Waterpolo The Hague continues to surprise in the Dutch Cup tournament. The newcomer at the highest level won also its second match in the group stage (15:12 against BZC) and continues to lead group A.
In the same group, AZC is also unbeaten. The 21-time cup winner won – just like last week – with the smallest possible difference. This time the team from Alphen aan den Rijn was too strong for GZC Donk (10:9). Halfway the guests from Gouda still led 6:8, but in the second half of the match, AZC was in control. Laszlo Balasz Nagy scored the winning goal more than a minute before the end. ZV De Zaan and ZPB shared the points. In Zaandam it became 10:10. Mick van den Bree was the top scorer with four goals.
UZSC leads the ranking in group B. The young team from Utrecht had quite a bit of trouble with PSV in their own pool. Only in the last quarter was the team of the former captain of the Dutch national team Roeland Spijker able to convert the difference in strength into goals. UZSC won that quarter with 5:0. De Ham played its first cup match. It ended in a tie against ZVL-1886 (9:9). The team from Krommenie got off to a great start and was 3:0 ahead. Even in the last quarter the team was also ahead with two goals, but David Spijker brought the team from Leiden back to 9:9. He scored the last goal 15 seconds before the final whistle. ZPC Amersfoort won the tough away game against Polar Bears with solid play (5:8), which means that they have risen to the third place in the ranking in group B.
Women
Among the women, UZSC had no mercy in group A with PSV. The team from Utrecht pressed the visitors from Eindhoven under with 22:6. Nerida Drewes scored no less than 10 times! In the same group, ZV De Zaan won against Polar Bears 13:15. The difference had already been made in the first quarter. The home team’s final sprint could not prevent a defeat. Because of these results, UZSC and ZV De Zaan are still unbeaten in group A. Polar Bears and PSV are still waiting for their first points.
In group B the game between De Ham and ZVL-1886 had a strange score. In the first and last quarters the teams were evenly matched (3: 3), but in the two intervening quarters, ZVL was supreme. Sterre Bijkerk in particular was on target. She netted net six times. Het Ravijn made up for last week’s defeat by beating GZC Donk (16:13) and has in group B now as many loss points as their opponent from Gouda.
Men Group A – second round
Waterpolo Den Haag – BZC 15:12 (4:3, 4:2, 3:4, 4:3)
Waterpolo Den Haag: Koen Heiden 3, Fabian van Niekerk 3, Kjell Wansleeben 3, Daan Heiden 2, Jeroen Ruigrok 2, Jorik Amesz 1, Bram Goedhart 1.
BZC: Unknown.
AZC – GZC Donk 10:9 (3:2, 3:6, 3:1, 1:0)
AZC: Jacoppo Mandolini 3, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 2, Andreas Mirales 2, Nathan de Zwaan 1, Adam Maklari 1, Zoltan Keleman 1.
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 4, Tijs Schouwerwou 3, Ton van der Velden 1, Mart van der Weijden 1.
ZV De Zaan – ZPB 10:10 (3:1, 3:5, 1:1, 3:3)
ZV De Zaan: Mick van den Bree 4, Erno Snoek 2, Angelo Corver 2, Rick Keijzer 1, Don Rempt 1.
ZPB: Unknown
Men Group B – second round
ZVL-1886 – De Ham 9:9 (0:3, 3:2, 4:3, 2:1)
ZVL: David Spijker 4, Claudio Brancatello 2, Jasper Haasnoot 1, Mark Visser 1, Ruben van Vierzen 1.
De Ham: Bradley Sap 2, Reinier van t Veer 2, Sven Gravesteijn 2, Kjeld Gravesteijn 1, Floris van t Veer 1, Tim Groenendijk 1.
UZSC – PSV 12:7 (4:2, 1:2, 2:3, 5:0)
UZSC: Gies Wijnhoven 2, Sebastiaan Hessels 2, Sook Willemsen 2, Joep de Jong 2, Benjamin Hoepelman 1, Bram van den Bersselaar 1, Joost van der Burg 1, Tim de Mey 1.
PSV: Unknown.
Polar Bears – ZPC Amersfoort 5:8 (1:4, 2:2, 1:2, 1:0)
Polar Bears: Kas te Riele 2, Lars ten Broek 2, Sander Roels 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Sebastiaan van Mil 2, Lars Reuten 2, Mark Siewers 1, Max van der Werve 1, Mees Keuning 1, Sam Kunz 1.
Standings Group A
1 Waterpolo Den Haag 2-6
2 AZC 2-6
3 ZV De Zaan 2-4
4 ZPB 2-1
5 GZC Donk 1-0
6 SVH 1-0
7 BZC 2-0
Standings Group B
1 UZSC 2-6
2 ZVL-1886 2-4
3 ZPC Amersfoort 2-3
4 Het Ravijn 1-1
5 De Ham 1-1
6 Polar Bears 2-1
7 PSV 2-0
Women Group A – second round
UZSC – PSV 22:6 (7:2, 5:2, 4:0, 6:2)
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 10, Amarens Genee 3, Hanna Hogervorst 3, Esther Scheij 2, Saloua Maafi 2, Anne van Rossum 1, Marit Borgts 1.
PSV: Alex Schouten 3, Marit Rietvelt 1, Sam Eveleens 1, Annelot van Rooijen 1.
Polar Bears – ZV De Zaan 13:15 (2:5, 1:3, 4:3, 6:4)
Polar Bears: Lola Moolhuijzen 6, Storm Willemsen 3, Laura Schinkel 2, Nienke Vermeer 2.
ZV De Zaan: Lieke Rogge 6, Anouk Bergsma 3, Sigrid Vleesakker 2, Lotus Plugge 1, Maxine Schaap 1, Takyiwa Sam 1, Lola van de Velde 1.
Women Group B – second round
Het Ravijn – GZC Donk 16:13 (5:3, 3:3, 5:4, 3:3)
Het Ravijn: Noa de Vries 4, Lieke Schokker 4, Kari Ankone 3, Margreet ter Schure 2, Charlotte Mensink 2, Lotte Beunk 1.
GZC Donk: Vivianne Kretzmann Bahia 3, Saskia Vos 2, Marit van der Weijden 2, Lindsay Bouma 2, Sabine Bergsma 1, Kayleigh Schonewille 1, Isabella van Toorn 1, Anouk Vermeulen 1.
De Ham – ZVL-1886 8:20 (3:3, 1:9, 1:5, 3:3)
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 3, Duchanka Kammerman 2, Regina van t Veer 1, Amy Rozemeijer 1, Noha Zwiers 1.
ZVL: Sterre Bijkerk 6, Nikki Meijer 3, Malissa van Rijn 2, Hanneke Slagter 2, Renée de Kleer 2, Laura Roels 1, Moran Lindhout 1, Isis Keijzer 1, Anna Pauli 1, Lizzy Terpstra 1.
Standings Group A
1 UZCS 2-6
2 ZV De Zaan 2-6
3 Polar Bears 2-0
4 PSV 2-0
Standings Group B
1 ZVL 2-6
2 GZC Donk 2-3
3 Het Ravijn 2-3
4 De Ham 2-0
