A big stunt in the Dutch League. Leader AZC lost against Waterpolo Den Haag.
In Alphen aan den Rijn, Waterpolo Den Haag took the full loot by leaving the leader with 9-10 bewildered. AZC started the game well. Jesse Nispeling and Lars Reuten made it 2-0 for the home team, but then the visitors turned the game. Five goals in a row from The Hague resulted in a 2-5 score at the beginning of the second period. Koen Heiden in particular was ‘on fire’. In total he scored six times. In the third period, AZC came back to 9-9. But in the fourth period, Koen Heiden scored the winning goal.
The teams behind AZC partly benefited from the Alphen-slip. ZV De Zaan, Polar Bears and UZSC all played a draw. De Zaan lost a 7-9 lead against GZC Donk. Mart van der Weijden put GZC Donk at 13-13 in the very last second.
Polar Bears got no further than 8-8 against ZPC Amersfoort. In the first period (0-3) there was nithing to worry for the young team from Ede, but then the ‘Max van der Werve-show’ started. He personally scored five times in a row and took his team to 5-3. The visitors came back to 5-6, but then ZPC Amersfoort took the lead again. Lars ten Broek eventually took care of the 8-8.
UZSC drew against Het Ravijn: 16-16. Het Ravijn was especially happy with this, as the team from Nijverdal was still 16-13 behind four minutes before the end. Hugo Wouters, Jorn Muller and Lars Gottemaker caught up just in time.
Just like Waterpolo Den Haag, PSV and SVH were close to a stunt. PSV could smell the victory against ZPB after a strong third period. In the last period, however, the team from Eindhoven completely fell through the ice. A 8-10 lead was lost and ZPB won 13-11. In Leiden ZVL-1886 barely kept the points against SVH in-house. Nine minutes before the end Stan van Ruiten allowed the home team to breathe a sigh of relief with his 10-9.
Women
Leader ZV De Zaan did not run into problems against PSV. Wouter Veer’s team ran to 9-2 in the third period. In the last period, PSV got a bit more upbeat, but that was too late to create any significant danger.
Polar Bears continues to follow in the footsteps of ZV De Zaan. On Saturday, the team from Ede won the away match against Het Ravijn: 11-14. On Sunday, Polar Bears won again. Then De Ham was defeated (14-8). De Ham had already lost to GZC Donk on Saturday: 9-8.
Number 3 UZSC won with difficulty from ZVL-1886. It took a while before UZSC was up and running. After a 4-1 deficit, UZSC slowly crept closer and at the end of the third period, Esther Scheij gave UZSC the lead for the first time (6-7). In the fourth period, Robin Jutte made it 8-6.
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 12 February
AZC – Waterpolo Den Haag: 9-10 (2-4, 4-4, 3-1, 0-1).
AZC: Lars Reuten 3, Milos Filipovic 1, Jacoppo Mandolini 1, Jesse Nispeling 1, Robin Lindhout 1, Tim Reuten 1, Nigel Kombrink 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag: Koen Heiden 6, Twan de Kadt 2, Jeroen Willemsen 2.
ZPB – PSV: 13-11 (4-3, 2-2, 2-5, 5-1).
ZPB: Kevin ten Baarle 3, Jari Krijgsman 3, Stephan de Ruijter 3, Onno Kuller 1, Sven Silvis 1, Dominick de Waal 1, Maurice Dentro 1.
PSV: Niels van den Hout 5, Bram Swinkels 2, Quint Pijnenburg 1, Tijn Ritman 1, Melle Evers 1, Wessel Brands 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – Polar Bears: 8-8 (0-3, 2-0, 3-2, 3-3).
ZPC Amersfoort: Max van der Werve 5, Gergely Palotas 1, Sebastiaan van Mil 1, Milan Borcsok 1.
Polar Bears: Sam Kunz 3, Kas te Riele 3, Jens Wijgers 1, Lars ten Broek 1.
UZSC – Het Ravijn: 16-16 (5-5, 5-3, 3-4, 3-4).
