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This week we’re recapping a remarkable year in Bates sports with Director of Athletics Stacey Bunting. Plus, the rowing teams turned in impressive performances at nationals, with the women taking second place at the NCAA Championships and the men finishing fifth at the IRA National Championship. And we catch up with Richard Johnson '78, who recently retired after a long career as the curator of the Sports Museum in Boston. That's this week, on the season finale, of the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:2:01 -- Olivia Hill '28, Women's Rowing. (Female Bobcat of the Week)13:27 -- Wiley Anderson '26, Men's Rowing. (Male Bobcat of the Week)25:51 -- Stacey Bunting, Bates Director of Athletics.40:51 -- Richard Johnson '78, Recently Retired Curator of the Sports Museum in Boston.
This week we’re catching up with Ryan Smith, from the class of 2023…who won the Vermont City Marathon on Sunday…setting a course record and qualifying for the Olympic Trials. Plus, we chat with our Bobcats of the Week…fresh off their strong showings at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and we preview the NCAA and IRA Championships for the rowing program!Interviews this episode:1:12 -- Ryan Smith '23, Winner of the Vermont City Marathon17:33 -- Alisandra Lindos '29, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:51 -- Ross Tejeda '26, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)28:58 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing. (NCAA and IRA Preview)
This week we’re celebrating women’s rowing winning their 8th NESCAC title. Plus, men’s rowing is also headed to nationals after a strong performance on Sunday. And we look back on men’s lacrosse’s third appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16. That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:10 -- Leah Brody '28, Women's Rowing 1st Varsity Eight Coxswain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)18:29 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing 1st Varsity Eight Coxswain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)25:24 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.45:23 -- Dan Annino (Head Coach) and Drew McClutchy '27, Men's Lacrosse.
This week we’re talking about Bobcats rising to the challenge on and off the field. Men’s lacrosse and softball compete in post-season games this Friday, and Bates Associate Director of Athletics Adrienne Shibles, from the class of 1991, joins us to talk about the upcoming Friends of Bates Athletics Giving Challenge! Interviews this episode:1:20 -- Teddy Rosen '27, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)10:47 -- Isabella Albro '27, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)14:57 -- Adrienne Shibles '91, Associate Director of Athletics. (FBA Giving Challenge Preview!)
This week we’re celebrating a huge NESCAC quarterfinal win at Amherst for the men’s lacrosse team. Plus, a Bates first-year won a NESCAC title in track and field, and the rowing teams held on to the President’s Cup for the 13th straight year! Interviews this episode: 1:11 -- Connor Hartman '26, Men's Lacrosse Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)9:19 -- Alisandra Lindos '29, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)21:07 -- Luke Desmaison '26 and Merrill Doherty '26, Rowing Captains.
Field.25:03 -- Isabel Bettencourt '27, Softball Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)33:59 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Men's Tennis.
We’re looking back on some key wins over NESCAC foes Bowdoin and Hamilton for the Bates baseball and lacrosse teams. Plus, it’s time to preview the spring season for women’s golf! That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:29 -- Charlie Bushley '28, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)9:28 -- Lauren Wong '26, Women's Lacrosse. (Female Bobcat of the Week)18:54 -- Henry McCann '29, Men's Lacrosse.26:42 -- Mehar Nijjer '27 and Kendall Reed '26, Women's Golf Captains.
We’re previewing the spring seasons for rowing and men’s golf, as they get things started this Saturday. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the diamond, and men’s lacrosse picked up a thrilling win over Williams. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:20 -- Isabella Albro '27, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)9:56 -- Jack Margiloff '26, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:27 -- Gray Doyle '27, Men's Lacrosse.27:18 -- Henry Ehrlich '26, Men's Golf captain.37:56 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week on the Bobcast we’re reflecting on the greatest season in Bates women’s basketball history. Plus, Cole De Magistris '24 just signed a contract to play for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and the baseball team is off to their best start since 1974. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:0:40 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.2:49 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)12:10 -- Keagan Ryan '27, Baseball Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)23:04 -- Cole De Magistris '24, Football, Toronto Argonauts.
This week we’re talking about one of the greatest games in Bates athletics history, as women’s basketball stormed back from 18 points down to beat Smith in overtime in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Plus, men’s lacrosse is 6-0 to start the year, it’s time to preview the Bates softball season, and we introduce you to the first Paralympian in Bates College history. All that and more....Interviews this episode:1:35 -- Women's Basketball NCAA Second Round Post-Game Press Conference (Head Coach Alison Montgomery, Sophie Spolter '26 and Mya Hicks '27)10:29 -- Sophie Spolter '26, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)15:53 -- Riley McClure '27, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week)23:58 -- Lia Swire '29, Women's Tennis.34:05 -- Kat McKay, Head Coach, Softball.42:36 -- Tyler McKenzie '14, First Paralympian in Bates College history.
This week on the Bates Bobcast, we’re celebrating a second NESCAC championship for Bates women’s basketball, as the Bobcats triumphed over Bowdoin Sunday in Brunswick. Plus, the men’s basketball team joins the women in making the NCAA tournament, and men’s lacrosse won a huge game on the road at nationally ranked Wesleyan. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:32 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Team Captain, Women's Basketball.5:19 -- Ava James '26, Team Captain, Women's Basketball.8:08 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball. (NESCAC and NEWBA Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week)10:49 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.14:57 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.22:00 -- Andrew Toland '27, Men's Lacrosse. (NESCAC Player of the Week)32:24 -- Hannah Pawlowski '29, Women's Indoor Track and Field. (New England D3 Champion, 600 meters)39:22 -- Rocco Regnier '29, Men's Tennis.
Diving.38:19 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball. (NESCAC Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week)47:15 -- Peter Psyhogeos '26, Men's Basketball.56:40 -- Miles Schmidt '27, Men's Lacrosse. (NEILA D3 Team of the Week)1:08:41 -- Laci Raveis '27, Women's Lacrosse.1:17:15 -- Gibby Sullivan '26, Baseball.
Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)27:36 -- Dan Annino, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.37:08 -- Princess Zabel, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.46:58 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.
Diving. (Representing Male Bobcat of the Week Marrich Somridhivej '26)55:47 -- Juliette Hoder '27, Alpine Skiing. (Female Bobcat of the Week)1:03:57 -- Deepak Sharma (Head Coach, Women's Tennis) and Paul Gastonguay '89 (Head Coach, Men's Tennis)
On this week's Bobcast, we’re looking back on an undefeated weekend for the basketball teams, as both teams swept Williams and Middlebury for the first time in 21 years. Plus, an alpine skiing sophomore captain had a breakthrough performance, men’s squash won a thriller, and the track and field teams are ready for this Saturday’s Maine State Meet. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:47 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball.3:57 -- Elsa Daulerio '26 Women's Basketball Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)11:31 -- Tanish Tangri '29, Men's Squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:54 -- Helena Jankovic '28, Alpine Skiing Captain.32:59 -- Evan Migdole '26, Men's Track and Field Captain.
On this week’s episode, we talk with Bates Nordic skiing senior captain Liza Bell, a leader of Bates Public Health Initiative, a club on campus collecting donations for Gather to Grow, a local food pantry helping area families impacted by the presence of ICE in our community. Plus, updates on women’s basketball, men’s track and field, and women’s alpine skiing. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:0:45 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)7:55 -- Ryan Glaser '28, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)17:50 -- Juliette Hoder '27, Alpine Skiing.21:15 -- Liza Bell '26, Nordic Skiing Captain, Bates Public Health Initiative.Support Gather to Grow at https://gathertogrowmaine.org/get-involved/support-us/
Field.43:38 -- Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16, Men's Squash Two-Time National Champion. (Original Interview from March 8, 2016)
Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)35:21 -- Dennis Welte '28, Men's Squash captain.43:58 -- Zoe Schaedle '26, Women's Squash.55:44 -- James Upham, Head Coach, Nordic Skiing.1:05:54 -- Kurt Simard, Head Coach, Alpine Skiing.1:17:07 -- Rachel Clayton '90, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball.
We’re celebrating the start of the new year with a look at our basketball teams, as the men’s and women’s teams are a combined 22-2 entering NESCAC play, which starts this Friday against Amherst. Plus, our Hall of Fame Interview Series continues with two-time Olympian Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler, from the class of 1978. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:0:50 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)5:21 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)17:30 -- Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler '78, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Nordic skiing, lacrosse, field hockey, cross country.
Our Hall of Fame interview series continues with 16-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion Keelin Godsey, from the class of 2006. Plus, men’s basketball is 7-0 and receiving votes in the D3hoops.com top 25 poll after a road win at Bowdoin. The swimming and diving teams set nine meet records at the Maine Collegiate Invite, and track and field impressed at their season openers. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:45 -- Jamari Robinson '29, Men's Basketball.9:28 -- John Weigel '27, Men's Swimming and Diving NESCAC Performer of the Week. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:59 -- Hannah Pawlowski '29, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)22:51 -- Nick Walker '29, Men's Track and Field.30:18 -- Keelin Godsey '06, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Track and Field.
This week we’re celebrating one thousand (and one) career points for Elsa Daulerio, as the women’s basketball senior captain helped Bates defeat Southern Maine in overtime. Plus, the basketball teams are a combined 9-0 headed into Thanksgiving, the swim teams are undefeated, and women’s squash is off to a strong start.Interviews this episode:1:46 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's basketball captain, 1,000 career points club!5:05 -- Brady Coyne '26, Men's basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)11:35 -- Aasya Patel '26, Women's squash captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)22:12 -- Marrich Somridhivej '26, Men's swimming and diving captain.27:48 -- Cora Zuwallack '27, Women's swimming and diving.
This week we’re reflecting on an outstanding season for Bates field hockey, as they won the NESCAC for the first time and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second straight year. Plus, not one, not two, but three Bates cross country runners are headed to the NCAA Championships, and both basketball teams got off to strong starts. And with it being International Student Week, we chat with one of the most valuable members of the Bates football team….who doesn’t even play. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:35 -- Mayoral Proclamation Recognizing Bates Field Hockey.4:33 -- Leah White '27, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)13:07 -- Jack Crum '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:25 -- Ava James '26, Women's Basketball. (Maine Co-Player of the Week)25:32 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball. (NESCAC Player of the Week and Maine Co-Player of the Week)32:04 -- Seonmin Jeong '26, Football team manager and Basketball official scorekeeper.41:26 -- Nadiia Usenko, Head Coach, Squash (Season Preview)
The No. 4 nationally ranked Bobcats are the 2025 NESCAC field hockey champions! We talk with the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year and the back-to-back NESCAC Player of the Week on this week's episode of the Bobcast. Plus, we wrap up the Bates football season and get winter sports previews started with basketball and swimming!Interviews this episode:2:25 -- Haley Dwight '27 (NESCAC Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Year) and Ava Donohue '28 (NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week + Female Bobcat of the Week)14:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.22:50 -- Connor Hennessey '29, Quarterback, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)29:02 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.36:44 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.49:05 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
Female Bobcat of the Week)11:59 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)21:25 -- Lucy Paynter '26, Women's Cross Country captain.30:37 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.37:28 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball.43:33 -- Peter Slovenski, Son of Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Walt Slovenski.
This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with inductee Sherry Deschaine, who had a hand in coaching almost every women’s sport during her time as a Bobcat. Plus, we introduce you to our two new rowing assistant coaches, one of whom is a familiar face here at Bates. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:17 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football9:38 -- Carmel Crunk '28, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)18:33 -- Anaïs Reneaum '28, Middle Hitter, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)26:31 -- Hannah Fitts '20 and Greta O'Hara, Rowing assistant coaches.47:32 -- Sherry Deschaine, Pioneering women's head coach for a combined 50-plus sports seasons, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.
This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with inductee Meg Coffin, from the class of 2008. Plus, the No. 6 nationally ranked field hockey team got a big Senior Day win and women’s golf won the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship.All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.11:08 -- Lucy Norris '26, Field Hockey captain.18:44 -- Victoria Adams '27, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)26:28 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing 1V coxswain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)34:59 -- Meg Coffin '08, Women's Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.
This week we are recapping a thrilling and emotional win for the football team last Saturday at Tufts. Plus, we preview the Head of the Charles regatta with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra, and our Athletics Hall of Fame interview series continues with the 2015 Bates women’s rowing team, the first Bates team to win an NCAA championship. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:19 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.17:04 -- Ryan Lynskey '27, Football captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week)23:59 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Football captain. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)34:23 -- Malina Young '28, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)39:29 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing. (Head of the Charles Preview)56:06 -- Jenna Armstrong '15, NCAA Champion Women's Rowing Team Captain, Hall of Fame Interview Series.
This week we’re launching our Bates Athletics Hall of Fame interview series, as the first class was inducted on Saturday. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the nationally ranked field hockey and men’s soccer programs. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:12 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.13:33 -- Rose Gordon '28, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)20:37 -- Luke Cunniffe '29, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)26:43 -- Andrew Byrnes '05, Men's Rowing, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.
This week we’re looking back on what is believed to be the biggest come-from-behind win in Bates field hockey history. Plus, men’s soccer stunned defending NCAA champion Amherst on Saturday, and a sophomore men’s golfer had his best round to date at Bates. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:0:58 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.8:19 -- Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg '26, Field Hockey captain. (NESCAC Player of the Week + Female Bobcat of the Week)18:29 -- George Nassar '28, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)27: 00 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.
This week we’re looking back at a state championship for men’s cross country. Plus, field hockey is now ranked seventh in the country, and women’s soccer blanked nationally ranked Wesleyan. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:0:54 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.8:06 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)14:32 -- Leah White '27, Women's Cross Country captain.24:17 -- Sydney Litney '27, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)32:13 -- Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey.36:56 -- Jaime Bartley-Cohen '29, Volleyball.48:00 -- Henry Ehrlich '26, Men's Golf captain.1:00:36 -- Adrienne Shibles '91, Dempsey Challenge recap.
We’re looking back at a week that saw Bates fall sports teams go undefeated, with 11 victories to celebrate for the Bobcats…including one of the best football games Garcelon Field has seen in years. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:15 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.15:13 -- Jack Perry '26, Football. (NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week + Male Bobcat of the Week)24:47 -- Marcos Ruiz '27, Football. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)32:45 -- Sarah Wicks '28, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)38:37 -- Lane Foushée '26, Men's Soccer captain.47:27 -- Samantha Bunar '26, Women's Soccer captain.57:41 -- Anaïs Reneaum '28, Volleyball.60:03.45 -- Sophia Cordoni '29, Field Hockey.60:09.17 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Men's Tennis.
We’re celebrating 150 years of Bates football and previewing the 2025 season for the Bobcats. Plus, women’s golf and tennis are getting their fall seasons underway, and hear from our Bobcats of the Week! That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:53 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.13:36 -- Amy LaBelle '27, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week).19:03 -- Chris Bianco '29, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week).24:08 -- Deepak Sharma, Head Coach, Women's Tennis.32:28 -- Ian Gould, Head Coach, Women's Golf.39:47 -- Jeff Sturgis '69, Bates football alum.
The Bobcats are back on campus, and we’re previewing the field hockey, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, and cross country seasons…all of which get underway this week! Hear from our head coaches, including our new volleyball coach: Carissa Bradford. That’s this week, on the season premiere of the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:22 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey13:36 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball27:48 -- Ben Brewster, Head Coach, Men's Soccer34:59 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer45:42 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country
It's the final Bates Bobcast....of the school year!We’re taking a look back at a pair of medal-winning performances for the rowing teams at their respective national championships. Plus, head coach Peter Steenstra puts a bow on the season. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:22 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's rowing first varsity eight coxswain (Female Bobcat of the Week).4:36 -- Isabelle Martin '26, Women's rowing first varsity eight, future team captan.8:09 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's rowing first varsity eight coxswain (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Luke Desmaison '26, Men's rowing first varsity eight, future team captain.15:06 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week, we’re previewing the final two events of the school year for Bates athletics. The seniors have graduated, but the rowing teams aren’t done yet. The women’s team is headed to West Windsor, N.J. for the NCAA Championships, while the men’s team heads to Camden, N.J. for the IRA National Championship. We preview both, this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:07 -- Rylee Eaton '25, Women's Rowing captain, second varsity eight stroke seat.13:03 -- Ben Auerbach '25, Sean Christiansen '25, and Ian Van Loo '25, Men's Rowing captains.23:51 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we’re introducing you to our four Lindholm Scholar Athletes from the class of 2025. These awards have been given annually since 1976 to the senior male and female athletes with the highest academic averages. You’ll meet a neuroscience major from the men’s swimming team, a sociology major from the women’s soccer team, a sociology and politics double major from the women’s cross country and track and field team, and a physics major, also from the women’s cross country and track and field team. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:17 -- Tommo White '25, Men's Swimming & Diving.8:04 -- Lily Houser '25, Women's Soccer.16:40 -- Inez Johnson '25, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field.28:58 -- Julia White '25, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field.
This week we're celebrating the return of Bates rowing to the national stage. The women's team is once again going to compete at the NCAA Championships after a one-year hiatus, and the men's team earned an automatic bid to the IRA National Championships regatta. Plus, a women's track and field 10K for the record books, and we introduce you to one of the stars of Bates rugby. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:23 -- Hannah Burdick '25, women's rowing captain.3:37 -- Ben Auerbach '25, men's rowing captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)14:40 -- Isabelle Demeritt '25, women's track and field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:56 -- Spencer Obiero '25, men's club rugby.
This week we’re talking track and field and rowing, as both programs are racing to the finish of the spring sports season, and rewriting some record books along the way. That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:08 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.7:50 -- Graca Bila '28, Women's Track and Field.13:14 -- Luke Desmaison '26, Men's Rowing.20:16 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we introduce you to Stacey Bunting, the next Bates Director of Athletics. Hear how she first fell in love with sports, and what led her to becoming a Bobcat. Plus, the rowing teams won the President’s Cup once again, and celebrated some legends of the past along the way. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:0:44 -- Stacey Bunting, Incoming Bates Director of Athletics.26:26 -- Maddie Kemp '25, Women's Rowing Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)42:47 -- Ian Van Loo '25, Men's Rowing Captain.50:29 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)63:21 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.
This week we’re talking track and field, as the Bobcats made a big statement up in Waterville in advance of NESCACs. Plus, the baseball team is gearing up for their most important week of the season to date, and the rowing teams continue to put together impressive seasons. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:17 -- Callahan Porter '27, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)8:57 -- Campbell Johnson '28, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)18:18 -- Ben Genser '25, Baseball.27:10 -- Izzy Beck '25, Men's Rowing Second Varsity Eight Coxswain.
This week we’re celebrating the women’s rowing team making a big statement over the weekend in Massachusetts, and rising to No. 1 in the country as a result. Plus, the tennis teams celebrated Senior Day, and the baseball team got another outstanding pitching performance. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:20 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's Rowing first varsity eight coxswain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)10:53 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing first varsity eight coxswain.19:50 -- John Tully '26, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)29:17 -- Juno Rogers '28, Women's Track and Field.43:27 -- Eli Criss '25, Men's Tennis captain.
This week we’re looking back at what was quite possibly the first nine-inning no-hitter thrown in the history of the Bates baseball program, which dates back to the 19th century. Plus, our four women’s lacrosse seniors had a Senior Day to remember. And softball continues to thrive in NESCAC play. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode: 1:13 -- Ian McAslan '25, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)10:53 -- Brigid Gaffny '28, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)20:54 -- Olivia Hall '25, Olivia Joaquin '25, Emily Mueller '25, and Caroline Taggart '25, Women's lacrosse captains.32:14 -- Hannah Burdick '25, Women's rowing captain, stroke seat of the first varsity eight.
This week we’re talking about the best start to a season for the Bates softball team since 2000. Plus, the golf teams start their respective spring seasons this weekend, and John Tully delivered his best start to date to help the baseball team beat Tufts.Interviews this episode:1:10 -- Ella Maher '26, Softball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)9:39 -- John Tully '26, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)17:41 -- Henry Ehrlich '26, Men's Golf.27:04 -- Kelly McManus '12, Interim Head Coach, Women's Golf.
It finally happened! A member of the Bates swimming and diving program won an individual NCAA championship. And not only did junior Max Cory win the national title in the 100-yard freestyle, he broke the NCAA Division III record along the way, with his championship final time of 42.88 seconds.And Bobcats weren’t just thriving in the water, they also shined on the dirt last week, with the softball team off to their best start in seven years. All that and more....Interviews this episode:1:58 -- Max Cory '26, NCAA Division III Men's Swimming Champion: 100-yard freestyle, NCAA D3 record 42.88 seconds. (Male Bobcat of the Week)14:46 -- Stephanie Tropper '25 (Team captain, All-American) and Sarah Palmer '27 (Four-time All-American), Women's Swimming.23:04 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving.46:29 -- Isabel Bettencourt '27 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Delaney Rankin '26, Softball captains.58:23 -- Sean Christiansen '25, Men's Rowing captain.
This week we’re looking back on a win Sunday at Merrill Gym that the women’s tennis team won’t soon forget. Plus, the baseball team broke in the new Leahey Field turf with a great pitching performance, and we wrap up the squash season with outgoing interim head coach Ricky Silbersher. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:25 -- Olivia Gidlow '25, Women's Tennis. (Female Bobcat of the Week)12:18 -- Ben Miller '25, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)23:27 -- Kenny Carlisle '27, Baseball.30:27 -- Ricky Silbersher, Outgoing Interim Head Squash Coach.
This week we’re looking back on a pair of impressive wins for the lacrosse teams. Plus, track and field is sending three athletes to NCAAs, one of which qualified on her last chance at Tufts. And it’s time to preview the Bates softball season with head coach Kat McKay! All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:09 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach), Sophie Spolter '26, and Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball.8:11 -- Carli Ciavarelli '26, Women's Track and Field captain.16:12 -- Xander Frey '28, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)26:00 -- Caroline Taggart '25, Women's Lacrosse captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)34:26 -- Theo Sardain '26 and Phillippe Kosyagin '27, Men's Tennis No. 1 Doubles.45:13 -- Iris Westmoreland '27 and Isabella Saul '26, Women's Tennis No. 1 Doubles.58:27 -- Kat McKay, Head Coach, Softball.
