In the Dutch League there were five draws this weekend. Because of that AZC is now alone in the lead.
AZC had no trouble at all with Waterpolo Den Haag (6-19) on Saturday. Because Het Ravijn shared the points with UZSC (8-8), the team from Alphen aan den Rijn is now the only leader. Het Ravijn turned a 1-3 deficit into an 8-4 lead and appeared to have taken the win. But in the last period, Het Ravijn failed to score, while UZSC scored four more times.
ZV De Zaan lost an almost certain victory over GZC Donk. With more than two minutes left on the clock. A minute before the end ZV De Zaan was in the lead with 11-8. But then Stan van den Heuvel scored twice and it was suddenly 11-10 with 16 seconds left on the clock. During their last attack, ZV De Zaan made an offensive fault, so GZC Donk was given one last all-or-nothing attack. Goalkeeper Bram van Rossum went forward and in the very last second GZC Donk found Kjeld Veenhuis who netted the 11-11.
BZC and De Ham also played a draw. In Borculo it was 15-15. In the fourth period, it was the home team that made a gap (15-13), but in the last minute De Ham managed to score twice. First it was Hamish Booker and ten seconds before time Sven Gravesteijn.
Polar Bears and ZPC Amersfoort signed for the next tie on Sunday. In Ede it became 6-6. Polar Bears seemed to be the better team for a long time, but after Lars ten Broek’s 5-2 in the third period, the team from Amersfoort recovered itself and turned the deficit into a 5-6 lead. Kas te Riele evened the score in the last minute.
In the battle at the bottom, PSV did good business. The team from Eindhoven won at home against ZPB (14-12). However, the visitors from Barendrecht performed well. After Thijs Gevers’ 1-0, ZPB scored five times in a row. It took some effort, but in the second half the Eindhoven team still managed to control the game. Sebastiaan Brands’ team took a 10-8 lead in the third period and seemed to have everything under control. But Sven Silvis and Petar Filipovic brought the teams back into balance. In the last period, PSV still ran out.
ZVL-1886 made no mistake against SVH. Although the visitors took a 2-0 lead thanks to Kerem Gemalmazoglu, ZVL-1886 then ran out to 3-9 quite easily. In the end it was 9-14.
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 23 October
PSV – ZPB: 14-12 (1-3, 4-3, 5-4, 4-2).
PSV: Wessel Brands 3, Levy Kort 3, Quint Pijnenburg 3, Niels van den Hout 2, Alain van de Bovenkamp 1, Stijn Simons 1, Thijs Gevers 1.
ZPB: Petar Filipovic 4, Ton van der Velden 3, Jari Krijgsman 2, Sven Silvis 1, Maurice Dentro 1, Dominick de Waal 1.
ZV De Zaan – GZC Donk: 11-11 (3-3, 1-1, 3-2, 4-5).
ZV De Zaan: Angelo Corver 4, Bradley Sap 2, Mick van den Bree 2, Koen de Koning 1, Don Rempt 1, Phil Brandjes 1.
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 3, Kjeld Veenhuis 2, Guus van Yperen 2, Jimmy Sjardijn 2, Tijs Schouwerwou 1, Erik Brugué 1.
SVH – ZVL-1886: 9-14 (3-3, 1-6, 2-0, 3-5).
SVH: Kerem Gemalmazoglu 4, Rudolf Cvanciger 2, Rick Vermeulen 2, Tomas Kostelnik 1.
ZVL-1886: David Spijker 4, Stan van Ruiten 2, Ruben van Vierzen 2, Mark Visser 2, Jasper Haasnoot 2, Claudio Brancatello 1, Attila Kincses 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag – AZC: 6-19 (2-4, 1-5, 2-5, 1-5).
Waterpolo Den Haag: Koen Heiden 4, Coen Berendse 1, Daan Heiden 1.
AZC: Jesse Nispeling 5, Jacoppo Mandolini 3, Lars Reuten 3, Robin Lindhout 2, Tim Reuten 2, Nathan de Zwaan 1, Nigel Kombrink 1, Sven Schoonderwoerd 1, Milos Filipovic 1.
Het Ravijn – UZSC: 8-8 (1-2, 4-2, 3-1, 0-3).
Het Ravijn: Jorn Muller 3, Lars Gottemaker 2, Emiel Wouters 1, Yoran Loos 1, Jorrit Aanstoot 1.
UZSC: Benjamin Hoepelman 4, Luuk Gielen 2, Flemming Kastrop 1, Sook Willemsen 1.
