 15 0
DIVISION TWO
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
Kelantan KEL 3 3 0 0 14 3 9
1Mas Penang 3 3 0 0 12 1 9
Kedah HA Jnrs 5 2 2 1 7 4 8
Perlis 3 1 1 1 9 7 4
STAR Ipoh 3 1 1 1 3 7 4
Anderson Jnrs 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Matri 3 0 1 2 2 7 1
SERATAS 4 0 1 3 1 8 1
Nur Insafi 3 0 0 3 1 13 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A Pts
KLSS 4 4 0 0 15 4 12
Datuk Taha 6 3 1 2 17 6 10
OLAK 5 3 0 2 13 5 9
K Langat 5 3 0 2 6 18 9
TM Pahang 5 2 1 2 8 10 7
Poli KPT 3 2 0 1 9 3 6
TBSS 3 1 0 2 2 5 3
BJSS Jnrs 3 1 0 2 3 11 3
SMKPM 4 0 0 4 6 13 0
Johor HA 3 0 0 3 4 10 0