This week we’re chatting with a pair of lacrosse players who have helped their teams get off to fast starts this year. Plus, the Bates women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA tournament for the third time in the last four seasons. All that and more...Interviews this episode: 0:54 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball5:23 -- Miles Schmidt '27, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:58 -- Olivia Hall '25, Women's Lacrosse. (IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week)24:10 -- Ryan Kim '28, Men's Squash.30:30 -- Evangelo Kapothanasis '25, Men's Tennis, Captain.38:23 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.
This week we’re talking about the Bates men’s swimming team fulfilling Max Cory’s prediction: two conference titles in relays at the NESCAC Championships. Plus, the lacrosse teams are off to a strong start to their seasons, and the baseball team won a dramatic game in Virginia. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:0:43 -- Nate Oppenheim '28, Tim Johnson '27, John Weigel '27, and Max Cory '26 (Male Bobcat of the Week). Bates men's swimming NESCAC champion 400-yard freestyle relay.19:03 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving.40:29 -- Laci Raveis '27, Women's Lacrosse. (Female Bobcat of the Week)51:04 -- Gibby Sullivan '26, Baseball.57:39 -- Connor Hartman '26 and Miles Schmidt '27, Men's Lacrosse.
This week we continue our spring sports previews with men’s lacrosse, baseball, and tennis. Plus, Bates alpine skiing senior captain Nic Hotermans represented Belgium at the World Championships in Austria last week. We caught up with him to chat about what it was like to ski in front of 20,000 people.All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:19 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball, Team Captain.3:48 -- Ross Tejeda '26, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).11:20 -- Sarah Palmer '27, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week).18:19 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Men's Tennis & Deepak Sharma, Head Coach, Women's Tennis.30:37 -- Dan Annino, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.43:35 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.53:52 -- Nic Hotermans '25, Alpine Skiing Captain.
Believe it or not, spring sports are around the corner. So this week on the Bobcast we’re introducing you to new Bates women’s lacrosse head coach Princess L. Zabel!Plus, women’s basketball has won four straight NESCAC games, with two key regular season contests remaining. And men’s track and field, as well as men’s swimming, went to Bowdoin last Saturday, and came back champions. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:37 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)7:43 -- Nate Roberts '28, Men's Track & Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)21:39 -- Anton Kondratyev '28, Men's Swimming.29:29 -- Princess L. Zabel, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
This week we’re celebrating the third fastest 500-meter run in NCAA Division III history. It happened Saturday when Bates senior captain Truman Williams made a name for himself in Boston. Plus, women’s basketball has won back-to-back NESCAC games, and senior captain Kyle Kagan had a big day for the alpine skiing team. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:30 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's track and field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)11:23 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)18:13 -- Kyle Kagan '25, Alpine skiing captain.
This week we’re looking back at some big performances for the track and swimming teams. Plus, Brady Coyne delivered for men’s basketball at the buzzer, and the squash teams both picked up big wins Sunday against Wesleyan. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Brady Coyne '26, Men's Basketball.14:31 -- Tim Johnson '27, Men's Swimming. (NESCAC Performer of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)27:01 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field captain.36:40 -- Grace Flaherty '25, Women's Squash captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
On this week's Bobcast, we reintroduce you to Bates Interim Director of Athletics Will Rothermel, who was selected to lead the department earlier this month. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the track and field program after a successful Bates Invitational. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:24 -- Max Hoffman '28, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)9:23 -- Campbell Johnson '28, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)14:51 -- Will Rothermel, Bates Interim Director of Athletics
This week we’re recapping a successful Bates Carnival for the skiing teams. Some first-years impressed in their collegiate debuts, and some more experienced skiers also scored crucial points for the Bobcats. Plus, Max Cory and the men’s swimming team turned in some big performances Sunday against Middlebury, and track and field competed in their first meet of 2025. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:34 -- Sage Grossi '28 and Greta Hendrickson '28, Nordic Skiing. (Bobcats of the Week)23:35 -- Jaelie Hovey '25, Alpine Skiing.31:53 -- Alannah Ardrey '27, Women's Track and Field.44:28 -- Max Cory '26, Men's Swimming.
We ring in the new year with a preview of the Bates Carnival, hosted by the alpine and Nordic skiing teams this Friday and Saturday at Sunday River and Black Mountain. Plus, Lewiston’s own Chiwer Mayen put on a show for Bates men’s basketball fans against Saint Joseph’s, and our Bobcats of the Week impressed against Division I opponents. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:29 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)6:47 -- Chiwer Mayen '26, Men's Basketball.17:01 -- John Weigel '27, Men's Swimming. (Male Bobcat of the Week)26:10 -- Sequoia Anstine '25, Kenzie Arnott '25, Nic Hotermans '25, and Kyle Kagan '25, Alpine Skiing captains.40:20 -- Eva McDonough '25, Nordic Skiing captain.
This week we’re catching up with Bates men’s tennis alum Bud Schultz '81. He’s being inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame this February! Plus, men’s track and field’s Truman Williams broke a pair of school records in Boston this weekend, and men’s basketball has won four of their last five games. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:23 -- Bud Schultz '81, Men's Tennis ITA Hall of Fame Inductee25:26 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)36:51 -- Carli Ciavarelli '26, Women's Track and Field captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)44:12 -- Peter Psyhogeos '26, Men's Basketball.
This week we’re talking some Bates hoops with our Bobcats of the Week, as the women’s and men’s basketball teams went a combined 4-0 over the Thanksgiving break. Plus, it’s time to preview the track and field, and women’s squash seasons! That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:48 -- Sophie Spolter '26, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)10:43 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)20:16 -- Tia Billimoria '27 and Grace Flaherty '25, Women's Squash captains.31:15 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.
This week we’re chatting with a pair of swimmers who impressed in a season-opening dual meet sweep for the Bobcats. Plus, women’s basketball is 3-1 after splitting a pair of games in Rhode Island over the weekend, and cross country wrapped up the fall sports calendar at the NCAA Championships. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:14 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball.7:32 -- Nate Oppenheim '28, Men's Swimming. (Male Bobcat of the Week)18:34 -- Stephanie Tropper '25, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week)30:07 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.
This week we’re looking back at field hockey’s run to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. Plus, cross country is sending two individuals to this Saturday’s NCAA Championships, and we’re previewing the swimming and men’s squash seasons. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:33 -- Dani Kogut (Head Coach), Anna Lindeis '25, and Amanda Zerbib '25, Field Hockey.6:34 -- Anna Cote '25, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)12:16 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)20:21 -- Leah White '27, Women's Cross Country.30:22 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball. (NESCAC Player of the Week)35:42 -- Rei Hergeth, Head Coach, Squash.43:25 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving.
We’re celebrating Bates field hockey making the NESCAC championship game for the first time ever, and beating the six-time defending champs to do it. Plus, basketball season starts this weekend, and we have the full preview. All that and more, this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:54 -- Amanda Zerbib '25 and Haley Dwight '27 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Field Hockey.12:32 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.21:55 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.30:30 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.37:59 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
This week we’re looking back on a thrilling win in a shootout for Bates field hockey in the NESCAC quarterfinals at Wesleyan. Plus, a Bates running back made NESCAC history, that's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:22 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.9:18 -- Anna Lindeis '25 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey.20:49 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.26:44 -- Ryan Lynskey '27, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week -- NESCAC record 344 rushing yards against Bowdoin)
If you’re a Bates football fan, this is your week. The Bobcats beat Middlebury 21-20 on Saturday, knocking off a first-place team in the NESCAC for the second time this season, and defeating the Panthers for the first time since 1988. The awards soon followed. We’ve got you covered in pretty much every aspect of the game, this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode: 1:12 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.13:48 -- Sergio Beltran '26 and Colton Bosselait '25, Football. (NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)26:03 -- Sami Kim '28, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)32:41 -- Matt Juneau '25, Football. (NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week)41:06 -- Peter Simplicio '25, Football. (Member of the offensive line, named to the D3football.com Team of the Week)
This week we’re chatting with women’s rowing first-year coxswain Hannah Herbst, who despite a lot of experience coxing on the west coast, had never been on the Charles River, until this past Sunday. Plus, field hockey and women’s soccer picked up big road NESCAC wins, and the golf teams impressed at the NEIGA Championship on Cape Cod. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:11 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.10:37 -- Haley Dwight '27, Field Hockey.16:13 -- Abby Alter '25, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)22:22 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf. (Male Bobcat of the Week)27:49 -- Madeleine Kwei '25, Women's Golf.34:10 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's Rowing Coxswain.
This week we’re looking back on a strong weekend for the Bates tennis teams, and looking ahead to the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta, as the Bobcats are sending four boats to this Sunday’s big event.Interviews this episode:0:58 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.8:26 -- Ava Lyon '25 and Olivia Gidlow '25, Women's Tennis. (Female Bobcats of the Week)19:29 -- Aaron Ramos (Dec. '24), Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week).33:57 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we’re looking back on a clutch road win for the Bates field hockey team at Hamilton. Plus, Sergio Beltran '26 is doing it all for Bates football, and women’s tennis prevailed in their home opener. All that and more...Interviews this episode:0:57 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.10:19 -- Sergio Beltran '26, Athlete, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)20:47 -- Phoebe Pohl '25, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:24 -- Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg '26, Field Hockey.31:39 -- Iris Westmoreland '27, Women's Tennis.
This week we are celebrating the Bates football team knocking off previously unbeaten Wesleyan, field hockey’s best start since 1983, and an absolutely thrilling win for men’s soccer over Bowdoin on the new Russell Street Field turf. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:09 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.16:12 -- Ryan Lynskey '27 (NESCAC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Male Bobcat of the Week) and Peter Simplicio '25 (Member of the Bates football offensive line, named to the D3football.com Team of the Week).28:20 -- Marcos Ruiz '27 (NESCAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week).35:53 -- Anna Cote '25, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)43:16 -- Sebastian Iacovitti '26, Men's Soccer.53:19 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.
This week we introduce you to new Bates Deputy Director of Athletics Will Rothermel! Plus, the women’s soccer team broke in the new Russell Street Field turf with a 2-0 win over Maine Maritime, the volleyball team is off to a 2-0 start in NESCAC play, and the cross country teams are both state champions. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.8:45 -- Phoebe Pohl '25, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)15:21 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)28:21 -- Skye Higashihara '28, Volleyball. (NESCAC Player of the Week)38:04 -- Eleanor Martin '28, Women's Soccer. (First goal on the new Russell Street turf!)43:10 -- Will Rothermel, Bates College Deputy Director of Athletics.
This week we introduce you to new Bates women’s tennis head coach Deepak Sharma. He and men’s tennis head coach Paul Gastonguay '89 join the show to fill us in on the start of a new era in Bates tennis.Plus, we preview the men’s golf season with their senior captains, and a look back on a week of Bates athletics that had a consistent theme: defense. The week included another play that ended up on ESPN! All that and more....Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.12:09 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:55 -- Ruby Reimann '25, Goalkeeper and Team Captain, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)32:54 -- George Nassar '28, Goalkeeper, Men's Soccer. (Made SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day for his penalty kick save against UNE!)41:45 -- Will Phillips '25 and Freddie Curtis '25, Men's Golf Captains. (Season Preview)55:27 -- Paul Gastonguay '89 (Head Coach, Men's Tennis) and Deepak Sharma (Head Coach, Women's Tennis).
This week we are celebrating a perfect home week for Bates fall sports. Men’s soccer is 3-0, women’s soccer is 2-0, No. 7 nationally ranked field hockey is 2-0, and our volleyball team is 3-0! Plus, women’s golf won the Husson Invitational. And this week, we’re previewing the Bates football season, which kicks off this Saturday at Amherst. All that…on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:27 -- Rachel Suh '27 (Female Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week) and Isabelle Bernal '28, Women's Soccer.12:08 -- Benny Bogyo '27, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:26 -- Haley Dwight '27, Field Hockey.27:56 -- Sofia Castiglioni '27 and Skye Higashihara '28, Volleyball.36:12 -- Isabelle Meltzer '28 and Sarah Wicks '28, Women's Golf.48:07 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football. (Season Preview)
At last… it is game week for a majority of Bates fall sports! After previewing women’s soccer, volleyball, and cross country last week, this week we turn our attention to the No. 9 nationally ranked field hockey team, men’s soccer, and women’s golf. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:07 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.9:02 -- Ben Brewster, Head Coach, Men's Soccer.13:02 -- Abby Spector, Director of Women's Golf.
We are back for the 10th season of the Bates Bobcast! In this episode, we’ll preview the volleyball, cross country, and women’s soccer seasons. With volleyball’s “First Serve” scrimmage and the cross country Alumni Meet both happening this weekend! That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:05 -- Emily Hayes (head coach) and Ami Evans '26 (team captain), volleyball.9:32 -- Danny Feldman, head coach, cross country.20:43 -- Joe Vari, head coach, women's soccer.
It’s the season finale of the Bobcast! On this week’s episode, we catch up with three-time All-American and Bates nominee for the D3 Commissioners Association Male Athlete of the Year Award, Ned Farrington. Plus, we chat with the Bates nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year, women’s swimming 14-time All-American Grace Wenger. Rowing head coach Peter Steenstra recaps the IRA National Championship Regatta, and Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein puts a bow on the year that was, in Bates athletics.Interviews this episode:1:15 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.18:41 -- Ned Farrington '24, Bates nominee for D3CA Male Athlete of the Year.29:50 -- Grace Wenger '24, Bates nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year.36:25 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics.
We’re previewing the 2024 IRA National Championship, as the men’s rowing team is sending a program-record three crews to the regatta.Plus, we look back at yet another All-America performance for Bates men’s track and field’s Ned Farrington, as assistant coach Alison Leonard '10 joins the show to recap the NCAA Championships. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:0:44 - Alison Leonard '10, Assistant Coach, Cross Country and Track & Field.10:47 -- Micah Shimizu '26, Men's Rowing Varsity Four Coxswain.
With commencement set for this Sunday, we’re celebrating Senior Week on the Bobcast! Hear from the three seniors who hosted the inaugural CATSBY Awards, plus a preview of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with distance coach Danny Feldman. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:12 -- Danny Feldman, Head Cross Country and Distance Coach. (NCAA Track and Field Championships preview)13:18 -- Tad Koenigsbauer '24, Men's Squash, Senior Week interview.22:51 -- Cole De Magistris '24 (Football), Ella Blum '24 (Field Hockey), Simon McCormick '24 (Men's Basketball), CASTBY Awards hosts.
After a week away for our inaugural CATSBY awards, the Bobcast is back! This week we’re recapping the National Invitational Rowing Championship with head coach Peter Steenstra and men’s first varsity eight coxswain Izzy Beck. Plus, track and field athletes have one more chance to qualify for NCAAs this Thursday at MIT, but one of them is already safely in. And we introduce you to Orange Whip, the Bates men’s club Ultimate team. They’re headed to nationals for the first time ever. That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:19 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.12:29 -- Izzy Beck '25, First Varsity Eight Coxswain, Men's Rowing. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:51 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Track and Field Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)36:06 -- Chrissy Aman '24, Women's Track and Field.42:15 -- Daniel Snider '25, Ben Morse '24, Nat Bushley '24, and Eric Treyz '25, Orange Whip (Men's Ultimate) captains.
This week we’re looking back on the best performance by the Bates men’s golf team at NESCACs…ever, complete with an individual medalist, who is only a sophomore! Plus, track and field athletes made all sorts of history at the conference championships, including senior captain Ned Farrington, who broke a school record that had stood for more than 40 years. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:26 -- Henry Ehrlich '26, Men's Golf NESCAC Championship Co-Medalist. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:26 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Track & Field NESCAC Champion, 1,500 meters.26:23 -- Isabel May '24, Women's Track & Field NESCAC Runner-Up, 10,000 meters.35:21 -- Raegan White '26 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Hanna Matthews '24, Women's Lacrosse.45:40 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing Second Varsity Eight coxswain.54:32 -- Rachel Liazos '24, Softball captain.
The NESCAC Championships are this weekend for track and field, and they are approaching quickly for the rest of the Bates spring sports. Hear from some of the recent spring standouts on this week’s episode of the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:01 -- Jacob Goff '24, Men's Track & Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).8:16 -- Kylie Musante '26, Women's Track & Field (Female Bobcat of the Week).13:43 -- Delaney Rankin '26, Softball.18:48 -- Andrew Frey '24, Men's Rowing captain, 2V stroke seat.27:24 -- Oli Seline '24, Women's Rowing 2V coxswain.
This week we’re talking with four men’s track and field sprinters who broke the school record in the 4x100 relay….but aren’t remotely satisfied with that result. Plus, softball sophomore Emma Yen had a breakout week for the Bobcats, and we check in with the rowing teams. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:12 - Livia Kozick '24, Women's Track and Field (Heptathlon).8:17 -- Derek Shen '24, Kevin O'Connor '25, Aydan Gedeon-Hope '25, and Jackson Rose '27 (Male Bobcat of the Week), Bates record-breaking 4x100 relay team, Men's Track and Field.28:06 -- Emma Yen '26, Softball. (NESCAC Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week)34:56 -- Charlie Berman '24, Men's Rowing captain.44:14 -- Katarina Dickson '24, Women's Rowing.
This week on the Bobcast we chat with the first Bates athlete ever to be inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame: 16-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion: Keelin Godsey '06. Plus, the baseball team won a thriller at Tufts and women’s lacrosse picked up a key NESCAC road victory. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:39 -- Keelin Godsey '06 (16-time track & field All-American, two-time NCAA champion, USTFCCCA Hall of Famer).23:53 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.33:27 -- Liam Yardley '26, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week).41:45 -- Laci Raveis '27, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week).47:47 -- Andrew Toland '27, Men's Lacrosse Goalkeeper.
This week we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Bates men’s lacrosse team's season, which saw the Bobcats go 11-1 overall, and 11-0 during the regular season. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from women’s lacrosse and baseball. And track and field finally got some nice weather to run and throw in. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:03 -- Lauren Wong '26, Women's Lacrosse. (Female Bobcat of the Week)6:55 -- Jack Brennan '24, Baseball captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)13:29 -- Ross Tejeda '26, Men's track and field.21:45 -- Bill Bell '84, captain of the 11-1 1984 Bates men's lacrosse team.
This week we chat with Bates Associate A.D. for Athletic Performance Nick Cooke, as March is National Athletic Training Month! Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the baseball and softball diamonds, and the swimming teams turned in strong performances at the NCAA Championships. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving13:57 -- Henry Prince '27, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week)20:56 -- Kennedy Jones '26, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week)30:49 -- Caroline Taggart '25, Women's Lacrosse36:49 -- Nick Cooke, Bates Associate A.D. for Athletic Performance
This week on the Bates Bobcast, we preview the spring season for the rowing team, as the Bobcats got back on the Androscoggin River earlier than ever before. Plus, we talk to a pair of standout tennis players from last week, and we introduce you to our new head men’s soccer coach: Ben Brewster!Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Ben Brewster, Head Coach, Men's Soccer.14:26 -- Ally Friedman '24, Women's Tennis captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)24:58 -- Ben Adey '25, Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week)32:57 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we take a look back on Ned Farrington’s anchor leg of the Distance Medley Relay at the NCAA Championships, a mile run that propelled Bates to fourth in the country. Plus, the baseball team won a marathon of a contest to sweep a three-game series at Bard, and it’s time to preview the Bates softball season! All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:00 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach), Morgan Kennedy '24 (Team Captain and Female Bobcat of the Week), Women's Basketball.8:00 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Track & Field Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)22:21 -- Jack Potash '24 and Brandon Biggane '25 (NESCAC Player of the Week), Baseball.34:50 -- Kat McKay, Head Coach, Softball.
This week we look back on the pair of wins women’s basketball earned over the weekend to qualify for the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. Plus, men’s track and field is sending their Distance Medley Relay team to the NCAA championships, and it was an undefeated weekend for baseball and women’s tennis.Interviews this episode: 1:28 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach), Sarah Hughes '27, Morgan Kennedy '24, Women's Basketball post-game press conference.11:39 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)18:07 -- Ross Tejeda '26, Truman Williams '25, Calvin Capelle '25, Ned Farrington '24, Men's Track & Field Distance Medley Relay Team. (Male Bobcats of the Week)34:04 -- Bella Saul '26, Women's Tennis.46:12 -- Sam Hough '24, Baseball.
This week we’re celebrating the start of championship season for winter sports, with women’s basketball hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, and a pair of skiers qualifying for next week’s NCAA Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Plus, the track and field teams impressed at the New England Championships, and men’s swimming matched their best finish at NESCACs…ever. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:34 -- Morgan Kennedy '24 and Davina Kabantu '24, women's basketball captains.4:16 -- Juliette Hoder '27 (alpine skiing, Female Bobcat of the Week) and Olivia Cuneo '24 (Nordic skiing captain).13:04 -- Mark Gregory '24, men's swimming and diving captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).24:36 -- Ned Farrington '24, men's track and field captain.33:25 -- Maddie Lee '24, women's track and field captain.41:12 -- Wil Masterson '24, men's lacrosse.
On the latest episode of the Bobcast, we’re previewing the lacrosse, baseball, and tennis seasons, as spring sports begin this week! Plus, women’s basketball rolled to a NESCAC quarterfinal win over Hamilton, and women’s swimming turned in eight All-NESCAC performances at the conference championships. We catch up with the two swimmers who, combined, were involved in all of them. All that and more!Interviews this episode:1:30 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball.4:01 -- Sophie Cassily '25 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Grace Wenger '24, NESCAC Champions, Women's Swimming.14:35 -- Nicolai Boe '27, Men's Squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week)21:25 -- Dan Annino, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.27:43 -- Renee Dowd, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.33:15 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis.46:25 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.
This week we’re talking with Nordic skiing senior captains Olivia Cuneo and Cal Schrupp, after both recorded top-10 performances at the Dartmouth Carnival, with Cuneo earning a spot on the podium! Plus, junior Truman Williams broke a Bates track and field record that had stood since before he was born, and women’s basketball gears up for the NESCAC tournament. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:19 -- Cal Schrupp '24 and Olivia Cuneo '24 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Nordic Skiing captains.20:56 -- Avery Leonard '24, Alpine Skiing captain.28:24 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track & Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).37:44 -- Marrich Somridhivej '26, Men's Swimming & Diving.44:17 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.
