Rotterdam men have not managed to take over the lead in the Tulp Hoofdklasse. The team should have won the rescheduled match at Kampong on Thursday evening, but lost 3-2 at the Klapperboom. This leaves the Oranje-Rood at the top with a two-point lead. Den Bosch and Bloemendaal met in the Oosterplas in a rearranged match that did not produce a winner. It ended 1-1.
Rotterdam had a disappointing evening in Utrecht. The team suffered only their second defeat of the season and the first away from home. As a result, the Rotterdam team missed the opportunity to become the leader in the Tulp Hoofdklasse after eleven competition games. The home team struck hard in six minutes. Rik Sprengers opened the scoring from a penalty and was productive from a penalty corner a minute later. Terrance Pieters made it 3-0 early in the second quarter. Rotterdam managed to limit the damage somewhat before half time with a goal from Timme van der Heijden. After the break, the Rotterdam team even came back to 3-2 via a penalty corner from Pepijn van der Heijden, but Kampong did not let the visitors get any closer. With the win, the Utrecht team ended their series of two defeats in a row. Moreover, the team remained undefeated against Rotterdam for the sixth time in a row in the Klapperboom. Nothing changes in the rankings. Rotterdam remains second. Kampong can be found in seventh place.
At the Oosterplas the matches between Den Bosch and Bloemendaal ended in 1-1. The home team saw an impressive run of five victories come to an end, but remained undefeated for the eighth time in a row. After the break, Bloemendaal took the lead through Jan van ‘t Land, but in the fourth quarter Eduard de Ignacio-Simó equalized. The Brabanders have now gone nineteen home games without a defeat. The team is thus approaching the club record of twenty games in front of its own audience without defeat, a milestone from the period 1998-2000. Because of this draw, Den Bosch remains number four in the Tulp Hoofdklasse, while Bloemendaal is fifth with only one point less. Bloemendaal continues to perform shakily with just two wins in their last six league games.
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