The women of ZV De Zaan ran into their first defeat of the season on Saturday. Polar Bears was too strong in Zaandam. Just like the Supercup in September the final score was 5-6. This time it was youngster Lola Moolhuijzen who scored the winning goal. Despite the defeat, ZV De Zaan remains top of the list.
UZSC took advantage from De Zaan’s misstep. Due to the win against Het Ravijn (12-6) the Utrecht team now has the same points as the leader. However, UZSC has played one more game for that. Het Ravijn started the game sloppy, but recovered in the second period and came back to 5-5. But the team from Nijverdal could not continue. From the third period, UZSC dominated. On Sunday, Het Ravijn lost again. Then ZVL-1886 was too strong.
On Saturday, ZVL-1886 had lost to GZC Donk, who played a good game. The team from Gouda won 12-6 and therefore keeps the top-3 in sight. GZC Donk laid the foundation for the win in the middle two periods when the team ran out from from 3-3 to 9-3. Saskia Vos in particular was on target. She scored five times. The Ham also won. It became 10-6 against number last PSV. Former international Lizette Rozeboom was the star with four goals.
Men
ZPC Amersfoort kept the points in their pool. Against Waterpolo Den Haag is became 14-8. ZVL-1886 had the chance to join the second tier, but has missed that battle for this time. In Leiden, the team lost 13-16 against Het Ravijn. The gap with the top-5 has become four points now. Het Ravijn continues to belong to the top. The team from the east of the Netherlands is second on two points from leader AZC, which had some difficulties with BZC at home. In the third period the team from Alphen aan den Rijn created a gap (7-4). In the final period, however, the visitors from Borculo came dangerously close again thanks to goals from Filip Kljajevic and Dynand Muller, but Milos Filipovic scored two times and secured the victory: 9-7.
GZC Donk and Polar Bears hardly differed from each other. Only in the fourth period did Tijs Schouwerwou and Mart van der Weijden create a gap of two goals in favor of the home team (10-8). However, Sam Kunz did not give in with Polar Bears yet. With three minutes left to play, he scored the connecting goal. But when Quint van de Heuvel scored 11-9 with just over a minute left on the clock, the game was decided.
De Ham recorded an important victory over SVH (10-8). Due to the victory, the team from Krommenie has risen to the eighth place in the ranking and has distanced itself from the relegation zone.
Although ZV De Zaan won (10-13), Andreas Miralis’s team could not convince against ZPB. After the 5-1 in the first period, the home team played really well against the title contender. ZPB was still left empty-handed and is still scoreless at the bottom. UZSC quickly showed who was the better team in the match against PSV. Only after 9-0 in the second period did PSV netted for the first time. In the end it was 22-8.
Eredivisie Women
Saturday 30 October
ZV De Zaan – Polar Bears: 5-6 (2-2, 2-1, 1-2, 0-1).
ZV De Zaan: Takyiwa Sam 2, Anouk Bergsma 1, Yara Galjé 1, Lieke Rogge 1.
Polar Bears: Storm Willemsen 2, Feline Voordouw 2, Laura Schinkel 1, Lola Moolhuijzen 1.
GZC Donk – ZVL-1886: 12-6 (3-3, 4-0, 3-1, 2-2).
GZC Donk: Saskia Vos 5, Sabine Bergsma 2, Anouk Vermeulen 2, Iris Snoeij 1, Isabella van Toorn 1, Kayleigh Schonewille 1.
ZVL-1886: Laura Roels 2, Noha Zwiers 2, Renée de Kleer 1, Duchanka Kammerman 1.
UZSC – Het Ravijn: 12-6 (4-2, 1-3, 3-0, 4-1).
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 5, Esther Scheij 3, Sterre Bijkerk 2, Danique Lauritsen 1, Lois den Ouden 1.
Het Ravijn: Lotte Beunk 2, Lieke Schokker 1, Nina Scholten 1, Dian Scholten 1, Susan de Vries.
De Ham – PSV: 10-6 (2-0, 3-2, 2-1, 3-3).
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 4, Amy Rozemeijer 3, Nienke de Winter 1, Rachelle Steur 1, Regina van t Veer 1.
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 4, Jackie Stanger 1, Eline Bekkers 1.
Sunday 31 October
Het Ravijn – ZVL-1886: 10-12 (2-4, 4-2, 3-3, 1-3).