This week we’re celebrating a big weekend for the women’s swimming and diving program, as the Bobcats successfully defended their CBB Meet title. Plus, the track and field teams impressed at the state meet, with plenty of state titles to go around. And women’s basketball won a thrilling game in a packed to the rafters Alumni Gym over rival Bowdoin. All that and more!Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Morgan Kennedy '24, Women's Basketball captain.4:12 -- Stephanie Tropper '25, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week)19:56 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving.33:34 -- Matt Charpentier '27, Men's Track & Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)45:42 -- Kahryn Cullenberg '24, Women's Track & Field captain.57:05 -- Andy Martagon '24, Women's Squash captain.
This week we’re chatting with the Maine Rookie of the Week, Bates first-year guard Sarah Hughes, in advance of a rather…huge game against Bowdoin this Friday night at Alumni Gym. Plus, a 10-year-old Bates track and field record fell in Boston on Sunday, and meet the newest assistant coach for the track program …. NCAA Woman of the Year finalist Sophia Slovenski. All that and more!Interviews this episode:1:10 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball (D3hoops.com Team of the Week, Maine Rookie of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week).9:59 -- Seneca Moore '27, Men's Track and Field, Bates 60-meter hurdles record-holder (Male Bobcat of the Week).14:53 -- Maks Celm '27, Men's Squash.22:10 -- Sophia Slovenski, NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist, Bates track and field vaults coach.
On the latest Bobcast, we’re taking an inside look at one of the most thrilling plays in Bates women’s basketball history! Plus, we have multiple "multi" interviews for you from our track and field team, and Bates athletics is gearing up for the installation of a digital display in Alumni Gymnasium, with the hopes of establishing a long-awaited Hall of Fame. Meet the alum. whose passion for Bates history has helped lead to this moment.All that and more....Interviews this episode:2:01 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)14:20 -- Livia Kozick '24, Women's Track & Field.23:17 -- Carson Moellering '26, Men's Track & Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)31:11 -- Juliette Hoder '27, Women's Alpine Skiing.38:23 -- Olivia Cuneo '24, Women's Nordic Skiing.51:41 -- Tia Billimoria '27, Women's Squash.60:00 -- Ira Waldman '73
This week we’re catching up with three generations of women’s basketball players and coaches, all of whom are part of what is quickly becoming a remarkable season for Bates.Plus, we chat with a pair of squash players and track athletes who secured key victories over the weekend. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:29 -- Adrienne Shibles '91, Elsa Daulerio '26 (Female Bobcat of the Week), and head coach Alison Montgomery, Women's Basketball.25:03 -- Seneca Moore '27, Men's Track & Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)30:07 -- Carli Ciavarelli '26, Women's Track & Field.37:28 -- Max Cory '26, Men's Swimming & Diving.47:15 -- Max Good '25, Men's Squash.60:02 -- Navya Gupta '27, Women's Squash.71:11 -- Kurt Simard, Head Coach, Alpine Skiing.
This week we’re talking with some standout swimmers from a fun dual meet at Ivy League opponent Dartmouth for the Bobcats. Plus, senior captain Morgan Kennedy and the women’s basketball team is 12-2, 1-0 in NESCAC, entering the thick of their conference schedule, and Lewiston-born-and-raised Bates tennis coach Paul Gastonguay '89 is helping give back to the community. All that and more...Interviews this episode:0:50 -- Morgan Kennedy '24, women's basketball captain8:55 -- Grace Wenger '24, women's swimming & diving captain17:12 -- Tim Johnson '27, Marrich Somridhivej '26, and John Weigel '27, 3/4ths of the men's swimming 400-yard medley relay team27:49 -- James Upham, Head Coach, Nordic skiing34:07 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, tennisLewiston Strong Maine Tennis Rally for Recovery: https://givebutter.com/c/LewistonStrongMaineTennisRallyforRecovery
This week we’re looking back on a memorable weekend for the Bates basketball teams. Both the women and the men won their games on Saturday, a day that saw the Bobcats celebrate the life and legacy of Billy Selmon '15. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Mike Boornazian '16, Men's Basketball. (Remembering Billy Selmon '15)6:28 -- Marc Begin II '27, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)14:51 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)25:39 -- Walter Joachim-DelPoio '24, Men's Track & Field.34:13 -- Emily Cain '27, Women's Track & Field.
This week we’re looking back at a Bates record-breaking 5K run for senior men’s track and field captain Ned Farrington. Plus, the swim teams combined to score the most points at the Maine State Meet, and men’s basketball remembers Billy Selmon '15, this Saturday at Alumni Gym.All that and more...Interviews this episode:0:44 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's track and field captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).13:14 -- Chrissy Aman '24, Women's track and field.21:38 -- Julia Johnson '24, Women's swimming and diving captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)29:30 -- Wil Dewey '24, Men's swimming and diving.36:05 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head coach, men's basketball (Remembering Billy Selmon '15).
It’s Giving Tuesday and Mustache Madness for men’s lacrosse! We caught up with head coach Dan Annino to discuss his team’s fundraising success for the HEADstrong Foundation. Plus, we introduce you to a pair of first-year basketball players who are making a big impact from the jump here at Bates. And, track and field is competing this Saturday in Boston. Head coach Curtis Johnson previews the season. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:10 -- Dan Annino, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.5:04 -- Mya Hicks '27, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)12:25 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)23:19 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.
This week we chat with the 17th All-American in Bates men’s cross country history: senior captain Ned Farrington, who earned the honor last Saturday while competing as an individual at the NCAA Championships. Also, we talk with women’s basketball senior captain Morgan Kennedy about the team’s 3-0 start, and introduce you to a pair of first-years who made a big splash in the pool on Saturday in their first collegiate meet. All that and more...Interviews this episode:0:50 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Cross Country captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)11:20 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.18:24 -- Morgan Kennedy '24, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:00 -- Sarah Palmer '27, Women's Swimming & Diving.27:51 -- John Weigel '27, Men's Swimming & Diving.33:13 -- Andy Martagon '24, Women's Squash captain.41:16 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we’re celebrating a fifth consecutive NCAA Championship bid for the women’s cross country team! Plus, we wrap up a historic year for Bates field hockey, and continue our winter sports previews with women’s basketball, swimming & diving, and squash! All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:09 -- Paige Cote '24, Sarah Bussell '24, and Dani Kogut, Field Hockey NCAA tournament post-game press conference.7:05 -- Chrissy Aman '24, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)13:02 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)22:53 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.26:03 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.33:37 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving.45:45 -- Rei Hergeth, Head Coach, Squash.
This week we celebrate the continued success of Bates field hockey. The number seven nationally ranked Bobcats are headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history! Plus, this Saturday is Senior Day for Bates football, and the season-opener for men’s basketball. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:1:35 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.8:46 -- Maria Femia '25, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)14:10 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.20:16 -- Liam Foley '24, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)34:31 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.
This week we sit down with the president of Bates College, Garry W. Jenkins. His inauguration is set for this Friday afternoon, and we chatted with President Jenkins about all things Bates athletics…and much more. Plus, the field hockey team is ranked eighth in the country, men’s soccer got a dramatic win, and volleyball went undefeated over the weekend. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:0:48 -- Garry W. Jenkins, President of Bates College.17:36 -- Anna Cote '25, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:42 -- Tife Agunloye '25, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)30:06 -- Ellie Asada '26, Volleyball libero.34:50 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we’re celebrating a terrific finish to the fall season for the Bates golf teams. On the women’s team, senior Alex Voight-Shelley won medalist honors at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship. Meanwhile, on the men’s side, first-year Arthur Jenkins tied for eighth place out of more than 100 golfers…in his collegiate debut. Plus, we preview the Head of the Charles Regatta and recap a thrilling win for our 10th ranked field hockey team. All that and more!Interviews this episode:0:53 -- Alex Voight-Shelley '24, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)9:27 -- Arthur Jenkins '27, Men's Golf. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:15 -- Kahryn Cullenberg '24, Women's Cross Country captain.28:49 -- Ben Huston '25, Men's Cross Country captain.36:04 -- Ella Blum '24, Field Hockey.44:09 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.51:18 -- Charlie Berman '24 and Lucy Del Col '24, Rowing captains. (Head of the Charles Regatta preview)
This week we remember the life of former Bates coach and administrator Dana Mulholland, who died in late September at the age of 78. Plus, we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, and introduce you to an exciting new men’s tennis doubles team, heading into this weekend’s Wallach Invitational. All that and more.Interviews this episode:0:41 -- Molly Griffin '24, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week & NESCAC Player of the Week)5:39 -- Freddie Curtis '25, Men's Golf. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:58 -- Anna Masumoto '25, Women's Soccer.23:03 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.27:22 -- Eli Criss '25 and Alex Park '27, Men's Tennis.34:19 -- David Fox '93 and Head Coach Peter Casares, Swimming. Remembering Coach Dana Mulholland.
This week on the Bates Bobcast, we preview the NESCAC Fall Qualifier for the Bates women’s golf team. Plus, the field hockey team is up to No. 10 in the country in the latest rankings after a thrilling overtime win at Trinity. And we chat with the women’s cross country runners who took first, second, and third at the Maine State Meet, leading the Bobcats to a seventh straight state championship. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:06 -- Anna Cote '25, Field Hockey. (NESCAC Player of the Week + Female Bobcat of the Week)7:02 -- Alex Voight-Shelley '24, Women's Golf. (NESCAC Fall Qualifier preview)16:37 -- Elizabeth Holcombe '26, Chrissy Aman '24, Isabel May '24, Women's Cross Country. (1st, 2nd, and 3rd at Maine State Meet)30:37 -- Steven Guerrette '24, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)38:48 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we remember Bates men’s cross country and track & field six-time All-American and two-time NCAA Champion runner John Fitzgerald '87. John died of cancer last Friday at the age of 59. His long-time friend, roommate, and teammate, Mark Hatch '87, joins us to reflect on his memories of John. Plus, we chat with our Bobcats of the Week and introduce you to the new assistant coaches and recruiting coordinators for Bates rowing.Interviews this episode:1:11 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.7:35 -- Sergio Beltran '26, Wide Receiver, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:47 -- Sofia Castiglioni '27, Middle Blocker, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:52 -- Peter Steenstra (Head Coach), Catie Flynn (Women's Assistant Coach), and Michael Taraboletti (Men's Assistant Coach), Rowing.35:18 -- Mark Hatch '87, Remembering six-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion John Fitzgerald '87, Men's Cross Country and Track & Field.
This week on the Bobcast we chat with a pair of volleyball players who played a key role in the Bobcats earning a big NESCAC win over the weekend. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the cross country teams, as the Bobcats hosted the Bates Invitational on Sunday…with the women winning the meet. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:02 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.9:29 -- Chrissy Chu '25 and Katie Kortekaas '25, Volleyball.23:29 -- Elizabeth Holcombe '26, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)32:45 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
This week we preview the Bates football season with head coach Matt Coyne! Plus, meet new Director of Men’s Golf Shawn Warren, and we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, one of whom is Maria Femia, from the undefeated and now No. 15 nationally ranked Bates field hockey team. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:57 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
18:50 -- Maria Femia '25, Field Hockey (NESCAC Player of the Week + Female Bobcat of the Week).
24:05 -- Leah White '27, Women's Cross Country.
37:12 -- Ally Friedman '24 and Iris Westmoreland '27, Women's Tennis.
43:34 -- Callahan Porter '27, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week).
48:53 -- Ami Evans '26, Volleyball.
55:21 -- Shawn Warren, Director of Men's Golf.
Tuesday night is the home opener for the Bates field hockey team! We have the full season preview on the latest Bobcast. Plus, a look ahead to volleyball season, as the Bobcats host the round-robin “First Serve” Classic this weekend. And, we preview the women’s golf and tennis seasons.Interviews this episode:0:55 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.6:01 -- Emily Hayes, Head Coach, Volleyball.16:54 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis.24:28 -- Abby Spector, Director of Women's Golf.
Welcome to the ninth season of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast that takes a look at the week that was, in Bates athletics. And we are just a week away from the start of fall sports competitions at Bates! On this week’s episode, we preview the cross country and soccer seasons. Plus, we chat with new Associate Director of Athletics, Adrienne Shibles '91. That’s coming up, on the season premiere of the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:07 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.
15:09 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer.
23:23 -- Noah Riskind '16 (Head Coach) and Seba Niehenke '24 (Team captain), Men's Soccer.
31:17 -- Adrienne Shibles '91, Bates Associate Director of Athletics.
This week we’re chatting with former Bates All-American pitcher Thom Freeman '63. It’s his class’s 60th reunion this weekend, and he tells us about the legacy of his late classmate Howie Vandersea '63, whose football jersey is being retired on Saturday. Plus, a recap of the 2023 IRA National Championship with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra, and check back later this week for our interview with outgoing Bates president Clayton Spencer.
Interviews this week:
1:12 -- Thom Freeman '63, Bates All-American pitcher and classmate of Howie Vandersea '63.
13:24 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
Coming Friday: Our interview with outgoing Bates president Clayton Spencer!
This week we’re recapping a thrilling NCAA Rowing Championship, that saw the Bates women’s second varsity eight win a ninth straight gold medal, in unprecedented fashion. Plus, we preview the IRA National Championship Regatta for the men’s rowing team.
Interviews this episode:
1:45 -- Ollie Young '23, Second Varsity Eight Three Seat.
5:10 -- Isabella Sobolewski '23, Second Varsity Eight Coxswain.
9:19 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
14:16 -- Benjamin MacDonald '23, Men's Rowing captain.
This week we’re celebrating Senior Week on the Bobcast, with a number of first-time guests! Also, a pair of women’s track and field athletes are headed to NCAAs. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:03 -- Jillian Richardson '23 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Chrissy Aman '24, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.9:28 -- Kevin O'Connor '25, Men's Outdoor Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)18:19 -- Malcolm Klingbeil '23, Team Captain, Men's Lacrosse.26:49 -- Patrick Bergin '23 and Sylvia Battye '23, Golf.34:50 -- Rebecca Feist '23, Women's Nordic Skiing.
This week we chat with Bates softball first-year shortstop Ella Maher, who helped propel the Bobcats to their first-ever win in the NESCAC tournament. Plus, senior Derek Shen sprinted his way into the history books, and the rowing teams are headed back to the national stage. Interviews this episode:1:32 -- Ella Maher '26, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)7:57 -- Derek Shen '23, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)20:07 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we catch up with Director of Athletics Jason Fein to celebrate the success of the fifth annual Friends of Bates Athletics Giving Challenge! Plus, a pair of track and field seniors ended their careers on a high note at the New England Division III Championships, and the women’s rowing team took home the points title at New Englands, with the second varsity eight capturing gold. Interviews and highlights this episode:0:59 -- Kama Boswell '23 game-winning single against Williams.2:07 -- Isabella Sobolewski '23, Women's Rowing Second Varsity Eight Coxswain (Female Bobcat of the Week).13:47 -- Eli Boesch Dining '23, Men's Track and Field New England D3 Champion in the 10K (Male Bobcat of the Week).24:12 -- Abbey Otterbein '23, Women's Track and Field captain, Bates record-holder in the heptathlon.29:59 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics.
This week we celebrate the start of Short Term with a look back on some historic performances. Softball defeated No. 8 nationally ranked Tufts 1-0 on Saturday, men’s golf hosted and recorded their best finish ever at the NESCAC Championship, and rowing won its 10th consecutive President’s Cup. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:09 -- Madison Hollis '26 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Kennedy Jones '26, Softball.8:15 -- John Kawakami '24, Men's Golf.13:13 -- Darya Lee '23, Women's Rowing 1st Varsity Eight Bow Seat.21:02 -- Aidan Braithwaite '23, Men's Rowing 1st Varsity Eight Coxswain (Male Bobcat of the Week).29:37 -- Chrissy Aman '24, Women's Track and Field.40:28 -- Robby Griffin '23, Men's Track and Field.
After a week away, we are back, with all the latest news about your favorite Bobcats! Men’s track and field swept all three state meets again this year with their victory Saturday in the Maine State Classic. Plus, baseball played one of their strongest series of the season, sweeping aside Skidmore. And this Saturday and Sunday, Bates hosts the NESCAC Men’s Golf Championship. We have the full preview. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:27 -- Aidan Rooney '25, Men's Track and Field, Alan G. Hillman Memorial Most Valuable Track Athlete at the Maine State Classic.5:38 -- Frieda Kickliter '23, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)14:02 -- John Nowak '23, Baseball team captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)26:50 -- Isabel Beck '25, Men's second varsity eight coxswain.37:26 -- Brendon Croteau, Director of Men's Golf.
This week we talk to a pair of Bates pitchers who propelled their teams to victory last week. Plus, meet Bates women’s lacrosse senior captain Shelby Howard, who helped the Bobcats win on the road against nationally ranked Hamilton. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:10 -- Madison Hollis '26, NESCAC Softball Pitcher of the Week. (Female Bobcat of the Week)7:56 -- Matthew Danielson '24, Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week)14:27 -- Shelby Howard '23, Women's Lacrosse captain.25:04 -- Corbin McAlpine '24, Baseball.30:03 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's track and field captain. (NESCAC Field Athlete of the Week)
To mark the 300th episode of the Bobcast, we welcome someone to the show who embodies what it means to be a Bobcat: Dean James Reese, who takes us down memory lane of his time working Bates basketball games, and more. Plus, meet Watson fellow and women’s track and field senior captain Elizabeth Lacroix, and hear from our Bobcats of the Week!Interviews this episode:1:14 -- Delaney Rankin '26, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)8:11 -- Colby Stakun-Pickering '23, Men's Track and Field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:22 -- Elizabeth LaCroix '23, Women's Track and Field captain. (Watson Fellowship recipient)35:28 -- Dean James Reese.
This week we catch up with some hot hitters for the softball and baseball teams, with home openers right around the corner. Plus, the tennis teams entered the national rankings and outdoor track and field season is almost here...we’ll meet a Bates alum now serving as an assistant coach, with deep family ties to the Bobcats!Interviews this episode:1:05 -- Cassidy Musco '23, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)13:26 -- Brandon Biggane '25, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)19:29 -- Cam Davis-Kania '23, Men's Tennis captain.28:17 -- Alison Leonard '10, Assistant Coach, Track and Field.
This week we preview the rowing program’s spring season with head coach Peter Steenstra! Plus, a look back at another historic NCAA Championships for Bates swimmers. All that and much more...Interviews this episode:1:24 -- Nathan Berry '23 (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Max Cory '26, Men's Swimming and Diving.17:33 -- Abigail Gibbons '23, Women's Swimming and Diving. (Female Bobcat of the Week)23:46 -- Christopher Cimino '24, Baseball.33:02 -- Ally Friedman '24, Women's Tennis.41:38 -- Caroline Taggart '25, Women's Lacrosse.47:39 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we catch up with former NCAA champion Bates rower and first team All-American Jenna Armstrong, from the class of 2015. She is across the pond and making waves at Cambridge. Plus, we preview the Bates softball season and chat with our Bobcats of the Week.Interviews this episode:1:08 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)7:31 -- Max Dio '26, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:18 -- Kat McKay, Head Coach, Softball.24:21 -- Jenna Armstrong '15, Women's Rowing, Member of the University of Cambridge Blue Boat for the upcoming "Boat Race" against Oxford.
This week we preview the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships with Bates head coach Peter Casares. The Bobcats are sending a program-record 15 swimmers to NCAAs next week. Plus, we talk with a pair of Bobcats who initially didn’t even come to Bates to compete in track, but are now two of the fastest sprinters the college has ever had. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:18 -- Kevin O'Connor '25, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)17:04 -- Lily D'Addario '23, Women's Track and Field.27:17 -- Joanna Atwater '23, Women's Tennis. (Female Bobcat of the Week)32:57 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
This week we recap the first week of spring sports, as baseball is off to the program’s best start since 2010 and women’s lacrosse got things started with a win over a Division II opponent. Plus, track and field had some standouts at the New England Championships, we talk to a pair of them. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:26 -- Trish Balser '25, Women's Lacrosse.9:27 -- Sam Hough '24, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)16:48 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Indoor Track and Field, New England Champion in the 3K. (Female Bobcat of the Week)24:59 -- Jackson Monz '26, Men's Indoor Track and Field, Member of New England runner-up DMR team.31:10 -- Grace Flaherty '25, Women's Squash. (Female Bobcat of the Week last week)
This week we are recapping a "Berry" fast NESCAC Championships for men’s swimming, where senior captain Nathan Berry won a pair of conference championships, and made history in the 100-yard backstroke. Plus, we preview the baseball and men’s lacrosse seasons. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:01 -- Nathan Berry '23, Men's Swimming captain, NESCAC Champion: 100-backstroke and 100-freestyle.15:13 -- Mathias Boudreau-Golfman '25, Nordic Skiing.22:25 -- Crawford Jones '23, Alpine Skiing captain.31:35 -- Erika Parker '23, Women's Squash captain, Epps Cup Champions.37:54 -- Derek Shen '23, Men's Track and Field sprinter, 60-meter dash: school record 6.92 seconds.48:05 -- Dan Annino, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.56:19 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.
This week we look ahead to the NESCAC quarterfinals, as the women’s basketball team begins the defense of its conference title. Plus, women’s lacrosse and tennis both get underway early next week, we preview their seasons. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:20 -- Meghan Graff '23 (Female Bobcat of the Week, Team captain), Brianna Gadaleta '23 (Team captain), and Alison Montgomery (Head Coach), Women's Basketball.9:55 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming & Diving.21:51 -- Colby Stakun-Pickering '23, Men's Track and Field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)28:55 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis.35:47 -- Renee Olsen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
This week we recap a fourth straight State of Maine championship for Bates men’s indoor track and field with junior thrower James Guinee. He tells us why winning the state title for the Bobcats isn’t just a goal, it’s an expectation. Plus, a women’s basketball first-year had a breakout performance and we talk to team captains from men’s swimming and women’s track and field!Interviews this episode:0:47 -- James Guinee '24, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)9:19 -- Alice Cockerham '23. Women's Track and Field captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)18:27 -- Nathan Berry '23, Men's Swimming and Diving captain.26:41 -- Ava James '26, Women's Basketball.
