Braxgata HC

Match results

02 16 Apr 14:45 Club de Campo (Women) CCM 1 - 1* Braxgata HC BRX Recap
07 17 Apr 15:00 Real Club de Polo RCP 1 - 2 Braxgata HC BRX Recap
12 20 Apr 12:30 Düsseldorfer HC DUS 0 - 3 Braxgata HC BRX Recap
16 21 Apr 16:00 HC 's-Hertogenbosch DBO 5 - 1 Braxgata HC BRX Recap

* Won by shoot-out

About Braxgata HC

Braxgata are making their EHL debut having finished as runners-up in the Belgian championship last season, looking forward to a debut date with Club de Campo de Madrid.

It is their fourth European campaign since 2018 having won gold twice at Club Challenge I level and then taking bronze in 2021 in Trophy I in Lille. As such, there is plenty of Euro club knowledge in a variety of formats.

Their team welcomed three new arrivals last summer including Irish twins Michelle and Niamh Carey who previously played with Railway Union. Indeed, it is something of a family affair for them – their mother Una McCarthy is the coach of their former club who are also in Den Bosch for the EHL FINALS.

The hugely experienced Louise Versavel returns to the club after a spell in the Hoofdklasse with Tilburg. She joins a number of Red Panthers like goalkeeper Elena Stogiu, Judith Vandermeiren, Lien Hillewaert, Camille Belis and Stephanie Vanden Borre (who played in the EHL with Gantoise).

Adding to the cosmopolitan nature of the team, Sanne Caarls was part of the USA side who played in the Olympics last year.

Coach Darran Bisley took the reins last summer and he also has EHL know-how, helping Herakles’ men reach the FINAL4 in 2018. The EHL, though, will be his last act at the club as he will move immediately to link up with the Australian women’s team staff with Xavier Reckinger coming in to take on the role for the rest of the season.

Czechia’s Katarina Lacina is named in the panel after her Indoor World Cup heroics, winning bronze.

EHL History
Debut season

The team

SOTGIU Elena

Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 18/07/1995
Nationality: Belgium

LACINA Katerina

Shirt number: 2
Date of Birth: 13/11/1993
Nationality: Czechia

VANDAM Lena

Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth: 04/07/2000
Nationality: Belgium

DE JONGE Roos

Shirt number: 4
Date of Birth: 23/05/2005
Nationality: Belgium

CAREY Michelle

Shirt number: 5
Date of Birth: 05/05/1999
Nationality: Ireland

IKEGWUONU Shaunda

Shirt number: 6
Date of Birth: 11/03/1998
Nationality: Belgium

VANDERMEIREN Judith

Shirt number: 7
Date of Birth: 10/08/1994
Nationality: Belgium

HILLEWAERT Lien

Shirt number: 8
Date of Birth: 27/11/1997
Nationality: Belgium

CAREY Niamh

Shirt number: 9
Date of Birth: 05/05/1999
Nationality: Ireland

VERSAVEL Louise

Shirt number: 10
Date of Birth: 29/04/1995
Nationality: Belgium

REYNAERT Anna

Shirt number: 11
Date of Birth: 09/07/2009
Nationality: Belgium

CAARLS Sanne

Shirt number: 14
Date of Birth: 16/03/1998
Nationality: Netherlands

VAN DIEREN Lyne

Shirt number: 15
Date of Birth: 25/08/2000
Nationality: Belgium

HILLEWAERT Lore

Shirt number: 17
Date of Birth: 09/05/2000
Nationality: Belgium

VERLINDEN Helle

Shirt number: 19
Date of Birth: 21/10/2004
Nationality: Belgium

DEWAET Louise

Shirt number: 21
Date of Birth: 14/06/2005
Nationality: Belgium

VANDEN BORRE Stephanie

Shirt number: 22
Date of Birth: 14/09/1997
Nationality: Belgium

BELIS Camille

Shirt number: 23
Date of Birth: 23/10/2004
Nationality: Belgium

SCHEERS Sofie

Shirt number: 24
Date of Birth: 27/08/1999
Nationality: Belgium

DE BACKER Marie

Shirt number: 25
Date of Birth: 13/02/2008
Nationality: Belgium

VRONINKS Pheline

Shirt number: 27
Date of Birth: 06/07/2009
Nationality: Belgium

PESSINA Ivanna

Shirt number: 28
Date of Birth: 18/04/1990
Nationality: Italy

VERLINDEN Doris

Shirt number: 46
Date of Birth: 05/09/2007
Nationality: Belgium

NICOLAS Pauline

Shirt number: 52
Date of Birth: 24/08/2009
Nationality: Belgium

VERHAERT Louise

Shirt number: 54
Date of Birth: 25/05/2009
Nationality: Belgium