The men played a “double” in the Netherlands. They came into action on both Saturday and Sunday. The biggest winner of the weekend is PSV, which added six points and rose five places in the rankings. Among the women, a 10:16 victory of UZSC over GZC Donk made it very exciting at the top.
Men
PSV surprisingly beat ZPC Amersfoort on Saturday. Due to a strong last period, ZPC Amersfoort was left empty-handed at home (12:13). A day later, Ronald Lindhout’s team had less trouble with the low classified De Ham, it became no less than 20:8. As a result, PSV rose from eleventh to sixth place in the ranking. AZC lost a point against GZC Donk on Saturday (6:6). It was thanks to a final sprint by Robin Lindhout and Nathan de Zwaan that AZC kept one point in Alphen aan den Rijn. Het Ravijn is the new leader. The team from Nijverdal won on both Saturday and Sunday. ZV De Zaan and UZSC did the same. The team from Zaandam did that against the strongest opponents. Saturday they beat Polar Bears (10:12) and Sunday against GZC Donk (9:12). Center Thomas Lucas was the best player in both games.
Women
The top match of the weekend took place in Gouda, where the numbers 1 and 2 of the rankings met. UZSC put an end to the unbeaten status of the home team. And with a 10:16 it was a surprisingly big win. The Utrecht victory has ensured that the top-4 now all have the same number of loss points. ZV De Zaan easily beat PSV (2:19), which meant that the team from Zaanstad even skipped UZSC in the ranking. The fourth team that is stuck on one loss so far is Polar Bears. On Saturday, the team of Evangelos Doudesis won 10:18 against Het Ravijn. SWOL 1894 lost 9:14 against ‘best of the rest’ ZVL. A first weak period ended SWOL. As a result, the team from Zwolle is still winless at the bottom.
Eredivisie Men: Saturday 6 March
Polar Bears – ZV De Zaan 10:12 (2:3, 3:4, 1:3, 4:2)
Polar Bears: Guus Wolswinkel 3, Tom de Weerd 3, Lars ten Broek 2, Sander Roels 1, Tarik Scherrenburg 1.
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 4, Rick Keijzer 3, Angelo Corver 3, Erno Snoek 2.
ZVL-1886 – UZSC 5:14 (3:3, 0:4, 0:3, 2:4)
ZVL: David Spijker 2, Lars van Nobelen 1, Claudio Brancatello 1, Jasper Haasnoot 1.
UZSC: Joost van der Burg 4, Gies Wijnhoven 2, Flemming Kastrop 2, Benjamin Hoepelman 2, Joep de Jong 1, Bram van den Bersselaar 1, Sebastiaan Hessels 1, Tim de Mey 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – PSV 12:13 (0:2, 6:2, 3:3, 3:6)
ZPC Amersfoort: Sebastiaan van Mil 4, Max van der Werve 4, Mees Keuning 2, Lars Reuten 1, Mark Siewers 1.
PSV: Sammy Claes 4, Wessel Brands 3, Melle Evers 1, Bram Swinkels 1, Quint Pijnenburg 1, Unknown 3.
BZC – De Ham 15:7 (4:3, 1:2, 5:1, 5:1)
BZC: Jan-Willem Slaghuis 3, Bilal Gbadamassi 2, Mika Smelt 2, Filip Kljajevic 2, Frank Groot Kormelinck 2, Unknown 5.
De Ham: Kjeld Gravesteijn 2, Floris vant Veer 2, Bradley Sap 1, Reinier van t Veer 1, Alexander van Straaten 1.
SVH – Waterpolo Den Haag 13:12 (4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 1:3)
SVH: Milos Filipovic 5, Jesse Nispeling 3, Gergo Bernula 1, Petar Filipovic 1, Menno Venema 1, Mathijs Haksteen 1, Jelle Kleiss 1.
Den Haag: Bart Turk 6, Kjell Wansleeben 3, Daan Heiden 1, Fabian van Niekerk 1, Jeroen Ruigrok 1.
AZC – GZC Donk 6:6 (1:3, 3:1, 0:1, 2:0)
AZC: Robin Lindhout 2, Andreas Miralis 2, Nathan de Zwaan 2.
GZC Donk: Guus van Yperen 2, Stan van den Heuvel 2, Ton van der Velden 1, Unknown 1.
Het Ravijn – ZPB 16:6 (3:1, 3:2, 3:2, 7:1)
Het Ravijn: Lars Gottemaker 3, Jorn Muller 3, Sam Stertefeld 3, Emiel Wouters 2, Jorrit Aanstoot 1, Bas Jan Dijkink 1, Yoran Loos 1, Kenia Heitink 1, Bas ter Brake 1.
ZPB: Onno Kuller 1, Wessel Schoenmaker 1, Kevin van Baarle 1, Unknown 3.
Eredivisie Men: Sunday 7 March
Waterpolo Den Haag – UZSC 2:9 (1:3, 0:1, 1:3, 0:2)
Den Haag: Bart Turk 2.
UZSC: Joep de Jong 2, Benjamin Hessels 2, Sook Willemsen 2, Sebastian Hessels 1, Bram van den Bersselaar 1, Benjamin Hoepelman 1.
