Career
She ranked number 8 among Women World Grand Masters as of April 2011 and number 20 among 69 WGM as of June 2014. Vriend was born in Andijk, North Holland, about 60 km north of Amsterdam, where she learned bridge as a student. Vriend first played on the Dutch team in European Bridge League championships in 1974.
Foreign years including the 1994 World Women Pairs she played with Carla Arnold.
From 1994 to 2003 including the 2000 Venice Cup championship her partner was Marijke van der Pas. Vriend is a bridge teacher.
She and Maas live in Amstelveen (2011 or later) – a suburb of Amsterdam.