This week we chat with a pair of Bates throwers who achieved personal bests, and emerged victorious in the weight throw, Sunday at the brand new TRACK at new balance. Plus, the women’s swimming and diving team brought home the CBB title for the first time since 2017, and we check in with the alpine skiing team after a successful UNH Carnival!Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Abigail Gibbons '23 (Female Bobcat of the Week, Team captain) and Sophie Cassily '25 (NESCAC Performer of the Week), Women's swimming and diving.11:18 -- Alma Mackic '24, Women's indoor track and field.17:04 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's indoor track and field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)24:53 -- Sequoia Anstine '25, Women's alpine skiing captain.
This week on the Bobcast we sit down with the newly minted all-time leading scorer in Bates women’s basketball history: Meghan Graff. Plus, the new Bates men’s 60-meter dash record lasted…all of one week, and the men’s basketball team won a thriller over Tufts. All that and more...Interviews this episode:0:43 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's Basketball NESCAC Co-Player of the Week, D3hoops.com Team of the Week, Maine Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week.6:25 -- Elliott Cravitz '26, Men's Basketball Maine Co-Rookie of the Week, Male Bobcat of the Week.13:54 -- Derek Shen '23, Men's Track and Field 60-Meter Dash Bates record-setter.25:05 -- Abbey Otterbein '23, Women's Track and Field Pentathlon, 4th all-time at Bates.33:22 -- Alec Spiro '25, Men's Squash NESCAC Performer of the Week.
This week we chat with a pair of sprinters who both made history in their first track and field meet of the season, one a senior captain, the other, a rookie. Plus, the skiing teams hosted the Bates Carnival and had some standout performances. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:06 -- Colby Stakun-Pickering '23, Men's Track and Field captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)14:27 -- Moriah Scharn '26, Women's Track and Field.24:18 -- Bo Underhill '24, Alpine skiing captain.31:57 -- Zander Martin '23 and Olivia Cuneo '24 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Nordic skiing captains.44:42 -- Sultan Hashmi '23, Men's Squash captain.
The Bates alpine and Nordic skiing teams host the Bates Carnival this Thursday through Saturday. Plus, meet the walk-on who has become a crucial cog in the women’s basketball team’s defense, and we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, both of whom played huge roles in the swimming program’s dramatic dual meet sweep of Middlebury on Sunday. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:12 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball.7:56 -- Marjorie McLeod '24, Women's Swimming and Diving. (Female Bobcat of the Week)16:16 -- Nate Sommer '23, Men's Swimming and Diving captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)26:46 -- Grace Schierwagen '23 and Crawford Jones '23, Alpine Skiing captains.39:05 -- James Upham, Interim Head Coach, Nordic Skiing.
On the latest Bobcast, we recap the fall sports season and look ahead to the thick of the winter schedule with Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein! The basketball teams each picked up a win over an in-state rival last week, and the men’s squash team is off to a 5-1 start. We chat with one of their impact rookies. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!Interviews this episode:1:17 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)6:29 -- Chris Kenny '26, Men's Squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week)12:31 -- Simon McCormick '24, Men's Basketball.19:43 -- Jason Fein, Bates College Director of Athletics.
This week we recap a huge weekend for the men’s squash team that saw the Bobcats win three matches in three days. Plus, meet women’s basketball junior guard Davina Kabantu, who helped the Bobcats pick up a pair of key wins last week. All that and more...Interviews this episode:1:16 -- Harris Ramlee '25, Men's Squash.7:52 -- Andrea Martagon '24, Women's Squash.13:33 -- Davina Kabantu '24, Women's Basketball.24:54 -- Nate Sommer '23, Edmond Giang '23, Grace Wenger '24, and Sophie Cassily '25, Swimming and Diving Mixed Medley Relay Team.
This week on the Bates Bobcast, we preview the track and field season with head coach Curtis Johnson. Plus, the basketball teams are both off to 2-2 starts, as we check in with a pair of star guards.
Interviews this episode:
1:02 -- Jahmir Primer '25, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
5:47 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
11:47 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track and Field.
This week we recap the NCAA Cross Country Championships with head coach Danny Feldman. Plus, we talk to a pair of rookies who are making an immediate impact for their respective programs, and we look back at a win over an Ivy League opponent for the men’s squash team. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:43 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.
7:24 -- Stephen Ward '24, Men's Basketball.
12:21 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball. (Maine Rookie of the Week)
18:53 -- Max Cory '26, Men's Swimming and Diving.
25:39 -- Grace Wenger '24. Women's Swimming and Diving. (NESCAC Performer of the Week)
33:39 -- Jonathan Walker '23, Men's Squash.
This week we recap a weekend to remember for the cross country program. We tell the tale of a lost shoe for the men, and of the first regional champion for the Bates women in 30 years. Plus, the football team finished the season in style, and we preview the squash and swimming seasons!
Interviews this episode:
1:20 -- Ryan Smith '23, Men's Cross Country Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
12:53 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
18:33 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
27:19 -- Thomas Formus '23, Linebacker, Football.
39:09 -- Reinhold Hergeth, Head Coach, Squash.
50:02 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
This week we preview the Bates men’s and women’s basketball seasons! Plus, we talk with a pair of Bates fall sports student-athletes who turned in historic performances this year. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:50 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.
11:17 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.
24:14 -- Paige Cote '24, 1st Team All-NESCAC, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
29:19 -- Tife Agunloye '25, Leading NESCAC men's soccer goal scorer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
36:15 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we look back at the NESCAC Championships for our cross country teams, which featured some historic results. Plus, head coach Matt Coyne tells us what the football team is working on heading into the final two games of the season.
Interviews this episode:
1:04 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.
14:46 -- Elizabeth Holcombe '26, Women's Cross Country NESCAC Rookie of the Year. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
22:30 -- Eli Boesch Dining '23, Men's Cross Country Captain, Second Team All-NESCAC. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
32:36 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we chat with Philadelphia Phillies Director of Mental Performance Ceci Craft, from the Bates class of 2005. The Phillies are headed to the World Series after capturing the National League pennant. Plus, we recap the Head of the Charles Regatta with a pair of coxswains, and a wild football game with head coach Matt Coyne. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:47 -- Ceci Craft '05, Director of Mental Performance, Philadelphia Phillies.
31:26 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
39:00 -- Grace Biddle '23, Field Hockey. (Bobcat of the Week)
45:28 -- Izzy Beck '25, Men's Rowing Varsity Four Coxswain. (Bobcat of the Week)
55:40 -- Olivia Seline '24, Women's Rowing 1V Coxswain.
This week we’re recapping a victory for the football team under the lights at Garcelon Field over rival Bowdoin. Plus, women’s soccer had a Senior Day to remember and we preview this Sunday’s Head of the Charles regatta for the rowing teams. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:05 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
8:19 -- Tony Hooks '23, Linebacker, Football. (NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of Week)
13:02 -- Colton Bosselait '25, Quarterback, Football.
17:15 -- Elizabeth Patrick '23, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
25:28 -- Ruby Haylock '26 and Alex Voight-Shelley '24, Women's Golf.
35:35 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
On this week's Bobcast, we’re looking back at the Bates football team’s thrilling win at Amherst! Plus, men’s soccer played a pair of wild NESCAC matches, and field hockey earned yet another NESCAC victory. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:12 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football
11:01 -- Christian Olivieri '23 (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Mohamed Diawara '23, Wide Receivers, Football.
20:56 -- George Hawkins III '24, Linebacker, Football.
28:35 -- Archie Green Jr. '24, Kicker/Punter, Football. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)
37:25 -- Rawson Welch '24, Men's Soccer.
46:26 -- Kami Lambert '24, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
This week we’re celebrating a pair of state championships for cross country. Plus, the men’s golf team brought the CBB Championship back to Lewiston. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:59 -- Eli Boesch Dining '23, Men's Cross Country Captain. (State Champs!)
8:49 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country Captain. (State Champion, Female Bobcat of the Week)
12:22 -- Paul Detre '24, Men's Golf. (CBB Champs!)
22:57 -- Alec Szwarcewicz '23, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
31:02 -- Izzy Lussier '24, Women's Soccer.
37:02 -- Joanna Atwater '23 and Ally Friedman '24, Women's Tennis.
41:29 -- Alex Gujarathi '24, Men's Tennis.
54:05 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we’re talking golf and tennis, with Bobcats of the Week Maddy Kwei '25 and Matthew Danielson '24. Plus, we break down a hole-in-one with Bates first-year men’s golfer Henry Ehrlich '26! All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:55 -- Henry Ehrlich '26, Men's Golf. (First career hole-in-one!)
12:35 -- Maddy Kwei '25, Women's Golf, Williams Classic Medalist. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
19:53 -- Matthew Danielson '24, Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
28:08 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we chat with a pair of Mainers who are making big impacts early in the year for their respective sports. Plus, the field hockey team is off to a 4-1 start and ranked 11th in the country! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this episode:
0:48 -- Anna Lindeis '25, Field Hockey.
5:43 -- Ruby Haylock '26, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
18:19 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
26:43 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country Captain. (NESCAC Cross Country Performer of the Week)
30:50 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we chat with sisters Paige and Anna Cote, both of whom have played big roles in the field hockey team’s best start since 2006. Plus, Bates football head coach Matt Coyne previews the season, which begins this Saturday…at his alma mater, Wesleyan. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:20 -- Paige Cote '24 (NESCAC Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week) and Anna Cote '25, Field hockey.
8:38 -- Emma Eide '24, Volleyball captain.
13:51 -- Alec Szwarcewicz '23, Men's soccer captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
21:26 -- Courtney Gray '23, Women's soccer captain.
26:21 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis. (Wallach Women's Invitational preview)
31:44 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
This week we preview the field hockey and golf seasons! Plus, an early look at the 2022 Bates football team with senior captain Sean Bryant.
Interviews this episode:
0:35 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.
8:55 -- Abby Spector and Brendon Croteau, Directors of Bates Golf.
17:56 -- Sean Bryant '23, Football, Wide Receiver and Team Captain.
Welcome to the eighth season of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast that takes a look at the week that was in Bates athletics! This week we’re previewing the 50th annual Bates cross country alumni meet, with new women’s and men’s cross country head coach Danny Feldman, and track and field head coach Curtis Johnson. Plus, it’s time to preview the volleyball, women’s soccer, and men’s soccer seasons!
Interviews this episode:
0:43 -- Danny Feldman (Head Coach, Cross Country) and Curtis Johnson (Head Coach, Track and Field).
11:02 -- Emily Hayes, Head Coach, Volleyball.
22:26 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer.
31:42 -- Noah Riskind '16, Interim Head Coach, Men's Soccer.
This week we wrap up the 2021-22 athletics year with Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein. Plus, a look back at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships, the big end-of-season regatta for men’s rowing, with head coach Peter Steenstra. That’s coming up on the season finale of the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:11 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
14:02 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics.
The Bates women's second varsity eight won its eighth straight gold medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships and the Bobcats finished national runner-up as a team. Meanwhile, the Bates men's rowing team hopes to make history at the IRA National Championships and track and field wrapped up its season at NCAAs. We recap it all on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:38 -- Genesis Bussey '24, Stroke Seat, Women's Rowing Second Varsity Eight.
4:38 -- Lucy Del Col '24, Coxswain, Women's Rowing First Varsity Eight.
9:20 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
15:15 -- Thomas Monahan '22, Men's Rowing First Varsity Eight.
25:11 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.
This week is Senior Week at Bates! So we have an all-senior episode of the Bobcast. We preview NCAA Championships in two sports, as Bates competes on the national stage in both track and field and women’s rowing this weekend. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:56 -- Lily Kinder '22, Women's rowing captain.
12:36 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's track and field captain.
19:23 -- Jordyn Tveter '22, Women's lacrosse.
27:36 -- John Mieszczanski '22, Men's track and field. (Lindholm Scholar-Athlete)
This week it’s a special all track and field edition of the Bobcast! We look back at Open New Englands, where a Bates junior put himself among the best to ever throw the discus at Bates. And look ahead to this Thursday’s Final Qualifying Meet at MIT, as the Bobcats make one final bid for the NCAA Championships.
Interviews this episode:
1:14 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's Outdoor Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
12:04 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Outdoor Track and Field.
20:44 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Outdoor Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
26:18 -- Jennifer "Jay" Hartshorn. Head Coach, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.
On the latest Bates Bobcast, we’re recapping another strong week for the rowing teams on Lake Quinsigamond in Massachusetts, where both the women and men earned automatic bids to their respective national championship regattas!
Plus, the men’s track and field team shined at New Englands, and we introduce you to the first-year who had never heard of the steeplechase before coming to Bates — and now she’s one of Bates’ best ever in the event.
Interviews this episode:
0:45 -- Olivia Reynolds '25, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.
7:33 -- Liam Evans '22, Men's Outdoor Track and Field Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
16:08 -- Isabella Sobolewski '23, Women's Rowing, Second Varsity Eight Coxswain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
29:52 -- Robert Sobolewski '22, Men's Rowing, First Varsity Eight.
36:04 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
This week we look back on the 40-year coaching career of Bates men’s lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna, who announced his retirement on Tuesday. In his 22 seasons at Bates, Peter became one of the most highly decorated and admired NESCAC coaches.
Plus, the rowing teams shined at the New England Championship, in some very difficult circumstances, and the tennis teams concluded their regular seasons with thrilling victories.
Interviews this episode:
1:09 -- Genesis Bussey '24, Women's Rowing Second Varsity Eight Stroke Seat (Female Bobcat of the Week).
10:02 -- Steven Sparks '22, Men's Rowing Team Captain, First Varsity Eight (Male Bobcat of the Week).
22:54 -- Sydney Byrnes '22 and Anna Rozin '22, Women's Tennis Captains.
29:30 -- Teddy Koide '23, Men's Tennis Captain.
35:21 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
This week we are recapping the rowing teams’ ninth straight President’s Cup title. Plus, the men’s track and field team dominated the Maine State Classic and meet the new and sensational senior-sophomore women’s tennis doubles team, which got off to a strong start on Sunday. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:41 -- Robert Griffin '23, Men's Outdoor Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
8:35 -- Maddie Lee '24, Women's Outdoor Track and Field.
21:10 -- Molly Connors '23, Women's Rowing 1V Stroke. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
28:56 -- Aidan Braithwaite '23, Men's Rowing 1V Coxswain.
37:09 -- Sydney Byrnes '22 and Salma Alsikafi '24, Women's Tennis.
This week we preview the Maine State Classic, with men’s track and field head coach Curtis Johnson. Plus, meet Alma Mackic and Hope Shaw, two of our throwers on the women’s track and field team. And as always we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, who this week come from softball and men’s lacrosse.
Interviews this episode:
1:09 -- Janell Sato '22, Softball Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
8:25 -- Jack Lousararian '22, Men's Lacrosse Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
15:43 -- Alma Mackic '24 and Hope Shaw '25, Women's Track and Field Throwers.
27:53 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.
This week we take you high up into the world of pole vaulting with Bates men’s track and field senior captain Charlie Hansen. Plus, women’s lacrosse goalie Cammie Lavoie was named the Division Three National Player of the Week, and the rowing teams picked up some impressive early season wins.
Interviews this episode:
0:53 -- Cammie Lavoie '23, Women's Lacrosse (IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week).
10:34 -- Steven Sparks '22, Men's Rowing Captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
22:48 -- Casey Winter '23, Women's Rowing 1V Stroke.
37:00 -- Charlie Hansen '22, Men's Track and Field Captain and Pole Vaulter.
It's D3 Week, where we celebrate and showcase why we believe Division III provides the best experience for college athletes! To hear what’s happening at Bates for D3 Week, we’ll talk to student members of our Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Plus, men’s track and field dominated the Bates Quad Meet and women’s tennis went 2-0 in NESCAC action over the weekend. All that, and more!
Interviews this episode:
1:18 -- Anna Rozin '22, Women's Tennis. (Female Bobcat of the Week).
9:14 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's Track and Field. (NESCAC Male Field Athlete of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)
21:01 -- Matthew Shrake '25, LHP, Baseball.
31:03 -- Jack Fruechte '22, 2V Stroke, Men's Rowing.
38:23 -- Bridget Thompson '22 (Field Hockey) and Courtney Gray '23 (Women's Soccer), Bates Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
We’re recapping the rowing program’s spring season-opening trip out west to the San Diego Crew Classic. Plus, softball is back from Florida and we introduce you to a new member of the track and field coaching staff, throwing coach Danny Colina!
Interviews this episode:
1:01 -- Lindsey Kim '23, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
11:24 -- Espen Wheeler '22, Men's Rowing. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
27:42 -- Lillian Kinder '22, Women's Rowing Captain.
40:41 -- Danny Colina, Throws Coach of Men's and Women's Track and Field & Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.
This week we’re recapping a record-setting NCAA Championships for the 13 Bates swimmers who qualified for the national meet. Plus, the spring season gets underway for the rowing teams this Saturday and Sunday in sunny San Diego. Hear from head coach Peter Steenstra about the exciting competition they’ll face.
Interviews this episode:
1:14 -- Grace Wenger '24, Seven-Time All-American, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
11:14 -- Nathan Berry '23, Three-Time All-American, Men's Swimming. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
25:33 -- Leo Kupferman '23, Men's Tennis.
33:21 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships produced another All-American for Bates. Plus, a full preview of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:40 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
8:41 -- Wil Masterson '24, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
15:52 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
This week we’re looking back on one of the great Bates sports moments in history, thanks to the women’s basketball team’s heroics in the NCAA tournament. Plus, women’s track and field is sending a pair of athletes to the NCAA Championships, and we remember the life and legacy of the great Bates coach, George Wigton. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this episode:
1:40 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach) and Mia Roy '22. (Women's Basketball Roger Williams post-game press conference)
3:35 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
10:35 -- Jordan Wilson '23 and Elise Lambert '22, Women's Indoor Track and Field. (NCAA Championships preview)
21:10 -- Joanna Atwater '23, Women's Tennis.
29:02 -- Teddy Koide '23, Men's Tennis captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
41:48 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Remembering George Wigton.
This week we’re celebrating the women’s basketball team’s first…ever…NESCAC title! Plus, men’s track and field had a strong showing at New Englands, and it’s National Athletic Trainers Month! Meet Andrew England, certified athletic trainer for women’s hoops at Bates.
Interviews this episode:
1:23 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week)
10:02 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's track and field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
19:20 -- Henry Jamieson '23, Baseball.
28:37 -- Andrew England, Certified Athletic Trainer, (National Athletic Trainers Month!)
This week we celebrate 14 Bates team records falling at the NESCAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships!
Plus, senior Mia Roy broke a women’s basketball record of her own, and it’s time to spring ahead and take a look at the next season of Bates sports, with baseball and lacrosse previews.
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Mia Roy '22 (NESCAC, Maine, and Female Bobcat of the Week) and Alison Montgomery (Head Coach), Women's Basketball.
9:58 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).
20:01 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
34:20 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.
43:21 -- Renee Olsen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
This week you’ll hear from a first-year swimmer who broke not one, not two, but three individual Bates program records at the NESCAC championships. Plus, we talk with a sophomore sensation on the ski slopes, and with head tennis coach and Bates alumnus Paul Gastonguay '89, whose teams head to Florida next week to kick off the spring season. And of course, the NESCAC tournament begins this weekend for the basketball teams...
Interviews this episode:
1:21 -- Bri Gadaleta '23, Women's Basketball.
7:55 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
25:53 -- Sophie Cassily '25, NESCAC Women's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Year (Female Bobcat of the Week).
31:46 -- Bo Underhill '24, Alpine Skiing (Male Bobcat of the Week).
40:28 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis.
This week we’re introducing new head football coach Matt Coyne!
Plus, men’s basketball head coach Jon Furbush is now the winningest coach in program history and men’s track and field took home the indoor state championship. All that plus a squash thriller, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:56 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.
28:10 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).
35:50 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week).
43:41 -- Jairaj Singh '23, Men's Squash.
51:55 -- Olivia Cuneo '24, Women's Nordic Skiing.
59:35 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball (Most career wins in program history).
This week we’re chatting with Sam Francis '17, who parlayed his Bates athletics experience — in football and lacrosse — and his academic talents — as a double major in math and economics — to become a trusted member of the Super Bowl–bound Cincinnati Bengals’ coaching staff as the team’s data analyst. Plus, meet Mainer Simon McCormick, who led Bates men’s basketball to a season sweep of Bowdoin. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:19 -- Simon McCormick '24, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
10:19 -- Cricket Dotson '23, Women's Squash (NESCAC Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week).
28:12 -- Rowan Hassman '23, Women's Track and Field.
33:35 -- John Everett '22, Men's Track and Field.
46:14 -- Sam Francis '17, Football Data Analyst for the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals.
In this episode we’re highlighting some standout Bates skiers from the Saint Michael’s Carnival. Plus, the men’s swimming and diving team remained undefeated in dual meets, capturing the CBB title. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:14 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).
8:41 -- Sequoia Anstine '25, Women's Alpine Skiing (Female Bobcat of the Week).
17:18 -- Cal Schrupp '24, Men's Nordic Skiing.
28:33 -- Abbey Otterbein '23, Women's Track and Field.
36:09 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field.
We’re recapping another outstanding week for the Bates women’s basketball team. The Bobcats went 3-0 and beat a top 5 nationally ranked team…for the second time this year. Plus, hear about the longest women’s Nordic race in Bates history, a Bobcat hurdler’s work with the Women’s Sports Foundation, and swimming and diving sweeping aside their rivals from Colby. That’s coming up, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:40 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach) and Mia Roy '22 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Women's Basketball.
18:07 -- Sophia Carrai '25, Women's Swimming and Diving.
23:04 -- Jack Johnson '22, Men's Swimming and Diving Captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
29:14 -- Olivia Skillings '22, Women's Nordic Captain.
39:09 -- Bo Underhill '24, Men's Alpine Skiing.
48:27 -- Amanda Kaufman '22, Women's Track and Field Captain.
55:32 -- Matthew Hamilton '25, Men's Track and Field (Jumper, Photographer, Videographer).
It's the 250th episode of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast where we take a look at the week that was, in Bates athletics. This week we’re previewing the skiing seasons! Plus, Mia Roy propelled women’s basketball to a high-scoring win in their NESCAC opener and the swim teams swept a pair of dual meets over the weekend. Meanwhile, football standout Brendan Costa is living the dream: He’ll play in Monday’s all-star Dream Bowl.
