This great weekend closing the hockey season was marked on the calendar of several teams. First of all the Gentlemen and Ladies playing the ION Hockey Finals. But the program was not limited to these two meetings. From 11 a.m., the grounds come alive with the first leg match for the third place for the Ladies, between Braxgata and Racing. At noon, it is the Ladies of Division 2 who compete, the Louvanists to the Waterlootoises. And at 2:30 p.m., between the two key matches of the day, the first leg match for the men of the second division, between Watducks and Braxgata.
The program:
Braxgata-Racing; Belfius Women’s League – 3rd place: 11 a.m. (report below)
Leuven – Waterloo Ducks: Open League Women – Final: 12 p.m. (report below)
Waterloo Ducks – Braxgata: Open League Men – Final: 2:30 p.m.
On our sites, we will relay, from the final whistle, the summary of these meetings.
Braxgata – Racing: A terribly efficient Racing
Braxgata: Sotgiu, Lacina, Dujardin, Ikegwuonu, J. Vandermeiren, Li. Hillewaert, Versavel, Van Dieren, Albertyn, Lo. Hillewaert, Van Onsem, Civera, A. Vandermeiren, Pons Genesca, Scheers, Dewaet.
Racing: Grimard, Rasir, Englebert, Varoqui, Puvrez, Ortiz, L. Willems, J. Willems, Goffinet, Sistermans, De Mot, Holz, Willems, Duquesne, François, Boon
Referees: Miss T. Bellemans and Mr. A. Colemonts
Green card : 59th A. Willems
The goals : 12th Holz (0-1), 22nd Sistermans (0-2), 32nd A. Willems (0-3), 67th Puvrez (0-4)
Penalty Corner: Braxgata (0/5), Racing (0/2)
The third place is disputed between the boomois club and the Brussels club, a meeting which promises to be balanced and disputed. The counter has only seen 120 seconds and yet the ball has already entered the two circles. The first pc falls for the Braxgata. The direct attempt is repelled for the first time by the Racing goalkeeper who must remain attentive for the second attack, this one is also saved. The scorer does not trigger yet. The Braxgata, however, triggers the counter of opportunities and incursions in force, in particular Lacina who goes up the field several times in order to serve his teammates. It’s a little against the thread of the game that Racing triggers the point counter. This is the second real opportunity for Racing, and Marianela Holz’s stick deflects the center in the boards of Sotgiu, it’s 0-1. The Braxgata resumed the attack of the 25 opponents, but without managing to come back to the score for the moment. There is less than a minute left in this first quarter, a second pc is whistled for Braxgata. This is mistakenly stopped by the foot of the sorting machine in 1, which does not recover. The goalkeeper’s gaiter interferes with the attempt.
The Braxgata does not change, and continues to push the defensive line of Racing, but it resists quite well and does not weaken. It is even Racing that sets out to conquer the opposing side of the field. And it pays. Charlotte Englebert comes up behind in the boomois circle, arms a shot which is deflected by Amber Sistermans, this raises the score to 0-2 for Racing. Statistically, we can easily say that Racing is very effective, out of five penetrations in the circle, two give rise to a goal. The game freezes somewhat, Racing having the score on its side and Braxgata starting to get frustrated at not being able to return to the opposing side. Agathe Willems erases the two defenders perfectly with a fake body and finds herself alone in front of the goal, the cross shot that she arms leaves no chance for Sotgiu, it is already 0-3 for Racing.
The second half restarts in the rain. A first pc is whistled for Racing, but the phase ends in nothing. Attempts multiply but give nothing, the score remains blocked at 0-3. After a long ball to get out of her defensive line, Amber Sistermans is thrown down her line. She heads for the circle but cannot arm a shot, caught in her tracks. She crosses back for two of these teammates who obtain a stroke, changed to pc after consultation between the two referees. The phases of pc have, for the moment, led to no concretization. We are already starting the last quarter. The Brax obtains a fourth pc, just like the others, it does not give rise to anything, except for an inspired counterattack on the part of Racing which however comes up against the opposing goalkeeper. It is still on a counter-attack that Racing stands out. The fourth goal is scored by Puvrez and is worth its weight in gold. After a first attempt by her teammate, Puvrez on a millimeter slide pushes the rebound back into the ceiling of the opposing goal in one beat. This balances the game with the final score of 0-4. Racing leaves with 3rd place.
Leuven – Waterloo Ducks: A thrilling and contested match to the end which turns in favor of Leuven
Watducks: Ciccarese, Dacquin, M. Debrauwer, N. Debrauwer, Deltenre, Denis, Guisset, Lamon, Lycke, Noel, Raymakers, Third.
Leuven: De Houwer, Dewamme, Gheysen, Larcier, Mathay, Mathus, Oliver, Pyck, T. Roofthooft, Schneiders, M. Vanden Dael, R. Vanden Dael, Asselman, Van Mol, L. Roofthooft, Vanhee.
Referees: MM. H. Heirman and A. Nivelles
Green card : Deltern
Yellow card: Third
The first goal falls very quickly in the game. The rest of this one will not lose intensity, as the two teams are fighting over the possible advantages. There are a little less than 10 minutes left, and Louvain goes back in front by scoring 2-3.
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