The stats of the weekend: Matla keep scoring, historic defeat for Schaerweijde
Sanne Caarls (Hurley) and Iris de Kemp (Kampong) scored their very first hat-tricks, Frédérique Matla found the net for the tenth match in a row, and the Tilburg men’s side are the only ones yet to score. Here are the figures from the past weekend.
Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Women
1 – Kampong forward Iris de Kemp recorded her first hat-trick in the Hoofdklasse in the top match against SCHC (4–5).
1 - Thesame was true of Hurley’s Sanne Caarls, who scored three of the four goals against Victoria (4–0).
3 - Afterfour match rounds, three teams are still waiting for their first win: Bloemendaal, HGC and Victoria. The latter two, moreover, are still on zero points this season.
6 – De Kemp has already scored six times this season, meaning she has almost equalled her tally for the whole of last season (seven goals).
8 – Afterfour match rounds, eight different players have already scored a hat-trick. That is a record for the Hoofdklasse.
8 – YibbiJansen has already scored eight goals after four match rounds. For the SCHC penalty corner specialist, this is her most prolific start to a league campaign ever after four matches.
9 – The nine goals scored in the Kampong v SCHC match (4–5) set a new scoring record for this fixture.
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10 - FrédériqueMatla (nine goals this season) scored against Bloemendaal for the tenth consecutive time in the Hoofdklasse. She scored nineteen goals during that run: 1 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 2.
11 - SCHC striker Jip Dicke scored a hat-trick in the top match against Kampong and has now scored eleven times against the Utrecht side in her career. This makes Kampong her new favourite opponent.
37 – Kampongonce again failed to beat SCHC. Their winless run against the Bilthoven side now stands at 37 matches(W9 L28).
40 – Thanks to their spectacular 4–5 victory over Kampong, SCHCremained unbeaten in the regular league for the fortieth match in a row (W33 D7). Little by little, the team is closing in on the club record of 49 matches without defeat (2021–2023).
50 – Amsterdam forwardTrijntje Beljaars scored her fiftieth goal in the Hoofdklasse during the away match against Pinoké (0–4). She scored nine for Oranje-Rood, 24 for SCHC and now seventeen for Amsterdam.
Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Men
2 - Bloemendaal forwardCasper van der Veen found the net against Schaerweijde (a 9–1 victory) for the first time since September last year and immediately recorded the second hat-trick of his Hoofdklasse career.
3 - National championsRotterdam have also lost their third match of the season and are the first title holders ever to remain on a dismal zero points after three match rounds.
3 - Vander Veen is the third player this season to score a hat-trick, following Fabian Verzuu (HDM) and Timo Boers (Den Bosch).
4 – Afterthree match rounds, four teams have yet to win a match: Pinoké, Rotterdam, Tilburg and Schaerweijde.
4 - Against Bloemendaal, Schaerweijdeconceded nine goalsin a Hoofdklasse match for the fourth time in their history. This had previously happened against Klein Zwitserland (1981, 9–0), Oranje Zwart (2015, 9–1) and Den Bosch (2025, 9–0).
6 – After three match rounds, Tilburgare still on zero goals. The Brabant side are the sixth teamin the history of the Hoofdklasse to start a season with three matches without scoring.
6 – HDM forwardFabian Verzuu also scored in his third match since the start of the season. The 31-year-old striker has now scored six goals.
7 - Inthe last five matches between Den Bosch and Rotterdam, a total of 35 goals were scored, averaging seven per match.
8 - Bloemendaalbeat Schaerweijde by a margin of eight goals, with Schaerweijde suffering a 9-1 defeat at ‘t Kopje. The Mussen have only once won a home match by an even wider margin: 10-1 against Eindhoven in the 2006-2007 season.
9 – Afterthree match rounds, Amsterdam are the only team with a perfect record (nine points).
13 – On Sunday, a remarkable scoring run for Amsterdam came to an end: for the first time since November 2025, neither Dayaan Cassiem nor his brother Mustapha found the net. This had been the case in thirteen consecutive matches.
28 – SCHC won 1–0 at home against Tilburg and kept a clean sheet for the first time in 28 home matches.