Interviews this episode:
1:13 -- Mia Roy '22, Women's Basketball (Maine Player of the Week + Female Bobcat of the Week).
5:31 -- Pieter Cory '22, Men's Swimming and Diving captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
13:46 -- Maya Reynoso Williams '22, Women's Swimming and Diving.
23:58 -- Kurt Simard, Head Coach, Alpine Skiing Season Preview.
34:42 -- Becky Woods '89, Head Coach, Nordic Skiing Season Preview.
46:57 -- Custavious Patterson and Brendan Costa '22, Football (Dream Bowl Preview).
This week we’re recapping another undefeated week for the Bates basketball programs. The women are 7-1 and the men are 5-3 headed into the break. Plus, men’s lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna earned the 2021 Lifetime Service Award last week from the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association!
Interviews this episode:
1:00 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
9:07 -- Drew Sachs '25, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
14:55 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse. (IMLCA Lifetime Service Award winner)
The Bates women's swimming and diving team won a sixth straight state title, the women's basketball team made a big statement at Bowdoin and the squash teams defeated their rivals from Brunswick as well. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:12 -- Morgan Kennedy '24, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week and the Maine Women's Basketball Co-Rookie of the Week).
5:15 -- Sophie Cassily '25, Women's swimming and diving (Four-time state champion).
11:52 -- Nathan Berry '23, Men's swimming and diving (Two-time state champion and Male Bobcat of the Week).
17:16 -- Andrea Martagon '24, Women's squash.
23:59 -- Peter Koenigsbauer '22, Men's squash captain.
We’re recapping an undefeated week for the basketball teams on the latest Bobcast! Plus, we chat with one of our three All-NESCAC football players and take a look back at the men’s soccer season with head coach Tyler Sheikh.
Interviews this episode:
1:13 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball (NESCAC Player of the Week, Maine State Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week).
6:48 -- Jahmir Primer '25, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
13:42 -- Mohamed Coulibaly '23, Football (Second Team All-NESCAC cornerback).
22:01 -- Tyler Sheikh, Head Coach, Men's Soccer (Season recap).
On the latest Bobcast, we’re recapping strong performances at the NCAA Championships for our cross country teams! Plus, we talk with some early season standouts on the hardwood and in the pool.
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Jillian Richardson '23 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Tara Ellard '22, Women's cross country All-Americans.
7:31 -- Ryan Smith '23, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week).
18:56 -- Brianna Gadaleta '23, Women's Basketball.
27:38 -- Stephon Baxter '23, Men's Basketball.
35:46 -- Grace Wenger '24, Women's Swimming and Diving.
42:56 -- Edmond Giang '23, Men's Swimming and Diving.
47:53 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.
We’re recapping another thrilling football game, as the Bobcats won in remarkable fashion. Plus, both cross country teams qualified for nationals, and we preview the squash and women’s basketball seasons. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:39 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
8:43 -- Colton Bosselait '25, Quarterback, Football. (NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week).
20:05 -- Tara Ellard '22, Women's Cross Country captain (Female Bobcat of the Week).
26:33 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Cross Country.
33:41 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.
42:00 -- Reinhold Hergeth, Head Coach, Squash.
55:07 -- Emily Hayes, Head Coach, Volleyball.
61:29 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer.
On this week's Bobcast, we're recapping a thrilling 25-24 win for the Bates football team over Bowdoin. Plus, we look ahead to the men's basketball season and talk to the former Bates QB who held the single-season passing record until Brendan Costa broke it on Saturday.
Interviews this episode:
1:06 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
5:51 -- Christian Olivieri '22, Wide Receiver, Football.
12:17 -- Tony Hooks '23, Linebacker, Football.
20:30 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.
28:58 -- Hugo Colasante '78, Quarterback for Bates football, whose record for passing yards in one season stood for 44 years.
This week on the Bobcast, we’re recapping the NESCAC Championships for both cross country teams! Plus, we preview the swimming and diving season with head coach Peter Casares and associate head coach Vanessa Williamson '05. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
5:43 -- Carly Harris '22, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week).
12:06 -- Sam Kartsonis '24, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week).
22:11 -- Peter Casares and Vanessa Williamson '05, Head Coach and Associate Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
This week we’re recapping another strong showing from the rowing program at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Plus, we highlight a pair of cross country runners who shined at the Bowdoin Invitational and take a look ahead to the Big Game with interim head football coach Ed Argast.
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
8:12 -- Lucy Del Col '24, Women's Rowing, First Varsity Eight Coxswain (Female Bobcat of the Week).
18:55 -- Evan Saltman '22, Men's Rowing, First Varsity Eight Coxswain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
26:02 -- Kahryn Cullenberg '24, Women's Cross Country.
31:44 -- Krishna Kakani '25, Men's Cross Country.
This week we’re previewing the return of the Head of the Charles Regatta with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra!
Plus, field hockey picked up a NESCAC win on Senior Day and the nationally ranked cross country teams turned in strong performances against elite competition. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:59 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
6:46 -- Emily Gianunzio '22, Field Hockey captain.
11:28 -- Sydney Phillips '22, Volleyball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
18:18 -- Jackson Donahue '22, Men's Cross Country captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
21:38 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's Cross Country.
32:30 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing (Head of the Charles preview).
This week on the Bobcast we’re talking about the football team’s 33-10 win at Tufts.
Plus, the nationally ranked cross country teams continue to dominate and a trio of women’s golfers qualified for the NESCAC Championships this spring.
Hear from our student-athletes and coaches on the only podcast dedicated to Bates athletics!
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
6:54 -- Spencer Adams '23, Linebacker, Football. (NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week)
12:52 -- Brendan Costa '22 (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Sean Bryant '23, Quarterback and Wide Receiver, Football.
23:53 -- Isabel May '24, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
29:50 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Cross Country.
40:03 -- Nerea Barranco Aramburu '25, Alex Voight-Shelley '24 and Maddy Kwei '25, Women's Golf.
This week we’ve got a jam packed Bobcast, including interviews with student-athletes and coaches from EIGHT different sports. It’s the height of fall sports season and we’ve got it all covered, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:14 -- Custavious Patterson, Senior Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, Football.
12:24 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Cross Country.
20:19 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week and NESCAC Cross Country Runner of the Week).
26:04 -- Bruce David '25, Men's Soccer Goalkeeper (Male Bobcat of the Week).
32:43 -- Kat Nuckols '22, Women's Soccer Goalkeeper.
38: 10 -- Emma Eide '24, Volleyball Setter.
44:36 -- Alex Voight-Shelley '24, Women's Golf.
49:18 -- Anna Rozin '22, Women's Tennis.
55:52 -- Sean Bryant '23 and Derek Marino '22, Football Wide Receivers.
This week we introduce you to one of our 13 club sports at Bates: rugby! The rugby squad plays the University of Maine this Friday night at 7pm on Garcelon Field.
Plus, our recap of the week that was in varsity athletics, including interviews with standouts from the Bates field hockey, volleyball and men’s tennis and golf programs. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:57 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
5:07 -- Alyssa Lowther '25, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
10:09 -- Nick Forester '23, Men's Tennis captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
17:23 -- Bridget Thompson '22, Field Hockey.
24:36 -- Jack Howard '22, Men's Golf captain.
33:33 -- George Schouten '22 and Tim Hunter '22, Club Rugby.
This week on the Bobcast we are celebrating our cross country teams winning the Bates Super Cross Country Shootout, including the women's squad outracing No. 5 Tufts. Plus, the field hockey team earned its first NESCAC win in convincing fashion and football battled Amherst to the wire. All that and more!
Interviews this episode:
1:27 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football.
6:32 -- Mohamed Diawara '23, Wide Receiver, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
14:37 -- Riley Burns '22, Field Hockey captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
21:15 -- Tara Ellard '22, Women's Cross Country captain.
27:57 -- Jackson Donahue '22, Men's Cross Country.
33:26 -- Simon Redfern '22, Placekicker, Football. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)
43:05 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis.
This week we get you ready for the football team’s home opener Saturday against Amherst, as we chat with fifth-year seniors Brendan and Anthony Costa. Plus, the men’s soccer team is off to a great start and a pair of Bobcats earned NESCAC honors last week!
Interviews this episode:
1:21 -- Rex Lane '25, Men's Soccer. (NESCAC Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)
8:26 -- Jill Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country. (NESCAC Performer of the Week)
12:35 -- Maddy Kwei '25, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
17:02 -- Brendan Costa '22 and Anthony Costa '22, Football season preview.
This week we remember All-American thrower Peter Goodrich '89, who died in the attacks of September 11, 20 years ago.
Teammate Matthew Schecter '89 shares his memories of Peter and tells us more about the Peter Goodrich Memorial Scholarship.
Plus, we continue our fall sports previews with volleyball, field hockey and football.
Interviews this episode:
0:46 -- Matthew Schecter '89. Remembering Peter Goodrich '89, Men's Track and Field.
11:33 -- Emily Hayes, Head Coach, Volleyball. Season preview.
19:17 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey. Season preview.
27:10 -- Ed Argast (Interim Head Coach), Custavious Patterson (Offensive Coordinator), Keith Davis (Defensive Coordinator), Football season preview.
This week we preview the 49th annual cross country and track and field alumni meet, with women’s head coach Jay Hartshorn. Plus, we get our fall sports previews rolling with women’s and men’s soccer!
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- James Peter '22, Owen Keleher '22 and Alec Szwarcewicz '22, Men's soccer captains.
6:58 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's soccer.
16:40 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's cross country and track and field.
This week we chat with the men’s cross country and track and field team’s third head coach in the last 70 years, Curtis Johnson.
Plus, meet the new directors of Bates golf, including a Maine Sports Hall of Famer!
Interviews this episode:
1:16 -- Curtis Johnson, head coach, men's cross country and track and field.
15:24 -- Brendon Croteau and Abby Spector, directors of Bates golf.
It’s the seventh season of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast where we take a look at the week that was, in Bates athletics!
This week we welcome two of our new head coaches to Bates! Emily Hayes and Renee Olsen are on campus and ready to lead the volleyball and women’s lacrosse programs respectively.
This week we are celebrating this year’s virtual reunion with a special trip down memory lane with Bobcats from years past. We’ll hear from student-athletes who graduated as recently as 2016 and as far back as 1976, as they reflect on their times at Bates.
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16, Two-Time National Champion, Men's Squash.
8:27 -- Rebecca Waldo '11, Three-Time All-American, Women's Rowing.
20:28 -- Pat Williams '11, Men's Squash Captain, Executive Director, SquashDrive.
29:21 -- Julie Roche Simplicio '91, Two-time ECAC Champion, Volleyball and Honorable Mention All-American, Women's Basketball.
37:52 -- Jeff Helm '76, Co-Founder, Men's Lacrosse.
47:26 -- Claudia Turner '76, Team Captain, Field Hockey, Women's Basketball and Softball.
This week we celebrate a fourth straight NCAA championship for the Bates women’s rowing team! Plus, John Rex and Elise Lambert represented the track and field program on the national stage, and both brought home All-America honors. What a way to end the spring, and we recap it all, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:22 -- Saylor Strugar '21, Women's Rowing Captain.
3:51 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Women's Rowing 1V Coxswain.
6:25 -- Hannah Beams '21, Women's Rowing Captain.
8:01 -- Grace Bake '21, Stroke Seat, Women's Rowing 1V (Female Bobcats of the Week).
16:19 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
31:14 -- John Rex '21, All-American, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).
46:42 -- Elise Lambert '22, All-American, Women's Track and Field.
On this week's episode, we preview the NCAA Championships for track and field, and women’s rowing. Plus, we chat with our three men’s rowing seniors, as they head to the IRA National Championship regatta for the second time in their careers!
Interviews this episode:
0:40 -- NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships preview with Bates head coach Jennifer "Jay" Hartshorn.
14:21 -- NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships preview with Bates head coach Al Fereshetian.
21:53 -- NCAA Women's Rowing Championships preview with new Bates assistant coach Carly Abarbanel.
28:14 -- IRA National Championship Regatta preview with seniors Kevin Downing, Jackson Cote and Aidan Temperino.
This week on the Bobcast, we salute our squash seniors! Like other Bobcat fall and winter sports, they made the most of a year that saw no competition.
Interviews this episode:
0:54 -- Maeve O'Brien '21, Team Captain, Women's Squash.
7:25 -- Omar Attia '21, Team Captain, Men's Squash.
18:32 -- Rei Hergeth, Head Coach, Squash.
This week we celebrate another NESCAC title for women’s rowing! Plus, senior baseball captain Christian Beal reflects on his time as a Bobcat and we give a salute to our swimming seniors. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:28 -- Catharine Berry-Toon '21, Women's rowing (Representing the First Varsity Eight, the 2021 NESCAC Champions and our Female Bobcats of the Week).
10:53 -- Christian Beal '21, Baseball team captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
19:23 -- Caroline Apathy '21, Elizabeth Cullen '21 and Lily Scott '21, Women's swimming and diving team captains.
34:06 -- Nick Antonellis '21 and Lee Emmerich '21, Men's swimming and diving team captains.
45:41 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
Senior captain Preston Haugh finished his collegiate career in style for the men's golf team, winning NESCAC Event No. 2. Meanwhile, a trio of track and field athletes moved up the Bates all-time performance lists and the softball team turned the tables on Trinity in the final game of the season. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:28 -- Payton Buxton '21, Softball pitcher.
8:33 -- Preston Haugh '21, Men's golf captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
20:58 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's track and field (Female Bobcat of the Week).
27:39 -- John Rex '21, Men's track and field captain.
40:06 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing (NESCAC Championships preview).
This week we recap the busiest weekend for Bates sports in quite some time! Our Bobcats of the Week come from women’s lacrosse and men’s track and field. Plus, we talk with student-athletes from our tennis, golf, rowing and women’s track and field programs. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:53 -- Kathryn Grennon '21, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week).
10:33 -- Liam Byrne '23, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).
20:02 -- Genesis Paulino '21, Women's Track and Field.
29:46 -- Alex Kennedy '21 and Alexander Gujarathi '24, Men's Tennis doubles team.
38:36 -- John Kawakami '24, Men's Golf.
46:46 -- Saylor Strugar '21, Women's Rowing captain.
This week we celebrate the return of sports at Bates after a two-week layoff. Join us as we talk about strong performances from our tennis, rowing and golf programs!
Interviews this episode:
1:34 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's tennis captain (Female Bobcat of the Week).
11:26 -- Nick Forester '23, Men's tennis (Male Bobcat of the Week).
25:04 -- Evan Saltman '22, Men's rowing coxswain.
33:29 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Women's rowing 1V coxswain.
40:29 -- Alex Voight-Shelley '24, Women's golf medalist at the Bobcat Invitational.
On this week's Bobcast we continue our “senior salutes” for teams who saw their seasons erased by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we chat with the senior captains and the head coaches for the Bates basketball programs.
Interviews this episode:
0:48 -- Julia Middlebrook '21, Women's basketball captain.
14:53 -- Alison Montgomery, Women's basketball head coach.
29:00 -- David Akinyemi '21, James Mortimer '21, Billy Lahart '21 and Raheem Spence '21, Men's basketball captains.
41:16 -- Jon Furbush '05, Men's basketball head coach.
This week we return to our “senior salutes” for teams who saw their seasons erased by the COVID-19 pandemic. On this episode, we chat with the senior captains and the head coaches for the Bates Nordic and alpine skiing teams. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:54 -- Zoe McKinney '21, Tucker Pierce '21 and Carter Ros '21, Nordic skiing captains.
14:52 -- Becky Woods '89, Head Coach, Nordic skiing.
28:54 -- Joe Gillis '21, alpine skiing captain.
40:04 -- Kurt Simard, Interim Head Coach, alpine skiing.
Saturday was Opening Day for the Bates baseball and softball teams! We have the full recap of a fun day at the ballpark. Plus, a preview of the tennis seasons, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:45 -- Christian Beal '21, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
10:27 -- Caroline Bass '21, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
16:40 -- Tyler Attal '23 and Amanda Taylor '23, Baseball and Softball (First collegiate home runs).
28:14 -- Luke Linnehan '24, Baseball (Winning pitcher, four innings of one-run ball in collegiate debut).
34:17 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Tennis (Season preview).
This week we recap the first games played by Bates sports teams in more than a year. Both lacrosse programs picked up wins over Saint Joseph’s and the women’s basketball team split a pair of games against Colby. Hear from our Bobcats of the Week and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:37 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
6:10 -- Chris Costello '21, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week).
15:10 -- Brett Allen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
Last week was a big one for Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein.
Not only was he named one of four Division III athletics directors of the year, but Bates announced the return of intercollegiate competition, including NESCAC play for spring sports.
We sit down with Jason to talk about the exciting news.
The Bobcats are back, on the Bates Bobcast!
This week we continue our Senior salutes with the field hockey team. We talk to senior captain Elsbeth Caulo and head coach Dani Ryder Kogut gives her perspective on where the program is headed now.
This week we continue our "senior salutes" with the men’s soccer team. We talk with the senior captains and head coach Tyler Sheikh gives his perspective on the men’s soccer class of 2021!
The Bates seniors did not have a losing season during their time as Bobcats. In fact, they made some history, matching the program record for NESCAC wins in one season in 2019.
This group was led by a pair of senior captains, goalkeeper David Goodstein and defender Blaise Marceau. Goodstein and Marceau reflect on their careers while coach Sheikh honors all the graduating seniors, including team captain Peder Bakken, who missed most of 2019 due to injury and came back this fall for a fifth year with the team, only to see the season canceled due to the coronavirus.
This week we continue our Senior Salutes with the women’s soccer team. A trio of Bobcats join the show and head coach Joe Vari salutes the senior class for their leadership in a difficult time.
The Bates women’s soccer class of 2021 went through a coaching change prior to their junior year and then had their senior year wiped out by the coronavirus. Nevertheless, seniors So Kim, Elizabeth Bennett and Nellie Breen stuck with the program all four years. As you will hear from all three, they’ve enjoyed their times at Bates and look forward to seeing what the future holds for their current teammates.
The Bates football class of 2021 is in an awkward spot. Some may be returning this fall to take advantage of their extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA. But we don’t know yet who that may be.
So this week we continue our senior salutes with senior captain Connor Hunt and head coach Malik Hall joining us to look back on the last four years.
Bates Director of Photography and Video Phyllis Graber Jensen grew up competing in a wide variety of sports with the boys in her New York City neighborhood of Kew Gardens in Queens. At age 12, she took up tennis and even got to hit with Billie Jean King.
But when she entered high school, she discovered no opportunities for girls to compete in varsity sports. So then 16-year old Phyllis appealed to play on the high school boys tennis team. And 50 years ago, despite a fair amount of backlash, she won her case.
And this week, Phyllis Graber Jensen joins the Bobcast!
With this past fall’s sports season canceled due to COVID-19, we begin our Class of 2021 senior salutes with the Bates volleyball program. Angel Echipue, Ruby Lightbourn, Delaney Mayfield and Olivia McCulloch are the four senior captains this year.
We salute them and chat with the team's head coach, Melissa DeRan, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
On this week's Bobcast we conclude the “Why I Coach” series with our softball and baseball coaches! Softball head coach McKell Barnes and baseball head coach Jon Martin join the show.
McKell Barnes completed her seventh season as the head coach of the Bates College softball program in 2020, having taken over the position in January of 2014.
In 2018, Barnes led the Bates softball team to its most wins in program history and the Bobcats' second appearance in the NESCAC tournament. Bates finished the season with an overall record of 20-14. The Bobcats returned to the NESCAC Tournament in 2019 and the promising 2020 squad finished 6-2 in a pandemic-shortened season.
Jon Martin was hired as Bates baseball’s head coach in August 2016. In his first season at the helm of the team, he led the Bobcats to their third-ever appearance in the four-team NESCAC Tournament.
He followed that up with another appearance in the NESCAC Tournament in 2018 and in his third season at Bates, Martin was named the 2019 NESCAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bobcats to a 19-17 overall record, a 9-3 record in NESCAC East Division play, and a berth in the four-team NESCAC Championship tournament for the third straight season.
This week we continue our “Why I Coach” series with our lacrosse coaches. Women’s lacrosse head coach Brett Allen and men’s lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna join the show to talk about their backgrounds and what led them to what is known as the “The Creator’s Game.”
Appointed as the Bates women’s lacrosse head coach in 2006, Allen led the Bobcats to the NCAA tournament in 2016 and was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year. Bates has appeared in the national rankings numerous times during his tenure and today he joins the Bobcast to give us a look into why he coaches.
Lasagna spent 18 years coaching at his alma mater Brown University. He has coached the Bobcats in the 20 years since then, leading Bates to the top of the national rankings and two NCAA tournament appearances.
This week we continue our “Why I Coach” series with our skiing coaches! Interim alpine skiing head coach Kurt Simard and long-time Bates Nordic skiing head coach Becky Woods '89 join the show.
A two-time EISA coach of the year with the University of New Hampshire, Simard graduated from UNH in 1991 with a business degree, but soon decided he wanted to get into coaching.
Woods is the longest-tenured current head coach at Bates. She took over the Nordic skiing program in 1994 and has coached four All-Americans, and two Olympians. Woods is the daughter of the late Bob Flynn, a beloved Bates coach in multiple sports for 50 years.
Rei Hergeth wrapped up his first season at the helm of the Bates squash programs with the women ranked 16th in the country and the men 19th. He won three national championships as a player at Trinity College, before receiving his degree in anthropology in 2013.
Hergeth immediately got into coaching upon graduating, and he uses his experiences in college to impart wisdom to current Bates student-athletes.
We continue our “Why I Coach” series with our basketball coaches, head men’s basketball coach Jon Furbush '05 and head women’s basketball coach Alison Montgomery!
Furbush completed his 12th season as head coach of the men’s basketball team last year, and has led the Bobcats to 150 wins and eight NESCAC Championship tournament appearances through 12 seasons, including three appearances in the NESCAC semifinals.
In 2020, her fifth season as head coach of Bates women's basketball, Montgomery guided the Bobcats to their third NESCAC tournament appearance in her tenure, with a final record of 13-12, the team's first winning mark since 2011.
