Many teams in the Dutch league played two games this weekend. Leader AZC and the lower ranked ZPB became the winners of the weekend.
AZC won on Saturday against ZPC Amersfoort (8-6) and on Sunday against UZSC (12-9). On Saturday, the difference was made in the first period. Milos Filipovic and Lars Reuten brought AZC to 2-0. Center Max van der Werve did something back on behalf of the Amersfoort team, but when Jacoppo Mandolini scored a penalty (3-1), ZPC Amersfoort had to chase again. Jeroen Cavaljé’s team was never able to close the gap completely. ZPC Amersfoort was close twice, but AZC always managed to put the margin back to two goals. On Sunday there was a high tense against UZSC, which easily won against BZC on Saturday (13-4). Only at the end of the game AZC was able to run out. Jacoppo Mandolini, Milos Filipovic, Tim Reuten and Robin Lindhout brought AZC to 8-12.
ZPC Amersfoort had a bad weekend anyway. Except for the defeat on Saturday against AZC, the team from Amersfoort also failed to win on Sunday. ZPB was surprisingly too strong with 15-13. A disastrous third period from Amersfoort left ZPC behind 12-9. In the final period, ZPC Amersfoort was not able to close that gap. With this victory ZPB continues its winning streak. Because the team from Barendrecht also won the day before. Then the team of Arjen Silvis was too strong for SVH (10-4). Due to this good weekend, ZPB has moved up to the eleventh place.
GZC Donk, Polar Bears and ZV De Zaan also won twice. ZV De Zaan both time with big numbers: on Saturday with 19-10 against ZVL-1886 and on Sunday with 21-6 against BZC. Against ZVL, ZV De Zaan further controlled the game after a goal-rich first period (7-5). In the second period it ran to 10-5 thanks to Pascal Janssen, Casper van der Struijk and Mick van den Bree. The ZV De Zaan also continued to score in the third period. Only after Van den Bree’s 13-5 did the visitors found the net again, but by then the game was already over.
Polar Bears won on Saturday against PSV (22-8) and on Sunday against Water Polo Den Haag (9-8). Den Haag resisted Polar Bears surprisingly well on Sunday. With two minutes left on the clock, Koen Heiden put the 8-8 on the board, but Guus Wolswinkel scored the winning 9-8 a minute later.
GZC Donk won on Saturday against De Ham (14-9) and on Sunday against ZVL-1886 (16-7). De Ham took a surprising 0-3 lead on Saturday. But GZC Donk fought back by goals form Mart van der Weijden and Stan van den Heuvel. However, it took until the end of the second period for the home team to take the lead for the first time.
Het Ravijn only played on Saturday. The team form Nijverdal beat Waterpolo Den Haag (14-6), but that didn’t happen by itself. It was only after a thunderous speech from the coach at half-time that Het Ravijn secured the victory.
Women
Three games in the women’s league. Leader ZV De Zaan beat Polar Bears. It was the first time this season that ZV De Zaan was better than Polar Bears. After three defeats (Supercup and two times in the league) the team of Wouter Veer finally won. Maxine Schaap’s 5-6 at the end of the third period brought ZV De Zaan in the final period with a small lead. When Anouk Bergsma made it 5-7, Polar Bears failed to close that gap.
After four defeats in a row, Het Ravijn finally won. The higher ranked UZSC was nicely put aside with 8-10. After Pien Gorter’s 3-4 at the end of the second period, Wicher Diallo’s team led the entire game.
De Ham won 7-13 against PSV, thus creating a serious gap with last place. Lizette Rozeboom in particular was on fire. She scored six times.
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 27 November
ZPB – SVH: 10-4 (3-0, 2-1, 2-0, 3-3).
ZPB: Onno Kuller 4, Maurice Dentro 2, Michael de Kreek 1, Jari Krijgsman 1, Petar Filipovic 1, Eleftherios Chelioudakis 1.
SVH: Rudolf Cvanciger 2, Mathijs Haksteen 1, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 1.
Het Ravijn – Waterpolo Den Haag: 14-6 (2-2, 3-2, 6-1, 3-1).
Het Ravijn: Jorn Muller 4, Emiel Wouters 3, Jorrit Aanstoot 2, Yoran Loos 2, Stan Hageman 2, Thijmen Karel 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag: Coen Berendse 2, Twan de Kadt 2, Jeroen Willemsen 1, Daan Heiden 1.
GZC Donk – De Ham: 14-9 (2-3, 4-2, 4-3, 4-1).
GZC Donk: Guus van Yperen 3, Mart van der Weijden 3, Erik Brugué 3, Stan van den Heuvel 2, Kjeld Veenhuis 2, Cas Westerwoudt 1.
De Ham: Tom Geestman 4, Finn Heemskerk 1, Floris vant Veer 1, Luka Kaleb 1, Hamish Booker 1, Kjeld Gravesteijn 1.
AZC – ZPC Amersfoort: 8-6 (3-1, 2-2, 2-2, 1-1).
AZC: Milos Filipovic 3, Jacoppo Mandolini 2, Lars Reuten 2, Jesse Nispeling 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Mark Siewers 2, Gergely Palotas 2, Jort van der Werve 1, Max van der Werve 1.
ZV De Zaan – ZVL-1886: 19-10 (7-5, 3-0, 5-3, 4-2).
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 4, Pascal Janssen 4, Mick van den Bree 3, Phil Brantjes 3, Casper van der Struijk 2, Angelo Corver 2, Bradley Sap 1.
