Not all matches took place in the Dutch League this weekend. For example, men’s leader AZC did not play because of too many corona infections. But women’s leader ZV De Zaan did play and won the top match against UZSC.
With the victory of ZV De Zaan over UZSC, the team from Zaandam strengthened its leading position. In the first period, De Zaan immediately set the tone by a 5-1 lead. The home team further expanded the lead in the third period (11-6). UZSC had a small final sprint, but the team from Utrecht did not come closer than 11-8. Polar Bears won against De Ham (18-11) and – due to the defeat of UZSC – rises to the second place.
PSV lost on Saturday against GZC Donk (12-15). The team from Eindhoven stayed on for a long time with the Gouda-team, but a weak third period (3-7) finally killed the team from Eindhoven. A day later, PSV was even closer to its first points. PSV led almost the entire match against De Ham, but in the last period De Ham still managed to win. Lizette Rozeboom scored the winning 9-8 one and a half minutes before the end.
Men
At the bottom, Waterpolo The Hague did good business by winning again for a long time. De Ham was defeated 11-7. After last week’s draw against SVH, the team from The Hague was now able to add three points and immediately climbed into the rankings. Koen Heiden and Jeroen Willemsen were the stars. They both scored three times.
Between UZSC and ZVL-1886 it was a tense match for three periods, but in the last period the home team still rolled over the Leiden team: 17-9. The same picture at ZV De Zaan against ZPC Amersfoort. The visitors were able to stay in the slipstream of De Zaan for three periods, but in the last period the home team made it clear that they were the better after all. Then De Zaan ran from 7-6 to 12-8 through Daan Bakker (3x) and Angelo Corver (2x).
GZC Donk won against PSV (12-19). The Eindhoven-squad did win the final period (5-4), but by then the visitors from Gouda had already built up a lead which was big enough to win.
Eredivisie Women
Saturday 5 February
Polar Bears – De Ham: 18-11 (4-3, 5-1, 5-3, 4-4).
Polar Bears: Laura Schinkel 6, Fleurien Bosveld 3, Aniek Roekevisch 2, Lola Moolhuijzen 2, Jill Oort 2, Storm Willemsen 1, Feline Voordouw 1, Jasmijn Dikmans 1.
De Ham: Lizette Rozebooom 5, Rachelle Steur 2, Amy Rozemeijer 2, Regina van t Veer 1, Roza Helmstrijd 1.
ZV De Zaan – UZSC: 11-8 (5-2, 3-3, 3-1, 0-2).
ZV De Zaan: Sigrid Vleeshakker 3, Danique Sap 3, Lieke Rogge 2, Anouk Bergsma 2, Maxine Schaap 1.
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 3, Sam Jutte 2, Esther Scheij 1, Sterre Bijkerk 1, Danique Lauritsen 1.
PSV – GZC Donk: 12-15 (3-1, 2-3, 3-7, 4-4).
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 7, Nian van der Beek 2, Alex Schouten 2, Sam Eveleens 1.
GZC Donk: Anouk Vermeulen 5, Sabine Bergsma 4, Gina Sjardijn 2, Isabella van Toorn 2, Kayleigh Schonewille 2.
Sunday 6 February
De Ham – PSV: 9-8 (3-1, 0-3, 2-1, 4-3).
De Ham: Amy Rozemeijer 3, Lizette Rozeboom 2, Marije Hekhuis 1, Rachelle Steur 1, Rianne Stam 1, Regina van t Veer 1.
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 3, Tessa Kimenai 2, Eline Bekkers 1, Gazizah Khalandi 1, Viën van der Beek 1.
1 ZV De Zaan 18-48
2 Polar Bears 18-39
3 UZSC 19-39
4 GZC Donk 18-26
5 ZVL-1886 16-25
6 Het Ravijn 16-20
7 De Ham 17-13
8 PSV 20-0
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 5 February
Waterpolo Den Haag – De Ham: 11-7 (3-2, 1-1, 3-1, 4-3).
Waterpolo Den Haag: Koen Heiden 4, Jeroen Willemsen 4, Fabian Niekerk 2, Tim van der Bend 1.
De Ham: Hamish Booker 2, Tom Geestman 2, Tim Groenendijk 1, Floris vant Veer 1, Vince Plouvier.
UZSC – ZVL-1886: 17-9 (6-2, 3-6, 3-1, 5-0).
UZSC: Benjamin Hoepelman 4, Bram van den Bersselaar 3, Flemming Kastrop 3, Sook Willemsen 2, Luuk Gielen 2, Joost van der Burg 1, Tom ten Wolde 1, Joep de Jong 1.
ZVL-1886 Center: David Spijker 4, Jasper Haasnoot 2, Mark Visser 1, Lars van Nobelen 1, David Voorvelt 1.
ZV De Zaan – ZPC Amersfoort: 12-8 (3-2, 2-2, 2-2, 5-2).
ZV De Zaan: Angelo Corver 4, Daan Bakker 3, Phil Brantjes 2, Pascal Janssen 2, Mick van den Bree 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Milan Borcsok 4, Sebastiaan van Mil 2, Gergely Palotas 2.
PSV – GZC Donk: 12-19 (2-5, 3-6, 2-4, 5-4).
PSV: Levy Kort 4, Stijn Simons 3, Quint Pijnenburg 2, Niels van den Hout 2, Julian van Oorschodt 1.
GZC Donk: Guus van Yperen 5, Mart van der Weijden 5, Cas Westerwoudt 3, Tijs Schouwerwou 2, Quint van den Heuvel 2, Daan Schouwerwou 1, Stan van den Heuvel 1.
1 AZC 18-48
2 ZV De Zaan 20-48
3 Polar Bears 18-42
4 UZSC 18-39
5 Het Ravijn 17-38
6 GZC Donk 17-32
7 ZPC Amersfoort 18-32
8 ZVL-1886 18-22
9 BZC 16-13
10 ZPB 17-12
11 De Ham 16-11
12 Waterpolo Den Haag 17-7
13 PSV 18-7
14 SVH 16-4
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