Since he was named head rowing coach at Bates in March 2009, Peter Steenstra has turned the program into the finest in Division III. Bates women's rowing has competed in the NCAA Championships in every year, including six second-place finishes and four NCAA Division III championships in the last five seasons -- the only Bobcats in Bates College history to win a national team championship.
In 2019, the women's rowing first varsity eight won its third straight (and fourth overall) gold medal in the collegiate eights race at the world-famous Head of the Charles Regatta. And in 2018, the men's rowing team became the first in NESCAC history to compete at the prestigious IRA National Championship regatta.
Here’s Peter Steenstra on why he coaches.
Peter Casares joined Bates as the head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach and aquatics director in 2007, and in 2020 was named NESCAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. He then led the Bates men's swimming and diving team to a program-best fourth place at the NESCAC Men's Championships a week later.
A women's-team record 11 athletes, as well as first-year Nathan Berry on the men's team, qualified to compete in the 2020 NCAA Division III Championships before they were canceled due to the pandemic.
Coach Casares is well respected in the swimming world, both as an accomplished Division III All-American swimmer and as a passionate coach and tireless recruiter. Peter’s expertise and love for the sport have brought enthusiasm and national visibility to the Bates program.
Vanessa Williamson '05 was promoted to associate head swimming coach at Bates in 2016 after serving as an assistant coach the previous four years. An eight-time All-America performer in the butterfly and individual medleys, Williamson joined head coach Peter Casares's coaching staff in 2012 after coaching at the high school and club level in California for five years.
Williamson is an Edward Little high school graduate and her late father Dick Williamson was a beloved Professor of French at Bates and a 2006 inductee into the Bates Scholar-Athlete society.
Vanessa and coach Casares join the Bobcast today as we continue our “Why I Coach” series!
We continue our “Why I Coach” series on the Bobcast with the head coaches of Bates golf and tennis: Henry Fall and Paul Gastonguay '89!
Hired by Bates in August of 2019, Henry Fall was a four-year starter on the Elms College varsity golf team, graduating in 2014. He was a two-year captain and led the Blazers to New England Collegiate Conference titles as a first-year and as a senior. In his senior season, the Blazers qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history. Fall also excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-Conference honors every year. A 2010 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School in nearby Topsham, Maine, Fall is now the youngest head coach at Bates.
Bates College graduate and Lewiston native Paul Gastonguay is among the most respected coaches in college tennis, and the leader of men's and women's programs that perennially rank among the best in Division III. An All-America player himself at Bates, Gastonguay has coached a litany of All-Americans at his alma mater. He graduated from Bates in 1989 and was inducted into the Lewiston-Auburn Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
This week we continue our “Why I Coach” series with the head coaches of Bates men’s and women’s soccer: Tyler Sheikh and Joe Vari!
In 2019, his second season as head coach of men's soccer at Bates, Tyler Sheikh led the Bobcats to a 9-6-1 record, the program's most since 2008. That included a 5-4-1 record in the NESCAC, tying for the team’s most conference victories since 2000. That followed an 8-7 record in his debut season at Bates in 2018.
2019 was Joe Vari’s first at the helm of the Bates women’s soccer program after he led the University of Puget Sound to the NCAA tournament in 2018. He talks about how he first got into coaching and some of the lessons he’s learned along the way.
This week we continue our “why I coach” series with the head coaches of Bates volleyball and field hockey: Melissa DeRan and Dani Ryder Kogut!
DeRan completed her fifth season at the helm of the Bates volleyball team in 2019, leading the Bobcats to their fifth consecutive appearance in the NESCAC Tournament and a 16-10 record, the team's most victories in 10 years. DeRan joins the Bobcast to talk about how she first got into coaching and who has influenced her along the way.
Ryder Kogut led Bates field hockey to its best NESCAC record in program history in 2019, as the Bobcats finished 10-6 overall and 6-4 in conference play. She is in her eighth year at the helm of the program.
Malik Hall is the 20th head coach in the history of the Bates College football program. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 2003 and has coached throughout the northeast, most recently at the University of Pennsylvania before arriving at Bates in 2018. We sat down with coach Hall for a chat about how he got started coaching and who has influenced him along the way.
The Bobcast is introducing a series called “Why I Coach”, where we’ll sit down with Bates head coaches each week to chat with them about how they first got into coaching, what they enjoy most about it, and much more.
Today, we chat with cross country and track and field head coaches Al Fereshetian and Jennifer "Jay" Hartshorn!
It's the 200th episode of the Bates Bobcast!
Take a trip down memory lane with us, with some of the highlights from the last five-plus years.
Interviews this episode:
0:35 -- Clayton Spencer, President of Bates. Episode 5: Talking Bates Athletics with President Spencer.
5:43 -- Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16. Episode 21: Back-to-back national titles.
10:25 -- Sounds of Bates Track & Field at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships.
19:49 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse. Episode 71: 2017 NCAA Championships Preview. (MLAX season recap.)
23:07 -- 2017 Football vs. Bowdoin Highlights. Episode 82: CBB! CBB! CBB! CBB!
25:58 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing. Episode 108: National champions again!
34:00 -- Lena Rintell '19, Women's Rowing. Episode 146: The Bates Women's Rowing Dynasty.
37:16 -- Julia Panepinto '20 and Kirsten Pelletier '20. Episode 178: Senior Salute, Softball.
This week we’re checking in with a trio of Bobcat head coaches about how the fall practice season is unfolding. Needless to say, they’ve gotten very creative.
Interviews this episode:
0:33 -- Dani Ryder Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.
8:21 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
25:51 -- Tyler Sheikh, Head Coach, Men's Soccer.
This week we’re remembering the life of John Jenkins '74, the former mayor of Lewiston and Auburn. Former track and field and football teammates and coaches reflect on what he meant to Bates and to the community as a whole.
Interviews this episode:
1:03 -- Bob Littlefield '75 (Football and men's track and field teammate).
10:27 -- John Emerson '73 (Men's track and field teammate).
22:21 -- Vic Gatto, Head Coach, Football (1973-1977).
This week, experience the beauty of campus and the power of our community through our virtual 2020 Homecoming & Family Weekend. You can connect with fellow alums and parents, and learn more about life at Bates during this historic time, with Back @ Bates. We preview all the excitement on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Register for Back @ Bates by going to https://www.bates.edu/back-at-bates/.
Plus, the Department of Athletics named basketball players Meghan Graff and Jeff Spellman the Athletes of the Year!
Interviews this episode:
1:00 -- Eric Foushee, Associate Vice President for Advancement (Back @ Bates preview).
12:30 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's Basketball (2019-20 Bates Female Athlete of Year).
22:10 -- Alison Montgomery, Women's Basketball, Head Coach.
31:38 -- Jeff Spellman '20, Men's Basketball, (2019-20 Bates Male Athlete of the Year).
39:53 -- Jon Furbush '05, Men's Basketball, Head Coach.
On this week's episode, senior men’s track and field sprinter Miles Nabritt joins the Bobcast to discuss the Bates Votes initiative.
We're celebrating National Equipment Managers Week by chatting with Bobcat equipment managers Dave Haefele and Nicole Clark and the cross country teams are hosting their 49th annual alumni meet, but in a virtual setting.
Interviews this episode:
0:59 -- Jay Hartshorn and Al Fereshetian, Women's and Men's Cross Country Head Coaches.
12:39 -- Nicole Clark and Dave Haefele, Equipment Managers.
24:02 -- Miles Nabritt '21, Men's Track and Field (Bates Votes).
This week we’re taking a look at the start of fall sports practices at Bates. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our student-athletes and coaches are adjusting like never before.
Interviews this episode:
0:43 -- So Kim '21, Women's soccer.
1:32 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's tennis.
3:47 -- Thomas Formus '22 and Erik Stephens '22, Football.
6:49 -- Melissa DeRan (Head Coach) and Angel Echipue '21, Volleyball.
This week we chat with Mike Milliken, Bates Manager of Community Wellness and Club Sports, about how the Bobcat community can use the B Well program to stay active this fall, even during a pandemic.
For more information on B Well head to bates.edu/b-well.
Over this past week, Bates students returned to campus.
We talk with senior women’s cross country captain Vanessa Paolella about her experience returning for what promises to be a year like none other.
Plus, Assistant A.D. for Athletic Performance Nick Cooke has an additional title now: he’s also the Director of the Bates Testing Center. That’s coming up, on the Bates Bobcast.
Interviews with episode:
1:18 -- Vanessa Paolella '21, Women's Cross Country captain and Bates Student Editor-In-Chief.
13:41 -- Nick Cooke, Assistant A.D. for Athletic Performance and Director of the Bates Testing Center.
Olivia Zurek was a star for the Bobcats on the Alumni Gym court in both volleyball and basketball during her time in Lewiston.
In volleyball, she helped lead the Bobcats to three 20-win seasons, including a 26-9 overall record in 2003, culminating in a run to the NESCAC tournament championship match. After earning second team All-NESCAC recognition in 2003, Zurek led the conference in kills per set as a senior, receiving first team All-NESCAC honors.
On the basketball court, Zurek was even better, earning All-NESCAC honors three times, culminating in a senior season that saw Bates advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament and Zurek earn first team All-American honors.
The third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder in Bates women’s basketball history, Zurek is now a Geriatric Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Today, she joins the Bobcast to look back on her time as a Bobcat.
Will Boe-Wiegaard '06 was the national runner-up in 2005 but entered the 2006 NCAA men’s tennis singles championships as a senior unseeded in the field of 32.
He proceeded to run the table, winning the national title. He became the first non-track and field Bates student-athlete to capture an NCAA championship.
Then he went on to have a 13-year professional career, becoming the head tennis coach at Sacred Heart University in 2017.
Today, Boe-Wiegaard joins the Bobcast to discuss his time as a Bobcat and his long grind to make it in the professional ranks.
Colleen O’Brien '92 starred as a women’s soccer and softball player during her time as a Bobcat. She was a two-time All-American in women’s soccer, leading Bates to the 1991 ECAC championship with her game-winning goal against Smith College in the final.
Playing third base, O’Brien helped lead the Bates softball team to multiple winning seasons as well, earning regional All-America honors in 1990. O’Brien went on to play some pro soccer in Sweden and the United States. Today, she joins the Bobcast.
This week we honor Leigh Campbell from the class of 1964, who passed away Friday at the age of 79.
In his 39 years of service as a financial aid officer at Bates, most of that time as director, Leigh Campbell became a trusted confidant, adviser, and friend to thousands of students.
He first became involved with Bates men’s basketball as a student manager in the early 1960s. Campbell graduated in 1964 and after serving in the Vietnam War, eventually returned to Bates in 1973. He then served as the official scorer for the men’s basketball team for nearly 50 years and was inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019 as a Legend of the Game.
Men’s basketball head coach Jon Furbush '05 just completed his 12th season at the helm of the program and played four seasons of basketball at Bates as well. Like many Bates alums, he developed a strong bond with Campbell.
Today, the Bates rowing program is a national powerhouse, with the women having won four NCAA championships in the last five seasons and the men having become the first NESCAC program to compete at the IRA National Championships. Sporting a donor-funded boathouse on the Androscoggin River that is the envy of collegiate rowing, the Bobcat program is a force to be reckoned with.
But Bates rowing has humble beginnings. In 1985, the Bates College Rowing Association was first established, before the college even owned a boat. Then it took until 1999 for rowing to become a varsity sport at Bates.
On this week’s Bobcast, we take you back to the early ‘90s, when the program was first getting its feet wet. In 1995, men’s rowing coxswain Lisa Hamasaki '95 put the Bobcats on the map, becoming the first All-American in the program’s history. She joins the Bobcast to reflect on what first took her from California to Bates and what it was like being a coxswain in the time of wooden boats and a much-different Androscoggin River.
This week, with Major League Baseball's season finally starting, we take a deep dive into Bates baseball's past, as we learn about the Bobcats' first big leaguer: Harry Lord '08.
During his nine seasons in the major leagues, Lord captained both the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, and spent a year in the outlaw Federal League. And recently, Bob Muldoon '81 found out a bit more about Lord's time as a Bobcat.
Muldoon graduated from Bates in 1981 with a degree in economics and earned a Masters from Columbia in 1991. He played a year of lacrosse at Bates for Web Harrison and later became a bit of a boxer at Columbia. But his real passion: early 20th century baseball.
Recently, Muldoon found himself looking up the story of Harry Lord, a Mainer from the class of 1908. Starting in the fall of 1904, Lord only spent a little under a year on the Bates campus as a student. But his story is a wild one, culminating in him playing nine years in Major League Baseball and returning to Bates during World War I to coach the team he'd left in the lurch 13 years earlier.
Muldoon is the author of a novel on his beloved Hartford Whalers hockey team. But this story about an early Bates baseball great is all true. Here's Muldoon on his interest in history, the Bobcats, and Harry Lord.
Rob Thompson '66 starred on the soccer pitch for Bates in the program’s first four seasons as a varsity sport. Starting in 1962, the Bobcats went 24-10-7 during Thompson’s collegiate career. And in 1965, he became the first All-American in team history.
The big fullback stood six-foot-four and anchored the Bobcat defense. He also starred on the tennis court for two years, playing doubles with James “Stu” Wallach '64 and helping Bates achieve a 10-1 record in 1963. Thompson’s soccer prowess was such that he even got recruited to kick for the football team.
In 1965, he made a field goal and played a soccer match against Bowdoin on the same day. And today, Rob Thompson joins the Bobcast!
Sherry Deschaine, at the time Sherry Yakawonis, was hired to teach physical education at Bates in 1968 straight out of the University of Maine at Presque Isle and immediately became the school’s first women’s basketball coach.
Thirty years later, she retired after having had a hand in almost every women’s sport on campus. She served as the head field hockey coach for 26 years and as the head softball coach for 21. Deschaine also at various times coached women’s lacrosse and volleyball, and she assisted with the track and field team. She even coached varsity badminton and bowling during her time at Bates.
Yes, Sherry Deschaine did it all, and today, she joins the Bobcast.
Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler '78 was a pioneer in more ways than one during her time as a Bobcat. She joined the field hockey team as a first-year in 1974. Then that spring, she led the charge to start a women’s lacrosse program at Bates.
As a sophomore, she joined a young Bates women’s Nordic skiing program despite having no experience with the sport. But she immediately started winning every race, eventually becoming Bates’ first female All-American in 1978. Before she was done at Bates, Ingersoll Fiddler led the way in starting a women’s cross country club, which earned varsity status soon-after.
10 years after she graduated, Ingersoll-Fiddler qualified for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing. She followed that up by qualifying again in 1992. A 14-time United States national champion, Ingersoll-Fiddler was one of the top 20 Nordic skiers in the world for many years.
Her daughter, Laurel Fiddler, also competed for the Bates Nordic team, graduating in 2017. A 2016 inductee into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame, Ingersoll-Fiddler joins the Bobcast to reflect on her remarkable career.
Along with classmate Rudy Smith, John Douglas '60 starred for the Bates men’s track and field team in the late 1950s. Bates became a regional powerhouse during his time in Lewiston, at one point defeating 31 opponents in a row over the course of 21 meets between 1957 and 1959.
Douglas competed in numerous events for the Bobcats and his name is still number one in the Bates record books in both the indoor and outdoor long jump, as well as the outdoor triple jump. His indoor record long jump of 25 feet, 0.75 inches took place during his junior year in 1959 at Madison Square Garden, with Jesse Owens -- yes, that Jesse Owens -- officiating. Later that same year, representing Bates in the segregated south, he set the program outdoor long jump record of 25 feet, 1.5 inches. Both jumps also established New England records at the time.
During Douglas’s years as a Bobcat, the men’s track and field team won the state championship every year except 1959, when Douglas missed the meet due to injury. After graduating in 1960 with a degree in physics, Douglas went on to have a remarkable career, working for the likes of Lockheed Research Laboratories, Bank of America and Dole Foods. Then he became a media mogul, starting his own television station and purchasing a number of radio stations as well. Douglas served as a Bates trustee from 1995 to 2000 and he still owns and operates numerous radio stations.
And today, John Douglas joins the Bobcast!
You can find Thom Freeman '63 all over the Bates baseball record book. He pitched 18 complete games in three seasons and struck out 181 batters -- both are program records to this day.
In 1962, Freeman was the winning pitcher in seven of the Bobcats’ 12 victories, leading Bates to the Maine State Series title and the Eastern NCAA Finals. And in 1963, he was named a second team All-American in the college division by the American Association of College Baseball Coaches.
Standing at 6'6'' or 6'7" depending on who you ask, Freeman also starred on the basketball court, helping Bates advance to the NCAA Regional Finals in 1961. Freeman graduated with a degree in psychology and a career Earned Run Average of 2.47.
He then signed with the New York Yankees and played four seasons in their farm system. As a Yankee minor leaguer, Freeman learned from the great Whitey Ford and his height was even the subject of a Yogi Berra quote. The Hall of Fame catcher turned Yankee manager was quoted in The Sporting News as saying “These are the tallest kids I’ve ever seen in our camps. Good thing we don’t pay rookies by the inch.”
Freeman went on to have a long career at IBM and in 2016 he was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Today, he joins the Bobcast to reflect on his time at Bates, including his close relationship with famed Bates head coach William “Chick” Leahey '52.
Liz Wanless's list of athletic accolades is long and impressive. As a Bates volleyball player, she was a four-time All-NESCAC selection and one time All-American, while the Bobcats went a combined 105-41 over four seasons.
But Wanless '04 stood out even more competing for then-head coach Carolyn Court as a track and field athlete at Bates in her specialty, the shot put.
As a senior in 2004, Wanless won the Division III shot put title in both indoor and outdoor competition. She even had a legendary Bobcat teammate in her friend Keelin Godsey '06, who also went on to win NCAA titles and played a pioneering role as a transgender athlete.
As it turned out, Bates was only the start of Wanless's rise as a shot putter. She won Division I All-America honors in her final year of eligibility at the University of Florida, then went on to compete in the World Championships for Team USA.
Now working as an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Analytics at Ohio University's College of Business, Wanless joined the Bobcast via Zoom to talk about her unique story at Bates and beyond.
Each week this spring we are honoring the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we salute the Bates rowing dynasty, a group that combined for six NESCAC titles and three national championships in three seasons!
Interviews this episode:
1:03 -- Holland Doyle '20 (Coxswain) and Maxwell Milavetz '20 (Team Captain), Men's Rowing.
24:41 -- Maya Seshan '20, Hannah Fitts '20 and Grace Murnaghan '20, Women's Rowing, Captains.
53:44 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
Each week this spring we are honoring the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with the senior captains from the tennis teams, plus an interview with head coach Paul Gastonguay. That’s coming up, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:53 -- Suzanne Elfman '20, Lauren Hernandez '20, Isabelle Rovinski '20, Women's Tennis captains.
11:58 -- Jacob Eisenberg '20, Nick Glover '20, Jacob Kauppila '20, Vidyut Yadav '20, Men's Tennis captains.
26:45 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Tennis.
Each week this spring we are honoring the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with the two senior captains from the softball team, plus an interview with head coach McKell Barnes.
Interviews this episode:
1:14 -- Julia Panepinto '20 and Kirsten Pelletier '20, Softball captains.
15:53 -- McKell Barnes, Head Coach, Softball.
Each week this spring the Bobcast is honoring the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with the three senior captains from the baseball team, plus an interview with head coach Jon Martin!
Interviews this episode:
1:02 -- Jack Arend '20, Nolan Collins '20 and Will Sylvia '20, Baseball captains.
17:53 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.
The Bates men’s lacrosse program went through a lot this year both on and off the field. Plagued by injuries, the Bobcats got off to a slow start before their season ended prematurely. Then came the news that two-time All-American Jack Allard '16 was sick with the novel coronavirus. Allard is well on his way to recovery, now home with his family. But it’s been a tough few months for the Bobcats. Senior captains William Holland, Curtis Knapton and Matt Chlastawa join the Bobcast this week to look back on their careers and reflect on what the Bates men’s lacrosse program means to them.
Interviews this episode:
1:11 -- William Holland '20, Curtis Knapton '20, Matt Chlastawa '20, Men's Lacrosse Captains.
23:52 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
Each week this spring the Bobcast honors the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with the three senior captains from the women’s lacrosse team, plus an interview with head coach Brett Allen!
Interviews this episode:
1:10 -- Caroline Kerrigan '20, Avery MacMullen '20, Liv Sandford '20, Women's Lacrosse captains.
15:05 -- Brett Allen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
Each week this spring the Bobcast will honor the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with four seniors from the men’s track and field team, plus an interview with head coach Al Fereshetian!
Interviews this episode:
0:50 -- Anas Reda '20, Brendan Donahue '20, Beaufils Kimpolo '20 and Justin Levine '20, Men's Track and Field.
27:02 -- Al Fereshetian, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.
Each week this spring the Bobcast will honor the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with four seniors from the women’s track and field team, plus an interview with head coach Jay Hartshorn!
Interviews this episode:
1:05 -- Olivia LaMarche '20, Ashley Pratt '20, Paige Rabb '20 and Megan Seymour '20, Women's Track and Field.
25:41 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's Track and Field.
Each week this spring the Bobcast will honor the seniors of a Bates team that didn’t get to finish its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we chat with three seniors from the women’s swimming and diving team, plus an interview with head coach Peter Casares.
Interviews this episode:
1:18 -- Emmy Daigle '20, Janika Ho '20 and Hannah Johnson '20, Women's Swimming and Diving NCAA Championships qualifiers.
14:49 -- Peter Casares, NESCAC Coach of the Year, Women's Swimming and Diving.
This week we’re celebrating the track and field teams making the most of their opportunities at the Tufts Final Qualifying Meet, with Bates sending 11 to the NCAA Championships after entering last week with only two Bobcats assured of a berth. Plus, the women’s tennis team is off to a strong start and we talk with our two squash senior captains to wrap up the season and their careers. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:08 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
3:50 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's Track and Field.
17:18 -- Al Fereshetian, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.
23:59 -- Vanessa Paolella '21, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week).
34:41 -- Ryan Nealis '21, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).
40:11 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis.
45:54 -- Giovanni Torres '20, Baseball.
52:01 -- Luca Polgar '20 and Graham Bonnell '20, Squash captains.