BZC – De Ham: 15-15 (2-3, 4-5, 6-4, 3-3).
BZC: Abel Lukacs 4, Dynand Muller 4, Frank Groot Kormelinck 3, Duuk Reinders 2, Gergely Dobay 1, Filip Kljajevic 1.
De Ham: Luka Kaleb 5, Floris vant Veer 4, Sven Gravesteijn 2, Tom Geestman 2, Hamish Booker 1, Reinier van t Veer 1.
Sunday 24 October
Polar Bears – ZPC Amersfoort: 6-6 (2-1, 2-1, 1-3, 1-1).
Polar Bears: Jens Wijgers 2, Kas te Riele 1, Lars ten Broek 1, Marnick Snel 1, Tarik Scherrenburg 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Jan-Willem Slaghuis 2, Gergely Palotas 2, Sebastiaan van Mil 1, Jort van der Werve 1.
1 AZC 7-18
2 Het Ravijn 7-16
3 ZV De Zaan 7-14
4 UZSC 7-14
5 ZPC Amersfoort 7-14
6 ZVL-1886 7-13
7 BZC 6-10
8 GZC Donk 7-10
9 Polar Bears 5-8
10 De Ham 7-8
11 PSV 7-6
12 SVH 7-3
13 Waterpolo Den Haag 6-0
14 ZPB 7-0
Eredivisie Women
In an exciting battle in Nijverdal, Het Ravijn and GZC Donk kept it at 7-7. UZSC easily beat De Ham on Saturday. In Utrecht it became 18-8. The next day, however, ZVL-1886 was too strong. It didn’t look like that for long. In the third period, the home team led with 8-5. In the last period, however, Joachim de Ruijsscher’s team failed to score and the visitors put the 9-10 final score on the scoreboard. On Saturday, it was ZVL-1886 that had trouble with scoring. In Zaandam they lost against ZV De Zaan: 9-5. On Sunday, Polar Bears won 15-8 against PSV.
Saturday 23 October
UZSC – De Ham: 18-8 (4-3, 3-1, 6-2, 5-2).
UZSC: Esther Scheij 5, Kila van der Veen 3, Sterre Bijkerk 2, Anne van Rossum 2, Cecil Bas 2, Karen Haksteen 2, Sam Jutte 1, Danique Lauritsen 1.
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 3, Amy Rozemeijer 3, Rachelle Steur 2.
Het Ravijn –GZC Donk: 7-7 (2-2, 1-2, 3-1, 1-2).
Het Ravijn: Kari Ankone 2, Lotte Beunk 1, Margreet ter Schure 1, Laura Boerdam 1, Nina Scholten 1, Charlotte Goes 1.
GZC Donk: Isabella van Toorn 4, Sabine Bergsma 1, Kayleigh Schonewille 1, Saskia Vos 1.
ZV De Zaan – ZVL-1886: 9-5 (3-2, 1-3, 2-0, 3-0).
ZV De Zaan: Lieke Rogge 3, Yara Galjé 2, Sigrid Vleeshakker 1, Takyiwa Sam 1, Maxine Schaap 1, Lotus Plugge 1.
ZVL-1886: Renée de Kleer 4, Nikki Meijer 1.
Sunday 24 October
Polar Bears – PSV: 15-8 (2-2, 6-2, 4-3, 3-1).
Polar Bears: Lola Moolhuijzen 5, Fleurien Bosveld 3, Jill Oort 2, Nina van de Geijn 2, Feline Voordouw 2, Laura Schinkel 1.
PSV: Tessa Kimenai 3, Eline Bekkers 2, Elza Aldenzee 1, Annelot van Rooijen 1, Viën van der Beek 1.
UZSC – ZVL-1886: 9-10 (2-2, 3-2, 4-3, 0-3).
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 3, Marijn Borst 1, Kila van der Veen 1, Anne van Rossum 1, Sam Jutte 1, Esther Scheij 1, Sterre Bijkerk 1.
ZVL-1886: Noha Zwiers 3, Lizzy Terpstra 2, Renée de Kleer 2, Duchanka Kammerman 2, Esmee van Roijen 1.
1 ZV de Zaan 5-15
2 UZSC 6-12
3 ZVL-1886 7-12
4 Het Ravijn 6-11
5 GZC Donk 6-8
6 Polar Bears 4-6
7 De Ham 6-3
8 PSV 6-0
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