Het Ravijn: Lieke Schokker 4, Kari Ankone 2, Lotte Beunk 2, Dian Scholten 1, Margreet ter Schure 1.
ZVL-1886: Duchanka Kammerman 4, Renée de Kleer 3, Nikki Meijer 2, Laura Roels 1, Lizzy Terpstra 1, Jolijn Joor 1.
1 ZV de Zaan 6-15
2 UZSC 7-15
3 ZVL-1886 9-15
4 GZC Donk 7-11
5 Het Ravijn 8-11
6 Polar Bears 5-9
7 De Ham 7-6
8 PSV 7-0
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 30 October
ZVL-1886 – Het Ravijn: 13-16 (4-2, 1-5, 5-4, 3-5).
ZVL-1886: Jasper Haasnoot 4, Attila Kincses 4, Mark Visser 2, Stan van Ruiten 1, Yannick van den Burg 1, Claudio Brancatello 1.
Het Ravijn: Yoran Loos 4, Jorn Muller 3, Jorrit Aanstoot 3, Emiel Wouters 2, Bas ter Brake 2, Kenai Heitink 1, Ivar Schilstra 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – Waterpolo Den Haag: 14-8 (3-1, 2-4, 4-0, 5-3).
ZPC Amersfoort: Gergely Palotas 5, Max van der Werve 3, Jan-Willem Slaghuis 3, Jort van der Werve 1, Sebastiaan van Mil 1, Dominic van de Bunt 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag: Twan de Kadt 2, Jeroen Willemsen 2, Fabian van Niekerk 1, Daan Heiden 1, Koen Heiden 1, Coen Berendsen 1.
AZC – BZC: 9-7 (2-1, 2-3, 3-0, 2-3).
AZC: Milos Filipovic 4, Robin Lindhout 2, Nathan de Zwaan 2, Jesse Nispeling 1.
BZC: Filip Kljajevic 3, Dynand Muller 2, Gergely Dobay 1, Sven Dijkhuis 1.
De Ham – SVH: 10-8 (5-2, 2-2, 3-1, 0-3).
De Ham: Luka Kaleb 3, Floris vant Veer 2, Hamish Booker 2, Tom Geestman 2, Kjeld Gravesteijn 1.
SVH: Laszlo Balasz Nagy 3, Kerem Gemalmazoglu 2, Rick Vermeulen 1, Sven Nieuwstraten 1, Rudolf Cvanciger 1.
GZC Donk – Polar Bears: 11-9 (1-3, 2-1, 4-3, 4-2).
GZC Donk: Tijs Schouwerwou 3, Cas Westerwoudt 2, Mart van der Weijden 2, Quint van den Heuvel 2, Erik Brugué 1, Stan van den Heuvel 1.
Polar Bears: Sam Kunz 5, Marnick Snel 2, Tarik Scherrenburg 1, Jens Wijgers 1.
ZPB – ZV De Zaan: 10-13 (3-5, 1-2, 4-4, 2-2).
ZPB: Maurice Dentro 4, Ton van der Velden 2, Jari Krijgsman 2, Petar Filipovic 1, Stephan de Ruijter 1.
ZV De Zaan: Angelo Corver 6, Thomas Lucas 3, Stan Meijn 2, Don Rempt 2.
UZSC – PSV: 22-8 (7-0, 5-3, 3-3, 7-2).
UZSC: Sook Willemsen 5, Flemming Kastrop 3, Bram van den Bersselaar 3, Benjamin Hoepelman 3, Abel de Haan 2, Joost van der Burg 2, Joep de Jong 1, Tom ten Wolde 1, Stan Kortleve 1, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1.
PSV: Quint Pijnenburg 2, Stijn Simons 2, Niels van den Hout 2, Levy Kort 1, Wessel Brands 1.
1 AZC 8-21
2 Het Ravijn 8-19
3 ZV De Zaan 8-17
4 UZSC 8-17
5 ZPC Amersfoort 8-17
6 ZVL-1886 8-13
7 GZC Donk 8-13
8 De Ham 8-11
9 BZC 7-10
10 Polar Bears 6-8
11 PSV 8-6
12 SVH 8-3
13 Waterpolo Den Haag 7-0
14 ZPB 8-0
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