The skiing teams are sending a pair of student-athletes to the NCAA Championships, the track and field teams shined at the New England Championships and we preview the 2020 Bates softball season. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:56 -- Rachael Deptula '21, Women's Lacrosse.
3:09 -- John Rex '21 and Brendan Donahue '20 (Male Bobcat of the Week), Men's Track and Field captains.
13:18 -- Amanda Kaufman '21, Women's Track and Field captain (Female Bobcat of the Week).
19:41 -- Haley Washington '21, Women's Tennis.
27:42 -- Omar Attia '21, Men's Squash.
37:08 -- Arie van Vuuren '22 and Kaelyn Woods '20, Alpine and Nordic Skiing.
45:59 -- McKell Barnes, Head Coach, Softball.
It's an action-packed episode of the Bobcast, with basketball season recaps, lacrosse season previews and a celebration of the swimming and diving teams' outstanding performances at the NESCAC Championships. Join us as we recap the past two weeks in Bates athletics!
Interviews this episode:
1:02 -- Gabby Smart '23, Women's Swimming and Diving (Female Bobcat of the Week and NESCAC Rookie of the Year).
10:42 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).
18:52 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball (Season recap).
32:23 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball (Season recap).
44:20 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse (Season preview).
54:31 -- Brett Allen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse (Season preview).
This week we’re recapping an amazing Maine State Meet that saw the women’s and the men’s track and field teams tie Bowdoin for first place, in the exact same way. Plus, women’s basketball is on a roll, the skiing teams hosted the Bates Carnival and it’s time to preview the baseball season. All that and more, coming up, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:13 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week).
5:50 -- Ryan Nealis '21 and John Rex '21 (Male Bobcat of the Week), Men's Track and Field.
14:08 -- Meghan Graff '22, Women's Basketball (NESCAC Player of the Week).
20:17 -- Arie van Vuuren '22, Alpine skiing.
26:03 -- Maya Seckinger '21, Nordic skiing.
30:05 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball (Season preview).
On this week's episode, we chat with softball senior Kirsten Pelletier about Saturday's free sports clinic being hosted at Bates for National Girls and Women in Sports Day! Plus, the skiing teams host the Bates Carnival this weekend and swimming and diving prevailed at the WPI Invitational. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:53 -- Billy Lahart '21, Men's Basketball (President of the Bates Special Olympics Club).
3:20 -- Michael Cooper '20, Alpine Skiing.
13:12 -- Kaelyn Woods '20, Nordic Skiing (Female Bobcat of the Week).
22:01 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).
29:46 -- Maya Reynoso Williams '22, Women's Swimming and Diving.
36:42 -- Kirsten Pelletier '20, Softball (National Girls and Women in Sports Day preview).
On this week's episode of the Bobcast, we’re celebrating an undefeated week for the squash teams! Plus, the track and field program introduced "The Peter and Lois Doran Award for Track and Field Excellence." Hear from the long-time supporters of Bates athletics on what track and field means to them. And the skiing teams continued their strong start to the season. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:49 -- Katie Manternach '21 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Erika Parker '23 (NESCAC Player of the Week), Women's Squash.
10:43 -- Benni Magnusson McComish '20, Men's Squash (Male Bobcat of the Week).
18:12 -- Daphne James '22, Alpine Skiing.
26:03 -- Paige Rabb '20, Women's Track and Field.
30:02 -- Peter Ackley, Men's Track and Field.
34:29 -- Peter and Lois Doran Award for Track and Field Excellence.
First-year Omar Sarr has been a difference-maker this year for the Bates men's basketball team. The swimming and diving teams made their Senior Meet one to remember, and the skiing teams are off to terrific starts. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:16 -- Omar Sarr '23, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
7:48 -- Hannah West '21, Alpine Skiing (Female Bobcat of the Week).
13:45 -- Cal Schrupp '23, Nordic Skiing.
21:37 -- John Marcolina '23, Nathan Berry '23, Dan Waterland '22 and Tanner Fuller '20, Men's Swimming and Diving (Tarbell Pool record-breaking 200-yard freestyle relay to clinch the Senior Meet win over Colby).
29:11 -- Emmy Daigle '20, Women's Swimming and Diving.
33:38 -- Jesper Phillips '22, Men's Squash.
39:28 -- Lily Simmons '22, Women's Track and Field.
45:54 -- Justin Levine '20, Men's Track and Field.
We've got it all covered on the latest Bates Bobcast! From alpine and Nordic skiing previews to exceptional performances in the pool, on the track, and on the courts: both basketball and squash. Don't miss a minute of the latest episode of the only podcast dedicated to telling the stories of Bates College student-athletes and coaches!
Interviews and highlights this episode:
0:58 -- Kody Greenhalgh '20 highlight clip, Men's Basketball (Last second layup to beat Wesleyan).
1:22 -- Mia Roy '22, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
8:14 -- Kyle Jorgensen '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).
16:30 -- Isabel Mohammadi-Hall '22, Abigail Gibbons '23, Caroline Apathy '21, and Megan Strynar, Women's Swimming and Diving (New Tarbell pool record in the 200-yard medley relay).
21:46 -- Luca Polgar '20, Women's Squash (NESCAC Player of the Week).
30:23 --Sultan Hashmi '23, Men's Squash.
37:51 -- Amanda Kaufman '21 and John Mieszczanski '22, Track and Field.
48: 28 -- Becky Woods '89, Head Coach, Nordic Skiing.
57:04 -- Micaela Holland '11, Head Coach, Alpine Skiing.
This week we’re starting the new year on the right track, with a women’s and men’s indoor track and field preview! Plus, men’s basketball senior Jeff Spellman scored his 1,000th career point over the break and the swimming and diving teams won six races in their dual meet at Dartmouth. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:00 -- Melanie Binkhorst '20, Women's Basketball, Captain.
3:04 -- Jeff Spellman '20, Men's Basketball. (1,017 career points to this date.)
3:31 -- Graham Safford '15, Assistant Coach, Men's Basketball. (1,252 career points.)
11:40 -- Gabby Smart '23, Women's Swimming and Diving. (Female Bobcat of the Week.)
17:57 -- Nathan Berry '23, Men's Swimming and Diving. (Male Bobcat of the Week.)
26:12 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's Track and Field. (Indoor season preview.)
37:57 -- Al Fereshetian, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field. (Indoor season preview.)
On the final Bates Bobcast of 2019, we introduce you to new Bobcat squash head coach Rei Hergeth. Plus, the basketball teams had a big week, with the women's team winning an overtime thriller over Colby and the men's team defeating Bowdoin on the road. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
2:03 -- Meghan Graff '22, Women's Basketball (Maine Co-Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week).
11:31 -- Stephon Baxter '23, Men's Basketball (Post-game interview).
12:18 -- Jeff Spellman '20, Men's Basketball (NESCAC Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week).
18:25 -- Catherine Peterson '21, Women's Swimming, Maine State Meet champions.
25:50 -- Rei Hergeth, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Squash.
As finals draw near, winter sports are just getting underway. The men's basketball team is 3-1. The women's basketball team is 2-3. And the swimming and diving teams look to defend their respective state titles this weekend. Get the inside scoop from the student-athletes themselves on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:37 -- Kody Greenhalgh '20, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
6:26 -- Jenna Berens '23, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
12:04 -- Matt Charest '20, Hannah Johnson '20, Amy Duren '20, Swimming and Diving captains (Maine State Meet preview).
First-year Jill Richardson led the Bates women's cross country team to a program-best 14th place showing at the NCAA Championships. Plus, we chat with a pair of swimmers who helped the Bobcats sweep Wesleyan and Trinity. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:40 -- Jill Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week).
6:34 -- Tucker Barber '21, Men's Cross Country + Nordic Skiing (Male Bobcat of the Week).
12:20 -- Meghan Graff '22 and Jeff Spellman '20, Women's and Men's Basketball (Highlights + Interviews).
13:45 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball.
19:18 -- Abigail Gibbons '23, Women's Swimming.
26:54 -- Pieter Cory '22, Men's Swimming.
33:23 -- Tyler Sheikh, Head Coach, Men's Soccer (Season Recap).
On this week's episode, we're celebrating both cross country teams qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year! Plus we’re previewing the men’s basketball and swimming and diving seasons. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:26 -- Jordan Wilson '23 and Henry Raff '22, Women's and Men's Cross Country (Bobcats of the Week).
12:10 -- Jon Furbush '05, Men's Basketball, Head Coach (Season preview).
21:44 -- Peter Casares, Swimming & Diving, Head Coach (Season preview).
30:13 -- Erika Parker '23, Women's Squash.
36:58 -- Dani Ryder Kogut, Field Hockey, Head Coach (Season recap).
46:45 -- Taylor Stafford-Smith '20, Volleyball (Female Bobcat of the Week last week + season recap).
52:56 -- Joe Vari, Women's Soccer, Head Coach (Season recap).
The Bates football team pulled off its biggest come-from-behind victory since 1969 when the Bobcats rallied from 21 points down to defeat Hamilton 26-21 on Saturday. Plus, it's time to preview the squash and women's basketball seasons. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
2:07 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
18:10 -- Wide Receiver Sean Bryant '22, Football (Bobcat of the Week).
25:41 -- Linebacker Peter Daley '20 & Defensive End Liam Greene '21, Football.
34:44 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.
44:09 -- Luca Polgar '20 & Graham Bonnell '20, Squash captains.
On Senior Night, the Bates football team shined under the lights in a 30-5 win over Bowdoin at Garcelon Field. Meet the senior offensive linemen who helped lead the Bobcats to victory. Plus, the cross country teams impressed at the NESCAC Championships. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:41 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
17:55 -- Matt Flanagan '20, Jack O'Brien '20, Phil Simplicio '20, Football offensive linemen who paved the way for Male Bobcat of the Week Tyler Bridge '23.
32:08 -- Tara Ellard '22, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week).
36:36 -- Jay Hartshorn, NESCAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
47:32 -- Bobby Dall '23, Men's Soccer.
On this week's episode, we’re chatting with Director of Athletics Jason Fein about the ‘Cats Carnival, a special event taking place outside Garcelon Field this Saturday before the Bates football team’s first-ever night home game. Plus, field hockey and men’s soccer prepare for the NESCAC Championships and volleyball heads into the final weekend of the regular season looking for the program’s most wins since 2003. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:05 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics.
6:23 -- Grace Fitzgerald '20, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week).
13:00 -- Taylor Stafford-Smith '20, Volleyball.
17:54 --Will Anastos '23, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week).
22:35 -- Mohamed Diawara '23 and Tony Hooks '23, Football.
34: 19 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
On Sunday, the Bates women's first varsity eight became the first crew ever to win the Collegiate Eights at the Heard of the Charles three consecutive years! Plus, the women’s golf team won the New England Intercollegiate Golf Championship and the cross country teams shined at Oberlin College in the inter-regional rumble. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:22 -- Maya Seshan '20, Women's Rowing Captain and First Varsity Eight Coxswain (Female Bobcat of the Week).
11:09 -- Aidan Temperino '21, Men's Rowing Varsity Four Coxswain.
22:24 -- Olivia LaMarche '20, Women's Cross Country Captain.
27:54 -- Bart Rust '22, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week).
37:16 -- Ellie Murphy '21, Women's Golf.
44:49 -- Sydney Phillips '22, Volleyball.
48:39 -- Haley Washington '21, Women's Tennis.
58:37 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
On this week's Bobcast, we’re previewing the 55th annual Head of the Charles Regatta. Plus, the field hockey and men’s soccer teams won again and the tennis teams finished their fall season on a high note. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:03 -- Owen Keleher '22, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week).
11:19 -- Ally Leahy '20, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week).
17:28 -- Delaney Mayfield '21, Volleyball.
24:16 -- Jacob Eisenberg '20, Men's Tennis.
29:15 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing (Head of the Charles preview).
40:32 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
Defense was the name of the game last week for Bates field hockey and men's soccer. Plus, the cross country teams both won the Maine state title and the football team took Tufts to the wire. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews and highlights this episode:
0:38 -- Bobby Dall '23, Men's Soccer (Game-winning goal against No. 15 Middlebury).
1:27 -- Alex Kovacs '23, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week).
7:57 -- Riley Burns '22, Field Hockey (Game-winning goal against No. 20 Trinity).
8:53 -- Alexa Jurgeleit '20, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week).
13:32 -- Jill Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country.
18:25 -- Eli Boesch-Dining '23, Men's Cross Country.
25:33 -- Chloe Baylor '23, Women's Golf.
33:41 -- Christian Sanfilippo '21, Football.
40:16 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
This week we’re talking to a pair of Bates juniors who are making a big impact with increased playing time on their respective teams. Plus, men’s golfer Julien Lewin achieved a goal he’s been working toward since the first day he stepped on campus. And we introduce you to new Assistant Athletics Director Jess Duff. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:10 -- Olivia McCulloch '21, Volleyball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
8:21 -- Julien Lewin '20, Men's Golf (Male Bobcat of the Week).
15:48 -- David Goodstein '21, Men's Soccer.
22:30 -- Jess Duff, Assistant A.D. for Student-Athlete Services & Internal Operations.
29:34 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
The Bates field hockey and men's soccer teams are off to outstanding starts, with both teams slated to square off against Tufts this weekend. Plus, we catch up with head coach Paul Gastonguay '89 to talk all things Bates tennis. All that, and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:49 -- Jacob Iwowo '23, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week).
11:39 -- Emily Gianunzio '21, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week).
21:14 -- Sarah DiPillo '20, Women's Soccer.
25:43 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
38:38 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Tennis.
This week we’re celebrating terrific starts to the season for the field hockey and volleyball teams. They have a combined record of 10-1 so far this year. Plus, head coach Malik Hall looks back on the football team’s close contest with Amherst and the cross country teams shined at the Bates Invitational. All that and more, coming up, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:43 -- Owen Keleher '22, Men's Soccer.
1:31 -- Elsbeth Caulo '21, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week).
9:06 -- Angel Echipue '21, Volleyball.
16:40 -- Justin Levine '20, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week).
24: 12 -- Jill Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country.
28:47 -- Julien Lewin '20, Men's Golf.
34:54 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
On the latest Bobcast, we celebrate big wins for the field hockey, volleyball and men's soccer programs! Plus, the football season is upon us, with Bates opening its 2019 campaign Saturday at Amherst. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:16 -- Paige Cote '23 and Alexa Jurgeleit '20, Field Hockey.
8:40 --Luke Protti '22, Men's Soccer (NESCAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week & Male Bobcat of the Week).
15:06 -- Ruby Lightbourn '21, Volleyball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
21:15 -- Chloe Baylor '23, Women's Golf and Andrew Garcia-Bou '20, Men's Golf.
25:51 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football.
This week we are celebrating the beginning of the fall sports season at Bates with a trio of previews. We have in-depth looks at the Bates men’s soccer, volleyball and field hockey programs on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:58 -- Tyler Sheikh (Head Coach), Peder Bakken '20 and Blaise Marceau '21 (Captains), Men's Soccer.
12:02 -- Melissa DeRan, Head Coach, Volleyball.
19:40 -- Dani Ryder Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.
On the season premiere of the Bates Bobcast, we welcome new women's soccer head coach Joe Vari and new golf head coach Henry Fall to campus. Plus, a preview of the upcoming cross country Alumni Meet and season with women's head coach Jay Hartshorn and men's head coach Al Fereshetian.
Interviews this episode:
1:05 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer.
12:09 -- Henry Fall, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Golf.
25:04 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's Cross Country.
34:25 -- Al Fereshetian, Head Coach, Men's Cross Country.
They did it again!
On Saturday, the Bates women's rowing team won its third NCAA title in a row, and its fourth in the last five years.
The Bobcats won every race by open water. But it was not as easy as it appears on paper. Find out why on the season finale of the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:27 -- Maya Seshan '20, Second Varsity Eight Coxswain.
5:31 -- Sophie Claus '19, Second Varsity Eight, Team Captain.
12:14 -- Sophia Rintell '19, First Varsity Eight Stroke, Team Captain.
On this week's Bates Bobcast, we’re previewing the NCAA Rowing Championships! The Bobcat women are looking for their third straight national title. Plus, we catch up with Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein, who fills us in on the Friends of Bates Athletics Challenge. All that and more!
Interviews this episode:
1:18 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19, Women's Track and Field captain and six-time All-American.
10:01 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Maya Seshan '20 and Elise Grossfeld '21, Women's Rowing coxswains.
17:11 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Tennis.
32:07 -- Brett Allen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
41:06 -- Jason Fein, Bates College Director of Athletics.
On the latest Bobcast, we discuss some exciting facilities upgrades at Bates with Assistant A.D. for Facilities and Club Sports Scott Lehmann! Plus, we preview the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:02 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19, Brendan Donahue '20 and John Rex '21, NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships preview.
17:40 -- Scott Lehmann, Assistant A.D. for Facilities and Club Sports.
27:51 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball (NESCAC Coach of the Year).
36:00 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
This week we’re celebrating both the men’s and women’s rowing teams once again winning the NESCAC title. Plus, the Bates track and field teams impressed at the Open New England Championships and we chat with Bates alum Mohdis Baker '14, one of the coaches for "Cold Front", our women’s Ultimate team, which is headed back to Division III nationals for the fourth straight year.
Interviews this episode:
1:31 -- Sophia Rintell '19, Women's rowing captain.
10:00 -- Eric Jordan '19, Men's rowing captain.
25:22 -- Brendan Donahue '20, Men's track and field captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).
35:26 -- Mary Corcoran '22, So Kim '21, Sarah Rothmann '19 and Ayden Eickhoff '19, Women's track and field 4x800 relay team (Female Bobcats of the Week).
45:37 -- Mohdis Baker '14, "Cold Front" coach (Bates women's Ultimate).
The Bates baseball team swept Bowdoin on Saturday to qualify for the four-team double elimination NESCAC Championships, taking place this Friday-Sunday in Waterville. Plus, the rowing teams combined to win the New England Championships points title and we look back at the softball season. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:16 -- Justin Foley '19, Baseball (NESCAC Pitcher of the Week).
3:55 -- Christian Beal '21, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
12:45 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Women's Rowing Coxswain (WV8 -- Female Bobcats of the Week).
18:49 -- Sarah Rothmann '19, Women's Track and Field captain.
26:20 -- McKell Barnes, Head Coach, Softball.
On this week's Bobcast, we’re talking to a pair of NESCAC champions for the track and field program. Plus, the baseball team swept Colby, the softball team won another thriller against Trinity and the rowing teams hosted, and won, the 23rd Presidents Cup. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
0:58 -- Andrew Small '19, Men's lacrosse.
3:16 -- Justin Foley '19, Baseball.
10:11 -- Janell Sato '22, Softball.
16:24 -- Zach Smith '21, Men's track and field (Male Bobcat of the Week).
23:07 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19, Women's track and field captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week).
30:30 -- Claudia Glickman '19 and Trevor Fry '19, Rowing captains.
This week we’re celebrating the men’s track and field team taking back the Maine State Outdoor Championship from Bowdoin. Plus, the softball and baseball teams won NESCAC games in thrilling fashion and the men’s club ice hockey team just returned from China. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:17 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.
3:55 -- Nolan Collins '20, Baseball (NESCAC Pitcher of the Week).
8:47 -- McKell Barnes, Head Coach, Softball.
12:25 -- Andrea Russo '19, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week).
19:05 -- Bart Rust '22, Men's track and field (Male Bobcat of the Week).
26:14 -- Tyler Harrington '19, Men's track and field (NESCAC Men's Field Performer of the Week).
31:40 -- Bella Stone '19, Women's tennis captain.
35:04 -- Bob Xu '19, Morgan Dewdney '19 and Ned Moreland '19, Men's club ice hockey captains.
On this week's Bobcast, we’re previewing the battle for first place in the NESCAC between Bates, Tufts and Amherst men's lacrosse. Plus, the tennis teams enter the heart of NESCAC play and the baseball team prepares for a showdown with Bowdoin. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:05 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
12:25 -- Nolan Collins '20, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
19:59 -- Anna Rozin '22, Women's Tennis (Female Bobcat of the Week).
25:03 -- Ashley Pratt '20, Women's Track and Field.
34:32 -- Al Fereshetian, Head Coach, Men's Track and Field.
Four Bobcats earned awards from the NESCAC for their performances last week. And we talk to all of them on the latest Bates Bobcast! Plus, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hosted the 1st annual faculty/student basketball game. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:14 -- Eliza Statile '19, Women's Lacrosse.
3:22 -- Matt Chlastawa' 20, Men's Lacrosse (NESCAC Player of the Week).
11:55 -- Kirsten Pelletier '20, Softball (NESCAC Pitcher of the Week/Female Bobcat of the Week).
16:30 -- Antonio Jareno '22, Baseball (NESCAC Player of the Week/Male Bobcat of the Week).
21:09 -- John Rex '21, Men's Track and Field (NESCAC Field Athlete of the Week).
31:10 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball, Discussing the SAAC Faculty/Student basketball game!
Sam Francis '17 played football and men's lacrosse at Bates, graduating in 2017. Now, he's a Football Data Analyst for the Cincinnati Bengals. We catch up with him and recap the week that was in Bates athletics, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:24 -- Rocco Fantoni '19, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week).
8:37 -- Margaret Smith '21, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week).
13:18 -- Alex Simon '19, Baseball.
19:34 -- Hannah Fitts '20, Women's Rowing.
29:12 -- Sam Francis '17, Cincinnati Bengals Football Data Analyst.
On this week's Bobcast, we preview the spring season for Bates rowing. We also take a look back on a very successful NCAA Championships for the women’s swimming team. All nine Bobcats returned as All-Americans. Plus, the women’s lacrosse team beat Williams for the fourth straight season and the baseball team is ready for NESCAC play after a strong week of non-conference action. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:33 -- Brett Allen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
4:55 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.
15:57 -- Caroline Apathy '21, Women's Swimming (Female Bobcat of the Week).
22:40 -- Bryan Gotti '22, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
30:43 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.
On this episode of the Bobcast, we chat with the lone senior among the program record-tying nine Bates women's swimmers traveling to the NCAA Championships this week. Plus, the nationally ranked lacrosse teams continue to pick up key victories and women's tennis is ready to make an impact in the NESCAC after a solid trip to Virginia. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:07 -- Peter Lasagna, Head coach, Men's lacrosse.
