Winning start for Nagpur women in Softball Championship

Amravati: Nagpur University blanked Mewar University, Rajasthan 10-0 to begin their campaign in the All India Inter-University Women's Softball Championship on a victorious note at the Shivaji Science College ground in Amravati on Friday.Hosts SGB Amravati University and Gondwana University will play their opening matches from Saturday. In the other games concerning Maharashtra teams, University of Mumbai prevailed Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur, 11-06, while University of Pune made light work of Jalandhar 7-0. However, SNDT Women's University from Mumbai went down 0-7 to Udaipur's Janardhan Rai University.Earlier the women's Championship was inaugurated by Amravati Collector Ashish Yerekar in the presence of SGBAU pro-VC Mahendra Dhore, Shivaji Education Society treasurer Dilip Ingole, principal GV Korpe, Subhash Gawande, Suraj Yeotikar, Tanuja Raut, and convenor Rupali Ingole.A total of 98 universities from across the country are participating in the tournament. # Other Results Kurukshetra bt Jhunjhunu 7-0; HYV Durg University bt CGC University, Mohali, 7-0; Mangalore University bt Vikram University, Ujjain, 16-1; RGPV Bhopal bt SGS University, Desar, 7-0; MDS University, Ajmer, bt Dr KNM University 7-0; Visveshwaraya Tech University, Karnataka, bt Maulana Aazad University, Rajasthan, 7-0; Ravishankar Shukla Uni, Raipur, bt Gujarat University, Ahamadabad, 10-0; Osmania University bt Solapur University 11-0; SK University, Hanumangardh, lost to JNVU Jodhpur 0-7; University of Delhi bt LNIPE, Gwalior, 10-0; Jivaji University, Gwalior, bt Yogi Vemanna Kadapa University 2-0;Jagdishprasad Jhabarlal University, Jhunjhunu, lost to Hemchandracharya Gujrat University, Patan, 7-0; Aligarh University bt University of Kota 20-4; RGUOKT (AP) bt UUVV, Bhubaneswar, 7-0; Manipur Uni lost to Pacific Uni 6-13; APJ Abdul Kalam Uni lost to Uni of Kerla 11-0; Barkatulla Uni, Bhopal, bt Punjabi Uni, Patiala, 7-0; MGS Bikaner Uni bt SBU Karimnagar 7-0; GNDU, Amritsar bt Kurukshetra University 5-0; Saurashtra Uni, Rajkot bt Dr Subhash Uni, Junagadh 6-5; PDUSU, Sikar bt University of Ajmer 7-0; Ravishankar Shukla Uni, Raipur lost to Mangalgangotri University, Banglore 4-5.