Mid-Fryslân pulls away after 19‑19 and beats Spirit 28‑24
Mid-Fryslân won 28‑24 at home against Spirit in the Korfbal League 2 on Saturday. It was 14‑13 at half-time. Spirit drew level after the break, but after 19‑19 Mid-Fryslân pulled away to 27‑21.
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- Substitute Jesper Tolsma scored his first goal of the season.
- After two matches, Spirit are still waiting for their first points.
- Mid-Fryslân host Die Haghe on Sunday, Spirit play away at KCC on Saturday.
Two teams without points
Both teams started in De Twine in Grou without points. A week earlier Mid-Fryslân lost 28‑21 at HKC, while Spirit lost 18‑21 at home to Wageningen.
Mid-Fryslân finished seventh in the Korfbal League 2 last season. Beforehand, the coach named the play-offs as the goal: "The objective we have expressed together is really to make sure we reach the play-offs." New in the squad is, among others, Sil Lautenbach, who came from Pallas '08.
For Spirit it was their first ever away match in the Korfbal League 2, after three promotions in four years. Just before the match, the Mid-Fryslân supporters' club unveiled a banner of 120 square metres, which had taken 51 days to make.
Read more: The Weekend: Wageningen, Blauw-Wit and HKC also win their second match
Mid-Fryslân start strongly
Mid-Fryslân started with Jennie Terpstra, Mirthe van Houten and Matthijs Draaisma in the first attacking zone. Jesper Tolsma, who had recently played beach korfball in China, initially stayed on the bench. Mid-Fryslân went 2‑0 up and a little later 4‑1.
Spirit then stayed close. After 5‑2 and 6‑3, Mid-Fryslân went into half-time leading 14‑13.
After the break Mid-Fryslân went to 15‑13. Tolsma came on in the second half and scored his first goal of this season in the Korfbal League 2. Sabine Visser, returning from injury, also got minutes in the second half.
Mid-Fryslân pull away after 19‑19
Spirit drew level after 15‑13, and it stayed level up to 19‑19. Mid-Fryslân then pulled away via 21‑20 and 23‑21 to 24‑21, with about six minutes left to play.
Trailing by four, Spirit called a time-out, but Mid-Fryslân extended the lead to 27‑21. Spirit pulled it back to 27‑24 late in the match, after which the final score was 28‑24.
What's next
Mid-Fryslân thus claimed their first win of the season.
Mid-Fryslân host Die Haghe on Sunday 22 November at 14:30. Spirit play away at KCC on Saturday 21 November at 20:00.
