After a corona stop and (preparation for) the Olympic Qualification Tournament, the Dutch league for men has also started again. It was only the third round of play. Four teams are still unbeaten.
Het Ravijn achieved the best victory. The Nijverdallers won 10-12 against the strong GZC Donk. At the end of the last period, Ivar Schilstra and Emiel Wouters made the decisive gap. Reigning national champion UZSC had the greatest difficulty with BZC. Halfway the team from Utrecht still faced a 4-6 deficit. But in a strong second half, UZSC took some distance. AZC had less trouble with Waterpolo Den Haag. The home team was allowed to smell a surprise in the first period, but in the second and third period AZC made the relationships clear. ZPC Amersfoort also had little trouble in his game. Against De Ham it became 11-18. Amersfoort missed international Jesse Koopman, who sustained an arm injury at the OQT. But that did not bother Gianluca Sattolo’s team. Polar Bears narrowly beat ZPB (8:9). A minute and a half before the buzzer, Sjors de Kater scored the winning goal. ZPB coach Arjen Silvis tried to force in the final phase, but to no avail. Apart from a yellow card, it did not bring him much further. PSV and SVH got their first point. In a mutual game it became 14-14. After three periods, there seemed to be no problem for SVH, but PSV came back in the last period thanks to goals from Niels van den Hout, Sammy Claes and Melle Evers.
Women
Among the women, only big victories. Reigning champion GZC Donk defeated ZVL 6:16. The team from Gouda is the only team that is still unbeaten. Behind them, Polar Bears, UZSC and ZV De Zaan all have nine points out of four games. They also all won with big numbers on Saturday. Polar Bears pushed PSV down with 13: 6 and UZSC had no mercy with De Ham (20:6). Nerida Drewes was once again a star on the Utrecht side. She scored eight times. But the biggest result was attributed to ZV De Zaan. Arjan Vos’ team pulverized SWOL 1894. It became no less than 27:2. Maxine Schaap exceeded Nerida Drewes’s goal production. She netted no less than ten times.
Eredivisie Men
Waterpolo Den Haag – AZC 10:19 (4:3, 2:6, 1:6, 3:4)
Waterpolo Den Haag: Bart Turk 3, Daan Heiden 2, Jeroen Willemsen 1, Twan de Kadt 1, Koen Heiden 1, Robin Thoen 1, Darko Jovanovic 1.
AZC: Robin Lindhout 5, Andreas Miralis 5, Attila Kincses 4, Zoltan Keleman 2, Jort Stienstra 1, Thomas Glansdorp 1, Nathan de Zwaan 1.
PSV – SVH 14:14 (3:5, 5:2, 1:5, 5:2)
PSV: Niels van den Hout 4, Sammy Claes 2, Wessel Brands 1, Melle Evers 1, Levy Kort 1, Stijn Simons 1, Quint Pijnenburg 1, Unknown 3.
SVH: Petar Filipovic 5, Max van Genabeek 4, Milos Filipovic 3, Rick Vermeulen 1, Menno Venema 1.
De Ham – ZPC Amersfoort 11:18 (2:6, 2:5, 3:3, 4:4)
De Ham: Sven Gravesteijn 3, Tom Geestman 3, Bradley Sap 3, Floris vant Veer 1, Kevin Peters 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Mees Keuning 7, Sam Kunz 4, Sebastiaan van Mil 3, Dominic van de Bunt 1, Jort van der Werve 1, Max van der Werve 1, Jorren Hanselaar 1.
UZSC – BZC 13:8 (3:4, 1:2, 4:1, 5:1)
UZSC: Sebastiaan Hessels 4, Benjamin Hoepelman 3, Joost van der Burg 2, Gies Wijnhoven 1, Benjamin Hessels 1, Bram van den Bersselaar 1, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1.
BZC: Bilal Gbadamassi 4, Mika Smelt 4.
ZPB – Polar Bears 8:9 (2:2, 2:1, 1:3, 3:3)
ZPB: Stephan de Ruijter 1, Onno Kuller 1, Unknown 6.
Polar Bears: Lars ten Broek 2, Sander Roels 2, Jikke Tolsma 1, Sjors de Kater 1, Tom de Weerd 1, Rick Meijer 1, Kas te Riele 1.
GZC Donk – Het Ravijn 10:12 (3:3, 3:2, 1:2, 3:5)
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 3, Erik Brugué 2, Cas Westerwoudt 1, Guus van Yperen 1, Ton van der Velden 1, Unknown 2.
Het Ravijn: Emiel Wouters 4, Lars Gottemaker 3, Yoran Loos 2, Ivar Schilstra 2, Bas ter Brake 1.
ZV De Zaan – ZVL-1886 12:4 (5:2, 3:0, 3:1, 1:1)
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 3, Stan Meijn 2, Tim Ketelaars 2, Rick Keijzer 1, Angelo Corver 1, Unknown 3.
ZVL: Claudio Brancatello 2, David Spijker 1, Mark Visser 1.
Standings Eredivisie Men
1 AZC 3-9
2 Het Ravijn 3-9
3 ZV De Zaan 2-6
4 UZSC 2-6
5 GZC Donk 3-6
6 Polar Bears 2-3
7 BZC 2-3
8 ZPC Amersfoort 3-3
9 ZPB 3-3
10 SVH 1-1
11 PSV 3-1
12 De Ham 2-0
13 ZVL-1886 2-0
14 Waterpolo Den Haag 3-0
Eredivisie Women
UZSC – De Ham 20:6 (5:3, 5:1, 4:2, 6:2)
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 8, Dagmar Genee 3, Hanna Hogervorst 2, Esther Scheij 2, Sam Jutte 1, Amarens Genee 1, Anne van Rossum 1, Danique Lauritsen 1, Saloua Maafi 1.
De Ham : Amy Rozemeijer 3, Danique Sap 2, Lizette Rozeboom 1.
ZV De Zaan – SWOL 1894 27:2 (6:0, 5:1, 8:1, 8:0)
ZV De Zaan: Maxine Schaap 10, Maud Koopman 5, Yara Galjé 3, Lieke Rogge 3, Takyiwa Sam 2, Sigrid Vleeshakker 1, Lola van de Velde 1, Arlene Snoek 1, Jessie van der Kamp 1.
SWOL: Maaike Spijkerman 1, Laura Pruim 1.
ZVL-1886 – GZC Donk 6:16 (1:3, 0:5, 2:3, 3:5)
ZVL: Nikki Meijer 2, Malissa van Rijn 1, Isis Keijzer 1, Moran Lindhout 1, Laura Roels 1.
GZC Donk: Nomi Stomphorst 6, Marit van der Weijden 3, Saskia Vos 2, Brigitte Sleeking 1, Isabella van Toorn 1, Sabine Bergsma 1, Daphne Verhulst 1, Viviane Kretzmann Bahia 1.
Polar Bears – PSV 13:6 (6:1, 2:1, 3:1, 2:3)
Polar Bears: Storm Willemsen 5, Laura Schinkel 3, Nina ten Broek 2, Lola Moolhuijzen 2, Fleurien Bosveld 1.
PSV: Alex Schouten 2, Gazizah Khalandi 2, Elza Aldenzee 1, Tessa Kimenai 1.
Standings Eredivisie Women
1 GZC Donk 5-15
2 UZSC 4-9
3 ZV De Zaan 4-9
4 Polar Bears 4-9
5 Het Ravijn 4-6
6 ZVL-1886 5-6
7 PSV 4-3
8 De Ham 5-3
9 SWOL 1894 5-0
