UniMAP Women Futsal Team Appeared 8 Best Teams For Ipt League Futsal
Tanjung Malim, March 31 - female students futsal team of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) appear among the eight best teams Futsal Championship League IPT 2016 when successful performed until the semi-finals in the qualifying round held at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) here recently.
The success of women's futsal team to play in the women's division league will take place in May at the University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) for selecting the six best teams who will compete in the finals in September.
Besides UniMAP, the teams that are qualified for league round for women’s division are Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Universiti Malaya (UM ), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the host UPSI.
Director of UniMAP Sports Centre, Suhizaz Sudin said, more to be proud of, UniMAP player, Siti Nasyitah Abdul Samat has been named the top scorer with six goals in qualifying rounds in total.
" Siti Nasyitah’s performance who are students of the School of Microelectronic Engineering has always been the focus of many throughout the tournament and proved that head scarf (hijab) image did not prevent her to be the leading scorer in qualifying," he said in a statement here today.
A total of 17 women's teams took part in the qualifying round held at UPSI Arena saw UiTM team won the women's category after defeating host UPSI with 2 goals to 1.
Meanwhile, Suhizaz said for the men's team, UniMAP had to finish in the second round after losing to a team of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) 3-7.
He said that the defeat was cured when a player UniMAP man who was a student of the School of Materials Engineering, Helmi Mohammad Kasim was selected to undergo center training for “Sukan Tumpuan Futsal”.
"Hopefully, this momentum of the student’s success will be sustained in the efforts to strengthen UniMAP student sports agenda in national and international arena," he added.
