- News release
Tilburg grabs point against Amsterdam at last minute
On the twelfth playing day in the Tulp Hoofdklasse Women, Tilburg surprisingly took a point against Amsterdam. At the Wagener Stadium on Sunday it became 3-3 after a 3-1 deficit. Pinoké also lost points. The game against HGC ended 1-1. SCHC and Kampong won big against Oranje-Rood (5-0) and Rotterdam (0-6) respectively.
AMSTERDAM - TILBURG 3-3
Tilburg took a surprising point against Amsterdam at the last minute. Mikki Roberts' dry hit from a penalty corner seconds before time made it 3-3 at Wagener Stadium. A nice boost for the team of coach Matias Vila, who lost the game 7-0. The Amsterdam team seemed to have the upper hand again after Fiona Morgenstern's 3-1 goal in the 57th minute. However, goals by Hannah Salden and so Roberts prevented the eighth Amsterdam win of the season. It was the first draw this season for Tilburg, which sits neatly in seventh place. Amsterdam remained without defeat for the tenth game in a row, but the draw saw the gap to leaders Den Bosch and SCHC grow to eleven and four points, respectively, in the rankings.
HGC - PINOKÉ 1-1
Like Amsterdam's neighbors, Pinoké also spilled points. In Wassenaar, coach Daan Sabel's team played a 1-1 draw against HGC. With her sixth goal of the season, Amy Costello put HGC ahead early in the first quarter. After five games, the Wassenaar formation finally seemed to be heading for another victory in front of their own crowd. But in the fourth quarter Flo Klinkhamer scored the equalizer. As a result of the tie, there is little change in the rankings for either team. Pinoké remains fourth and HGC occupies spot eight.
SCHC - ORANGE-RED 5-0
Just like in the first game, SCHC also won the second confrontation with Oranje-Rood by a large margin. In Eindhoven it became 6-1. Sunday in Bilthoven the final score was 5-0. Two of the five goals came off the stick of Xan de Waard. The score was opened by Yibbi Jansen. The World Player of the Year signed for her eleventh goal of the season. Jip Dicke and Mette Winter also scored for SCHC, which recorded its third win in a row. In that series the team of coach Gilles van Hesteren scored thirteen times and did not concede a single goal. Oranje-Rood suffered its sixth defeat in its last seven major league games.
ROTTERDAM - KAMPONG 0-6
The first match in Utrecht ended in a surprising 3-3 draw, but in Rotterdam Kampong was by far the better team. With three goals Luna Fokke had a large share in the 6-0 victory for her team. Fokke stands at a total of eight goals this season. With the second victory in a row in a series of four unbeaten games, Kampong remains in sight of the fourth place, which at the end of the season entitles the team to participate in the playoffs. The difference with Pinoké is four points. Despite the defeat, Rotterdam remains ninth, but feels the hot breath of HDM, which has as many points (10) as the Rotterdam team but a slightly lower goal difference (-17 against -16).
