Heist Hunters hosted their first home game for the Belgian Cup 2011 on Sunday the 16^th of October at 19h00. Although during the day the sun warmed up the pitch, as soon as it went under the temperature dropped to 7°C. Nevertheless 11 Hunters, 8,5 Kings 3 Refs 6 volunteers and some fans travelled to Heist op den Berg to see which team will get their first win of the game.

 The first quarter was a really close quarter. The Hunters decide to put all their experienced guys in the middie line, with the idea to reinforce this line so they could set up attacks and help defence when needed. But due to the 2 man down situation most of their plays did not worked out as planned.  Maikel Cnop (#13) opened the score thanks to an assist from Stijn Winckelmans (#3) in the 5^th minute. Just around 15 minutes Stijn Winckelmans (#3) doubled the score for the Hunters resulting in a 2-0 lead at Q1’s end.

The second quarter the Kings showed they are good skilled players and managed to score by Jonas Delcart (#14). Again Hunters tried to set up plays and wait till they’ve found a open space so they could try to score. Despite some good save by Steve Cooremans (#71) The Hunters lifted up the difference to two goals again by a nice goal from Imco van Veen (#22). Just before half time Hunters Captain Bram Verbruggen (#21) scored his second goal of this season with an assist from Maikel Cnop (#13). This resulted in a 4-1 lead for the Hunters at half time.

After the 10 minutes break it was Kristof Van Gils (#28) from the Kings who brought back the kings into the game. Nevertheless the Hunters continued playing their game. They tried to set up some attack with team plays which resulted in goal by Erwin van Veen (#15) after a good combination with his brother Imco van Veen (#22). After Erwin scored his second goal of the game the Kings Directly managed to score, thanks to a good individual action from Kristof Gommers (#26), a goal keeping the difference on three goals.

The last quarter started with a 6-4 lead for the Hunters. They were eager to maintain their lead so they could end this game as winners. The Kings at the other hand believed they could fight hard and tried to change the score so they will end as winner of this game. This resulted in an open last quarter. It was almost like looking a tennis game. Attacks were set up at both sides and both goalies showed what they are made from. Nevertheless both teams managed to score 2 times. For Hunters the van Veen brothers scored 1 goal each and Kristof Gommers and D pole Fillip Rammeloo (#84) scored for Kings.

End score of this game 8-5 for Heist Hunters Lacrosse. It is their first win in this Cup and also their first win during an official game. Next weekend Hunters will try to keep their undefeated home status while Buggenhout will be their opponent, Kings Lacrosse will be travelling to Halle to try to win their first game.

Heist Hunters – Kings Lacrosse 8-5 ( )