A big stunt in the Dutch League. Leader AZC lost against Waterpolo Den Haag.Β
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 βMax van der Werve-showβ 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.
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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.
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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.
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Eredivisie Men
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Saturday 12 February
AZC β 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.
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ZPB β 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.
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ZPC Amersfoort β 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.
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UZSC β 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.
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ZVL-1886 β 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.
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GZC Donk β ZV De Zaan: 13-13 (2-4, 2-3, 3-2, 6-4).
GZC Donk: Mart van der Weijden 4, Tijs Schouwerwou 3, Erik BruguΓ© 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.
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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
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Eredivisie Women
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Saturday 12 February
Het Ravijn β 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
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PSV β 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.
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ZVL-1886 β UZSC: 6-8 (3-0, 2-4, 1-3, 0-1).
ZVL-1886: RenΓ©e de Kleer 3, Duchanka Kammerman 1, Laura Roels 1, Noha Zwiers 1.
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 3, Esther Scheij 2, Sam Jutte 2, Robin Jutte.
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GZC Donk β 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.
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Sunday 13 February
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Polar Bears β 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.
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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 21-0Β
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