Blauw-Wit beat GG 23‑17 after a strong start
Blauw-Wit won 23‑17 at home against GG in the Korfbal League 2 on Sunday. Blauw-Wit quickly led 6‑2 and went into the break with a four-goal lead. After the break GG came back to within one goal, after which Blauw-Wit pulled away again.
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- Boonstra and Van Beugen only scored after the break, at least four times between them.
- Lisanne de Bruin scored five goals for GG.
- Blauw-Wit play at AWDTV on Saturday, GG host Wageningen.
Strong start
A week earlier Blauw-Wit won 11‑16 at KCC and GG beat DSC at home. Terrence Griemink scored nine goals in that match. The Blauw-Withal was well filled.
Blauw-Wit started strongly. Thijs van der Zaag scored early at the basket, and after a free pass from Linda van der Wal it was 3‑1. Shortly after it was 5‑2.
GG come back
At 6‑2 GG took the first time-out, in which coach Henk Jan Mulder was busy with his players. GG struggled to score in the first phase of the match.
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After that GG came back. Lisanne de Bruin scored in that phase, and at 8‑7 Blauw-Wit called a time-out. De Bruin had scored three goals by then, Griemink two.
Boonstra and Van Beugen find the basket
Joni v.d. Kuil made it 9‑7 with her second goal. Blauw-Wit went into the break with a four-goal lead. Griemink was still on two goals at the break.
Milan Boonstra and Enzo van Beugen did not score in the first half. After the break they did find the basket: in the closing phase they had already scored four between them.
Still GG came close again. After a penalty from Lisanne de Bruin the difference was two, shortly after just one goal.
Blauw-Wit pulled away again within a few minutes. Van Beugen scored again. Shortly after Lisa Prent put Blauw-Wit three goals ahead. After a goal by Yael Duursma GG took a time-out. Linda van der Wal then scored from about ten metres.
Kevin Dik scored once more for GG, but Joni v.d. Kuil brought the difference back to five. In the closing phase GG took Dik off, and Joni v.d. Kuil converted another penalty. It stayed 23‑17.
What's next
Lisanne de Bruin scored five goals for GG, for Blauw-Wit Lisa Prent scored three times. Joni v.d. Kuil started at Blauw-Wit in the third team, worked her way up via the second and is now a regular in the first team.
Blauw-Wit thereby also won their second match in the Korfbal League 2. GG are on one win and one defeat.
Blauw-Wit play at AWDTV on Saturday 21 November at 19:00. GG then host Wageningen at 19:30.