UZSC: Luuk Gielen 6, Gies Wijnhoven 3, Flemming Kastrop 3, Bram van den Bersselaar 3, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1.
Het Ravijn: Emiel Wouters 5, Lars Gottemaker 4, Jorn Muller 4, Hugo Wouters 1, Yoran Loos 1, Bas ter Brake 1.
ZVL-1886 – SVH: 10-9 (4-3, 1-4, 2-0, 3-2).
ZVL-1886: Attila Kincses 3, Mark Visser 2, Ruben van Vierzen 2, David Spijker 1, Stan van Ruiten 1, Jasper Haasnoot 1.
SVH: Rudolf Cvanciger 3, Mathijs Haksteen 3, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 1, Frank Bot 1, Unknown 1.
GZC Donk – ZV De Zaan: 13-13 (2-4, 2-3, 3-2, 6-4).
GZC Donk: Mart van der Weijden 4, Tijs Schouwerwou 3, Erik Brugué 2, Stan van den Heuvel 2, Cas Westerwoudt 1, Jimmy Sjardijn 1.
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 3, Angelo Corver 3, Tim Ketelaars 2, Phil Brantjes 2, Mick van den Bree 2, Daan Bakker 1.
1 AZC 20-51
2 ZV De Zaan 21-49
3 Polar Bears 19-43
4 UZSC 19-40
5 Het Ravijn 19-39
6 GZC Donk 18-33
7 ZPC Amersfoort 19-33
8 ZVL-1886 20-28
9 ZPB 18-15
10 BZC 16-13
11 De Ham 16-11
12 Waterpolo Den Haag 19-10
13 PSV 19-7
14 SVH 17-4
Eredivisie Women
Saturday 12 February
Het Ravijn – Polar Bears: 11-14 (1-5, 4-4, 4-3, 2-2).
Het Ravijn: Lieke Schokker 5. Nina Scholten 3, Charlotte Mensink 2, Margreet ter Schure 1.
Polar Bears: Laura Schinkel 3, Fleurien Bosveld 3, Nina van de Geijn 2, Jill Oort 2, Lola Moolhuijzen 1, Storm Willemsen 1, Silvanne Slot 1, Aniek Roekevisch 1
PSV – ZV De Zaan: 6-12 (0-4, 1-2, 1-3, 4-3).
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 2, Gazizah Khalandi 2, Nian van der Beek 1, Sam Eveleens 1.
ZV De Zaan: Bente Rogge 2, Danique Sap 2, Sigrid Vleeshakker 2, Takyiwa Sam 2, Maxine Schaap 2, Lieke Rogge 2.
ZVL-1886 – UZSC: 6-8 (3-0, 2-4, 1-3, 0-1).
ZVL-1886: Renée de Kleer 3, Duchanka Kammerman 1, Laura Roels 1, Noha Zwiers 1.
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 3, Esther Scheij 2, Sam Jutte 2, Robin Jutte.
GZC Donk – De Ham: 9-8 (2-3, 0-1, 3-2, 4-2).
GZC Donk: Isabella van Toorn 6, Sabine Bergsma 1, Anouk Vermeulen 1, Kayleigh Schonewille 1.
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 3, Amy Rozemeijer 2, Rachelle Steur 2, Regina van t Veer 1.
Sunday 13 February
Polar Bears – De Ham: 14-8 (5-2, 1-2, 2-2, 6-3).
Polar Bears: Lola Moolhuijzen 4, Fleurien Bosveld 3, Laura Schinkel 3, Storm Willemsen 2, Nina van de Geijn 1, Jill Oort 1.
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 3, Rachelle Steur 3, Amy Rozemeijer 2.
1 ZV De Zaan 19-51
2 Polar Bears 20-45
3 UZSC 20-42
4 GZC Donk 19-29
5 ZVL-1886 17-25
6 Het Ravijn 17-20
7 De Ham 19-13
8 PSV 21-0
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