ZVL-1886: Claudio Brancatello 3, Attila Kincses 2, Stan van Ruiten 2, Jasper Haasnoot 1, David Spijker 1, Ruben van Vierzen 1.
PSV – Polar Bears: 8-22 (2-5, 2-6, 2-8, 2-3).
PSV: Thijs Gevers 2, Julian van Oorschodt 2, Niels van den Hout 1, Brian van Breda 1,Wessel Brands 1, Quint Pijnenburg 1.
Polar Bears: Kas te Riele 6, Sam Kunz 4, Marnick Snel 3, Tarik Scherrenburg 2, Sander Roels 2, Jens Wijgers 2, Kay Zittersteijn 1, Guus Wolswinkel 1, Rick Meijer 1.
UZSC – BZC: 13-4 (4-1, 2-1, 4-2, 3-0).
UZSC: Flemming Kastrop 3, Benjamin Hoepelman 3, Bram van den Bersselaar 2, Sook Willemsen 2, Joep de Jong 1, Tom ten Wolde 1, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1.
BZC: Dorian Lukacs 1, Filip Kljajevic 1, Gergely Dobay 1, Dynand Muller 1.
Sunday 28 November
ZV De Zaan – BZC: 21-6 (3-2, 6-1, 4-1, 8-2).
ZV De Zaan: Stan Meijn 4, Angelo Corver 4, Phil Brantjes 2, Casper van der Struijk 2, Bradley Sap 2, Don Rempt 2, Pascal Janssen 2, Tim Ketelaars 1, Koen de Jong 1, Thomas Lucas 1.
BZC: Dynand Muller 4, Frank Groot Kormelinck 1, Adam Tamas 1.
ZPB – ZPC Amersfoort: 15-13 (3-4, 3-3, 6-2, 3-4).
ZPB: Kevin van Baarle 3, Petar Filipovic 2, Ton van der Velden 2, Jari Krijgsman 2, Michael de Kreek 2, Stephan de Ruijter 1, Onno Kuller 1, Tom van der Veen 1, Maurice Dentro 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Max van der Werve 5, Gergely Palotas 3, Milan Borcsok 2, Jan-Willem Slaghuis 2, Sebastiaan van Mil 1.
Polar Bears – Waterpolo Den Haag: 9-8 (2-3, 2-1, 2-1, 3-3).
Polar Bears: Sam Kunz 3, Kas te Riele 3, Guus Wolswinkel 1, Lars ten Broek 1, Rick Meijer 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag: Twan de Kadt 3, Koen Heiden 2, Jeroen Ruigrok 1, Jeroen Willemsen 1, Bart Turk 1.
GZC Donk – ZVL-1886: 16-7 (4-2, 4-0, 2-1, 6-4).
GZC Donk: Guus van Yperen 4, Kjeld Veenhuis 3, Jimmy Sjardijn 2, Quint van den Heuvel 2, Stan van den Heuvel 1, Erik Brugué 1, Yannick Aarts 1, Casper Brits 1, Cas Westerwoudt 1.
ZVL-1886: Attila Kincses 2, Jasper Haasnoot 2, Claudio Bracatello 1, Lars van Nobelen 1, Ruben van Vierzen 1.
UZSC – AZC: 9-12 (2-1, 1-4, 4-3, 2-4).
UZSC: Benjamin Hoepelman 3, Flemming Kastrop 3, Joep de Jong 2, Tom ten Wolde 1.
AZC: Milos Filipovic 6, Jesse Nispeling 2, Tim Reuten 2, Robin Lindhout 1, Jacoppo Mandolini 1.
1 AZC 12-33
2 ZV De Zaan 13-30
3 ZPC Amersfoort 13-26
4 Het Ravijn 12-25
5 GZC Donk 12-25
5 UZSC 12-24
6 Polar Bears 12-24
7 UZSC 13-24
8 ZVL-1886 12-16
9 De Ham 10-11
10 BZC 10-10
11 ZPB 12-9
12 PSV 12-7
13 SVH 12-3
14 Waterpolo Den Haag 13-0
Eredivisie Dames
Saturday 27 November
UZSC – Het Ravijn: 8-10 (2-2, 1-2, 3-3, 2-3).
UZSC: Sam Jutte 3, Nerida Drewes 2, Karen Haksteen 1, Danique Lauritsen 1, Lois den Ouden 1.
Het Ravijn: Lieke Schokker 3, Nina Scholten 2, Margreet ter Schure 2, Laura Boerdam 1, Lotte Beunk 1 en Pien Gorter 1.
PSV – De Ham: 7-13 (1-2, 1-5, 3-3, 2-3).
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 2, Nian van der Beek 2, Fréderique Bouwmeister 1, Elza Aldenzee 1, Viën van der Beek 1.
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 6, Rachelle Steur 2, Amy Rozemeijer 1, Marije Hekhuis 1, Regina van t Veer 1, Melissa Schipper 1, Lisa van Trotsenburg 1.
Polar Bears – ZV De Zaan: 5-7 (2-3, 1-0, 2-3, 0-1).
Polar Bears: Lola Moolhuijzen 1, Nina van de Geijn 1, Storm Willemsen 1, Laura Schinkel 1, Fleurien Bosveld 1.
ZV De Zaan: Bente Rogge 2, Anouk Bergsma 2, Yara Galjé 1, Takyiwa Sam 1, Maxine Schaap 1.
1 ZV De Zaan 11-27
2 UZSC 10-21
3 Polar Bears 9-18
4 ZVL-1886 9-15
5 GZC Donk 11-14
6 Het Ravijn 11-14
7 De Ham 9-9
8 PSV 10-0
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