PSV – De Ham 20:8 (2:1, 5:0, 7:3, 6:4)
PSV: Wessel Brands 6, Stijn Simons 4, Sammy Claes 2, Tijn Ritman 2, Melle Evers 1, Julian van Oorschodt 1, Bram Swinkels 1, Tim Schalken 1, Unknown 2.
De Ham: Bradley Sap 2, Reinier van t Veer 2, Glenn Reemnet 1, Sam Boorsma 1, Tim Groenendijk 1, Kjeld Gravesteijn 1.
BZC – Het Ravijn 9:14 (2:2, 3:3, 1:4, 3:5)
BZC: Dynand Muller 4, Bilal Gbadamassi 2, Frank Groot Kormelinck 1, Robert Beskers 1, Jan-Willem Slaghuis 1.
Het Ravijn: Jorrit Aanstoot 4, Emiel Wouters 2, Bas ter Brake 2, Jorn Muller 2, Yoran Loos 1, Rob Gottemaker 1, Lars Gottemaker 1, Sam Stertefeld 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – ZVL-1886 9:6 (3:2, 3:3, 1:0, 2:1)
ZPC Amersfoort: Mees Keuning 3, Sam Kunz 2, Sebastiaan van Mil 2, Max van der Werve 1, Jorren Hanselaar 1.
ZVL: Claudio Brancatello 2, Jasper Haasnoot 2, Stan van Ruiten 1, Nick van der Plas 1.
SVH – Polar Bears 11:17 (2:2, 3:6, 2:6, 4:3)
SVH: Jesse Nispeling 3, Max van Genabeek 3, Milos Filipovic 2, Frank Bot 1, Gergo Bernula 1, Petar Filipovic 1.
Polar Bears: Tom de Weerd 7, Kas te Riele 4, Jikke Tolsma 2, Sander Roels 2, Lars ten Broek 1, Tarik Scherrenburg 1.
AZC – ZPB 16:10 (4:0, 4:0, 4:3, 4:7)
AZC: Robin Lindhout 5, Jacoppo Mandolini 4, Andreas Miralis 4, Nathan de Zwaan 1, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 1, Sven Schoonderwoerd 1.
ZPB: Kevin van Baarle 4, Onno Kuller 4, Noah Hogendoorn 1, Michael de Kreek 1.
GZC Donk – ZV De Zaan 9:12 (1:2, 3:3, 2:4, 3:3)
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 2, Quint van den Heuvel 2, Erik Brugué 2, Tijs Schouwerwou 2, Jimmy Sjardijn 1.
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 4, Stan Meijn 2, Angelo Corver 2, Mick van den Bree 2, Erno Snoek 1, Unknown 1.
Standings Eredivisie Men
1 Het Ravijn 5-15
2 AZC 5-13
3 UZSC 4-12
4 ZV De Zaan 4-12
5 GZC Donk 5-7
6 PSV 5-7
7 Polar Bears 4-6
8 BZC 4-6
9 ZPC Amersfoort 5-6
10 SVH 3-4
11 ZPB 5-3
12 ZVL 4-0
13 De Ham 4-0
14 Waterpolo Den Haag 5-0
Eredivisie Women: Saturday 6 March
Het Ravijn – Polar Bears 10:18 (3:5, 3:5, 3:4, 1:4)
Het Ravijn: Noa de Vries 2, Lotte Beunk 2, Lieke Schokker 2, Kari Ankone 2, Charlotte Mensink 1, Margreet ter Schure 1.
Polar Bears: Fleurien Bosveld 4, Laura Schinkel 3, Storm Willemsen 3, Lola Moolhuijzen 3, Simone van de Kraats 2, Nienke Vermeer 2, Feline Voordouw 1.
PSV – ZV De Zaan 2:19 (1:3, 0:3, 0:8, 1:5)
PSV: Sofie de Klein 1, Elza Aldenzee 1.
ZV De Zaan: Maxine Schaap 5, Lieke Rogge 4, Maud Koopman 4, Jessie van der Kamp 3, Yara Galjé 2, Lotus Plugge 1.
SWOL 1894 – ZVL-1886 9:14 (1:6, 3:2, 3:2, 2:4)
SWOL 1894: Mieke van der Sloot 4, Kim Okoli 3, Rowan van der Hure 1, Annemarie Worst 1.
ZVL: Laura Roels 3, Lizzy Terpstra 3, Sterre Bijkerk 2, Malissa van Rijn 2, Reneé de Kleer 1, Nikki Meijer 1, Isis Keijzer 1, Mathilde Voorvelt 1.
GZC Donk – UZSC 10:16 (3:4, 3:5, 2:2, 2:5)
GZC Donk: Viviane Kretzmann Bahia 3, Marit van der Weijden 2, Anouk Vermeulen 2, Brigitte Sleeking 1, Isabella van Toorn 1, Sabine Bergsma 1.
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 6, Esther Scheij 4, Dagmar Genee 4, Amarens Genee 2.
Standings Eredivisie Women
1 GZC Donk 6-15
2 ZV De Zaan 5-12
3 UZSC 5-12
4 Polar Bears 5-12
5 ZVL 6-9
6 Het Ravijn 5-6
7 De Ham 5-3
8 PSV 5-3
9 SWOL 1894 6-0