3:06 -- Rob Strain '20, Men's lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week).
9:17 -- Liv Sandford '20, Women's lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week).
15:39 -- Isabelle Rovinski '20, Women's tennis.
21:28 -- Lucy Faust '19, Women's swimming captain.
From the women’s distance medley relay team finishing second in the country at NCAAs, to the men’s lacrosse team upending the top-ranked team in the nation, to a pair of Bobcats winning NESCAC Player of the Week honors, it was quite the week for Bates athletics. And we've got it all covered, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:31 -- Vanessa Paolella '21, Amanda Kaufman '21, Elise Lambert '22 and Ayden Eickhoff '19 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Women's Distance Medley Relay team.
14:43 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.
17:02 -- Matt Chlastawa '20, NESCAC Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week (Male Bobcat of the Week).
23:02 -- Brett Allen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.
25:07 -- Andrea Russo '19, Softball's all-time career hits leader.
30:22 -- Jack Arend '20 and NESCAC Pitcher of the Week Nolan Collins '20, Baseball.
The Bates lacrosse teams both defeated Middlebury and entered the national rankings. Plus, we preview the NCAA Championships for skiing and track and field. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:16 -- Eliza Statile '19, Women's lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week).
8:07 -- Peter Lasagna, Men's lacrosse head coach.
11:09 -- Brendan Mullally '20, Men's lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week).
20:13 -- Griffin Mueller '20 (Women's alpine skiing) & Kaelyn Woods '20 (Women's Nordic skiing), NCAA Championships preview.
31:01 -- Jay Hartshorn, Women's track and field head coach, NCAA Championships preview.
41:09 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's tennis.
48:04 -- Josh Quijano '19, Men's tennis captain.
Winter sports are still going strong at Bates, but spring sports have arrived as well! On this episode of the Bobcast, we take a look back at a big NESCAC Championships for the men’s swimming and diving team by chatting with Male Bobcat of the Week and Lewiston native Matt Charest. Plus, the women’s squash team won its third Walker Cup title in the last four years and we preview the tennis and softball seasons. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:25 -- Matthew Charest '20, Men's swimming (Male Bobcat of the Week).
9:17 -- Kristyna Alexova '19, Vicky Arjoon '19 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Molly Brooks '19, Katie Bull '19, Women's squash seniors.
16:20 -- Kathryn Grennon '21, Women's lacrosse.
22:02 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Women's and men's tennis.
34:18 -- McKell Barnes, Head Coach, Softball.
49:18 -- Brendan Donahue '20, Men's track and field captain.
On this week's Bobcast, we talk with sophomore women's swimmer Caroline Apathy, who won the NESCAC title in the 100-yard butterfly! We chat with senior men's squash captain Coley Cannon, who ended his collegiate career on a high note and we look forward to the Bates Carnival with sophomore alpine skier Hannah West. Plus, a women's and men's lacrosse season preview. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:01 -- Peter Casares, Swimming and Diving head coach.
13:05 -- Caroline Apathy '21, Women's Swimming (Female Bobcat of the Week).
23:05 -- Coley Cannon '19, Men's Squash (Male Bobcat of the Week).
33:02 -- Hannah West '21, Women's alpine skiing.
42:02 -- Women's lacrosse preview with head coach Brett Allen, and senior captains Joanna Schafer and Eliza Statile.
48:55 -- Men's lacrosse preview with senior captain Stephen Bull.
Play ball! It's time to preview the Bates baseball season. Plus, the women’s track and field team put together a big time performance in the Distance Medley Relay and the women’s basketball team ended the season on a high note. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:09 -- Erika Lamere '19, Women's Basketball.
2:49 -- Nick Lynch '19, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week).
8:23 -- Pat Cosquer '97, Squash Head Coach, talking about Female Bobcat of the Week Luca Polgar '20 and the women's and men's squash teams.
16:21 -- Sarah Rothmann '19, Ayden Eickhoff '19, Amanda Kaufman '21 and Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field Distance Medley Relay Team.
24:21 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Bates Baseball
The Bates women's track and field team won its sixth straight Maine state championship and the men's team won its fifth in the last seven years. Plus, we talk to some standout skiers and recap the NESCAC Championships for men's squash. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:18 -- Amanda Kaufman '21, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week)
10:11 -- John Rex '21, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week)
20:40 -- Julia Middlebrook '21, Women's Basketball
21:58 -- Omar Attia '21, Men's Squash
31:31 -- Kaelyn Woods '20, Women's Nordic Skiing
39:08 -- Arie van Vuuren '22, Men's Alpine Skiing
The men's squash team competes at the NESCAC Championships this week. And the Bobcats picked up some key victories to wrap up the regular season. Meanwhile, the women's squash team earned head coach Pat Cosquer '97 his 300th career win. Plus, men's basketball picked up another NESCAC victory and we introduce you to the world of club basketball at Bates. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:06 -- Nick Lynch '19, Men's Basketball.
2:58 -- Maeve O'Brien '21, Women's Squash (NESCAC Player of the Week).
9:31 -- Dylan Muldoon '21, Men's Squash (Male Bobcat of the Week).
18:28 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19, Women's track and field (Female Bobcat of the Week).
27:14 -- Beaufils Kimpolo '20, Men's track and field.
33:32 -- Nick Beati '20, Men's basketball student-coach and club basketball president.
On this week's Bates Bobcast, the men’s basketball team picked up a big NESCAC win at home. Plus, a women’s basketball reserve player had a game to remember and the track and field teams hosted the Bates Invitational, with terrific results. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:38 -- Meredith Melendy '21, Women's Basketball
3:39 -- Nick Lynch '19, Men's Basketball captain (Male Bobcat of the Week)
9:18 -- Katie Hughes '19, Women's Track and Field captain (Female Bobcat of the Week)
16:58 -- John Rex '21, Men's Track and Field
32:20 -- Madeline Moberg '19, Women's Swimming and Diving captain
37:58 -- Pat Cosquer '97, Squash Head Coach
On this episode of the Bobcast, we are taking a look at the strong start to the season for the track and field teams. Plus, the swimming and diving programs defeated Middlebury on the road Sunday and the Bobcats’ top women’s squash player was honored by the NESCAC. All that and more...
Interviews this episode:
1:33 -- Tommy Verdell, Assistant men's basketball coach & Assistant Athletic Director
6:42 -- Emmy Daigle '20, Women's Swimming (Female Bobcat of the Week)
12:54 -- Ryan Nealis '21, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week)
19:33 -- Luca Polgár '20, Women's Squash NESCAC Player of the Week
25:37 -- Joe Gillis '21, Men's Alpine Skiing
30:41 -- Maya Seckinger '21, Women's Nordic Skiing
It's the first Bates Bobcast of 2019! On this episode, we preview the alpine and Nordic skiing seasons. And we look forward to indoor track and field. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the hardwood. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this episode:
1:19 -- Erika Lamere '19, Women's Basketball
3:10 -- Meghan Graff '22, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week)
9:50 -- Jeff Spellman '20, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week)
16:42 -- Michael Cooper '20 and Griffin Mueller '21, Alpine Skiing
28:50 -- Samantha Pierce '19 and Carter Ros '21, Nordic Skiing
36:11 -- Zack Campbell '19 and Andrea Russo '19, Indoor Track and Field
On this episode of the Bobcast, we interview Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein! Plus, we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, swimmers Alexander Ignatov and Erin Bucki.
Interviews this episode:
1:13 -- Alexander Ignatov '20, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week)
10:29 -- Erin Bucki '21, Women's Swimming and Diving (Female Bobcat of the Week)
18:08 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics
We’re getting the month of December started with a recap of the Bates swimming and diving program’s continued dominance of the Maine State Meet. This weekend, the women and the men won it for the fourth straight year. We will recap a competitive week for the squash programs and introduce you to Bates strength and conditioning coach Mike Seltzer. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:37 -- Caroline Sweeney '22, Women's Swimming (Female Bobcat of the Week)
6:46 -- Alex Bedard '19, Men's Swimming (Male Bobcat of the Week)
14:48 -- Pat Cosquer '97, Coley Cannon '19, Luca Polgar '20, Squash
27:39 -- Mike Seltzer, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Bates Athletics
The Bates women's basketball team is 3-0 on the season after the Bobcats won a double overtime thriller Sunday against UNE. And the men's basketball team has won back-to-back games. We're staying warm in Alumni Gym on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:58 -- Julia Middlebrook '21 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Meghan Graff '22, Women's Basketball.
14:23 -- Kody Greenhalgh '20 (Male Bobcat of the Week), Men's Basketball.
The Bates cross country teams competed at the NCAA Championships on Saturday. And for the first time in school history, a member of the men's team and a member of the women's team earned All-America honors in the same year. Plus, the squash, swimming and women's basketball teams started their seasons on the right foot. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
1:02 -- Katie Barker '19, Women's Cross Country All-American (Female Bobcat of the Week)
9:04 -- James Jones '20, Men's Cross Country All-American (Male Bobcat of the Week)
16:50 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball
20:08 -- Omar Attia '21, NESCAC Men's Squash Player of the Week
25:48 -- Pat Cosquer '97, Head Coach, Women's and Men's Squash
36:18 -- Caroline Apathy '21 and Matthew Charest '20, Swimming
48:14 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football (season wrap-up)
The women's and men's cross country teams both qualified for the NCAA Championships in the same year for the first time since 2012! Plus, we preview the basketball and swimming & diving seasons on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this episode:
1:21 -- Bart Rust '22, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week)
8:52 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)
14:14 -- Alison Montgomery, Women's Basketball, Head Coach
22:01 -- Jon Furbush '05, Men's Basketball, Head Coach
28:42 -- Associate Head Coach Vanessa Williamson '05, Captains Catherine Mullen '19 and Rory Collins '19, Swimming and Diving
With fall sports wrapping up, we caught up with volleyball head coach Melissa DeRan, men's soccer head coach Tyler Sheikh and women's soccer head coach Kelsy Ross to talk about their respective seasons. Plus, hear from our Bobcats of the Week: football captain Kyle Flaherty '19 and volleyball captain Julia Panepinto '20! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:56 -- Volleyball head coach Melissa DeRan and team captain Julia Panepinto '20 (Female Bobcat of the Week).
8:19 -- Men's soccer head coach Tyler Sheikh.
14:31 -- Women's soccer head coach Kelsy Ross.
21:36 -- Football team captain Kyle Flaherty '19 (Male Bobcat of the Week).
27:28 -- Football head coach Malik Hall.
A pair of Bates alumni are in the news! Tom Lopez '69 recently won his 300th football game as the head coach at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. And Amelia Wilhelm '18 was honored on Sunday for being one of nine finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Plus, the cross country teams shined at the NESCAC Championships and the volleyball team gears up for the conference tournament.
Interviews this episode:
1:22 -- Taylor Stafford-Smith '20, Volleyball
7:04 -- Tom Lopez '69, Head Coach, Lincoln-Sudbury Warriors football
15:30 -- Amelia Wilhelm '18, Women's Rowing, NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist
22:39 -- James Jones '20, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week)
26:56 -- Katie Barker '19, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)
32:36 -- Malik Hall, Football, Head Coach
The women's first varsity eight finished first in the Collegiate Eights race for the second straight year at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday. Plus, the football team's offense came alive at Middlebury and the volleyball team went undefeated at the Hall of Fame Tournament.
Interviews this week:
1:18 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Women's Rowing (Female Bobcat of the Week)
9:39 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football
25:31 -- Jackson Hayes '22, Football (Male Bobcat of the Week)
32:00 -- Claire Naughton '19, Volleyball
On this episode of the Bobcast, we preview the 54th annual "Head of the Charles" regatta. The Bates women's first varsity eight looks to repeat as collegiate eights champion and the men look to build on their best finish ever. Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week and relive Ramón Ruiz's 68-yard run to the end zone. All that and more...
Interviews on this episode:
1:01 -- Taylor Lough '19, Field Hockey
9:00 -- Jared Reeber '20, Men's Soccer
14:48 -- Tara Ellard '22, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)
19:26 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football
27:57 -- Tyler Harrington '19 (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Ramón Ruiz '21, Football
34:43 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing
Anastasia Leff is a senior but this is her first year on the Bates women's soccer team. On Sunday, she scored her first collegiate goal. Hear from her along with our Bobcats of the Week and more on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
1:17 -- Riley Burns '22, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week)
5:00 -- Aleks Marceau '19, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week)
10:10 -- Anna Rozin '22 and Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis
15:49 -- Andrew Garcia-Bou '20, Men's Golf
22:10 -- Anastasia Leff '19, Women's Soccer
30:13 -- Malik Hall, Football Head Coach
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast, we celebrate the women's cross country team's third straight Maine State Championship. Plus, a look ahead to Back to Bates weekend with Senior Associate Director of Athletics Celine Cunningham. All that and more...
Interviews this week:
0:37 -- Sports attorney Janet Judge
4:06 -- Wendy Memishian '19, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)
11:59 -- Peder Bakken '20, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week)
15:54 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football
32:02 -- Celine Cunningham, Senior Associate Director of Athletics / Senior Woman Administrator
The men's soccer team defeated a pair of NESCAC opponents over the weekend and the volleyball team went 2-0 as well. Meanwhile the field hockey team picked up a conference victory and the football team is on to Tufts. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
0:59 -- Malik Hall, Football head coach
14:30 -- Robbie Montanaro '19, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week)
21:26 -- Sydney Phillips '22, Volleyball (Female Bobcat of the Week)
25:36 -- Melissa DeRan, Volleyball head coach
30:08 -- Victoria McGee '20, Field Hockey
The Bobcat football team kicked off the Malik Hall era with a strong performance against Amherst. The cross country teams went toe-to-toe with Tufts at Pineland Farms and the women's soccer team finished the week on a high note. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews and Highlights:
0:41 -- Football highlights, Malik Hall interview.
16:31 -- So Kim '21 and Olivia Amdur '19, women's soccer.
22:14 -- Henry Colt '19, men's cross country captain.
30:07 -- Katie Barker '19, women's cross country.
33:49 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, tennis head coach.
40:12 -- Nick Glover '20 and Pieter Alex Wernink '22, men's tennis.
46:00 -- Julien Lewin '20, Andrew Garcia-Bou '20 and Liam McLoughlin '19, men's golf.
On this week's episode, the Bobcast recaps the first week of the fall sports schedule and previews the volleyball, men's golf, cross country and football seasons!
Interviews:
2:09 -- Julia Panepinto '20, Volleyball captain (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Volleyball Head Coach Melissa DeRan.
8:57 -- Preston Haugh '21, Men's Golf (Male Bobcat of the Week)
14:59 -- Chelsea Anglin '19, Women's Golf captain.
22:48 -- Al Fereshetian, Men's Cross Country Head Coach
31:48 -- Jay Hartshorn, Women's Cross Country Head Coach
38:06 -- Malik Hall, Football Head Coach
We kick off the fourth season of the Bates Bobcast with women's soccer, men's soccer, field hockey and women's golf previews! All four teams have home events this week. Get the inside scoop on Bates athletics through the voices of Bobcat student athletes and coaches.
Season Previews:
0:42 -- Women's Soccer: Head Coach Kelsy Ross, Sarah Gutch '19, Cassidy McCarns '19, Olivia Amdur '19
10:48 -- Men's Soccer: Head Coach Tyler Sheikh, Aleks Marceau '19, Drew Munoz '19, Sam Huebschmann '19, Peder Bakken '20
20:11 -- Field Hockey: Head Coach Danielle Ryder Kogut, Grace Fitzgerald '20, Shelbie McCormack '19
26:21 -- Women's Golf: Andrea Hepfinger '21
On the season finale of the Bates Bobcast, we recap the men's rowing team's historic trip to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta and we sit down with Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein!
Featured this episode:
1:12 -- Kyle Schlueter '18, Men's rowing captain
6:17 -- Joshua Bilchik '18, Men's rowing
6:39 -- Roddy Pratt '18, Men's rowing
7:04 -- Peter Steenstra, Men's rowing head coach
8:04 -- Jason Fein, Bates College Director of Athletics
The women's rowing team defended its national title and the first varsity eight made history at the NCAA Championships. Katherine Cook '18 and Adedire Fakorede '18 earned All-America honors in track and field and the men's tennis pair of Ben Rosen '18 and Jacob Kauppila '20 also finished their season as All-Americans. We've got it all covered, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:52 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Olivia Stockly '18 and Grace Jurkovich '18, Women's Rowing
2:40 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing
11:04 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Women's Track and Field
21:27 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis
The number one nationally ranked Bates women's rowing team looks to defend its NCAA title this weekend. Two-time All-American Adedire Fakorede '18 and three-time All-American Katherine Cook '18 compete in one final NCAA Championships in track and field. And three-time All-American Ben Rosen' 18 and Jacob Kauppila '20 head across the country for the NCAA men's tennis singles and doubles championships.
Also, congrats to the Bates women's club ultimate team, Cold Front, for finishing second at Division III nationals!
Interviews this episode:
0:59 -- Hannah Fitts '20, Women's Rowing
11:24 -- Ben Rosen '18 and Jacob Kauppila '20, Men's Tennis
18:22 -- Adedire Fakorede '18, Men's Track and Field
25:27 -- Katherine Cook '18, Women's Track and Field
30:34 -- Josie Gillett '19, Cold Front (Women's Ultimate)
Perfection. It's a rare thing. But that's what the Bates rowing teams achieved Friday at the National Invitational Rowing Championships on Lake Quinsigamond.
Now, the women are going to their 12th straight NCAA Championships and the men are going to the IRA National Championships for the first time ever.
Plus, meet Cold Front, the Bates women's club Ultimate team is headed to Division III nationals for the third straight season!
Interviews this episode:
1:24 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing
15:06 -- Roddy Pratt '18, Men's Rowing First Varsity Eight
31:22 -- Laura Rand '18, Women's Rowing First Varsity Eight
43:44 -- Adair Andre '18, Josie Gillett '19, Katie Hartnett '18, Cold Front captains
Carolyn Court served as head coach of Bates' women's track and field and cross country program through the first 25 years of its existence, touching the lives of thousands of Bates student-athletes along the way.
And now she's been inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame. We talk with Carolyn and cover the week that was in Bates athletics, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this episode:
0:49 -- Carolyn Court. Former Women's cross country and track and field head coach.
9:30 -- Ben Tonelli '18. Men's track and field. (Male Bobcat of the Week.)
16:35 -- Katie Hughes '19. Women's track and field. (Female Bobcat of the Week.)
23:36 -- Elizabeth Kinney. Men's rowing assistant coach.
24:52 -- Justin White '19. (NESCAC Baseball Championships preview.)
This week we celebrate the softball and baseball teams qualifying for the NESCAC tournament. Plus, a pair of pole vaulters made headlines at the NESCAC Championships. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews on this episode:
1:22 -- Caroline Bass '21, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week)
7:20 -- Nolan Collins '20, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week)
13:56 -- David Dick '18, Men's Track and Field, Pole Vault
20:31 -- Garrett Anderson '18, Men's Track and Field, Pole Vault
29:49 -- Peter Steenstra, Rowing, Head Coach
The baseball team is tied for first place in the NESCAC East standings with three conference games remaining in the regular season. We've got the full recap of a 5-1 week for the Bobcats! Plus, it's going to be an exciting finish to the regular season for all our spring sports and we've got it all covered on the Bates Bobcast.
Featured on this episode:
0:39 -- Baseball highlights
2:01 -- Baseball head coach Jon Martin
8:12 -- Jake Shapiro '18, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week)
14:46 -- Softball highlights
15:14 -- Julia Panepinto '20, Softball
17:13 -- Ben Rosen '18, Men's Tennis
24:08 -- Imani Boggan '21, Women's track and field (Female Bobcat of the Week)
The rowing teams went undefeated on the Malden River last Saturday. The tennis teams are both ranked in the top 30 in the nation and the men's track and field team hosts the Maine State Championships this weekend. All that and more on the Bates Bobcast!
Highlights and Interviews this week:
0:34 -- Baseball highlights
1:27 -- Jacob Kauppila '20 (Men's Tennis)
7:26 -- Rosemary Kyne '18 (Women's Rowing, 1st Varsity Eight -- Female Bobcats of the Week)
13:36 -- Mats Terwiesch '18 (Men's Rowing, 1st Varsity Eight -- Male Bobcats of the Week)
23:49 -- Al Fereshetian (Men's track and field head coach)
The men's lacrosse and softball teams treated fans to some tight contests last week, with Bates winning a pair of thrillers. Plus, it's final exams week! How are our student athletes preparing? All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this week:
1:36 -- Andrew Small '19, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)
6:48 -- Kirsten Pelletier '20, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week)
12:00 -- Katherine Cook '18, Women's Track and Field (NESCAC Women's Track Performer of the Week)
18:09 -- Adedire Fakorede '18, Men's Track and Field (NESCAC Men's Field Performer of the Week)
23:17 -- Summer Dias '21, Women's Lacrosse
27:02 -- Nolan Collins '20, Baseball
On the 100th episode of the Bates Bobcast, we catch up with the first student-athlete to appear on the show. Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week and introduce you to the baseball team's starting center fielder, a former football player who is excelling on the diamond! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
1:06 -- Men's Lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna
3:27 -- Clarke Jones '18, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)
8:34 -- Katie Allard '19, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week)
15:45 -- Connor DiVincenzo '18, Baseball
23:48 -- Brad Rutkin '17, Men's Golf (first student-athlete guest on the Bobcast, back in 2015!)
On this week's episode, we celebrate the outstanding performances turned in by Bobcat swimmers at the NCAA Championships. The women finished 12th and the men finished a program record 14th in the nation. Plus, we preview the rowing season and the Bates men's lacrosse team cracked SportsCenters' Top 10....at No. 1. All that and more on the Bates Bobcast!
Topics and Interviews:
0:46 -- Swimming coverage. Group interview with All-American senior swimmers Teddy Pender, Jonathan Depew, Riley Ewing, Logan McGill and Hope Logan.
15:51 -- Men's lacrosse makes ESPN SportsCenters' Top 10 at No. 1.
16:29 -- Women's lacrosse coverage. Interview with goalkeeper Eliza Statile '19.
21:30 -- Baseball coverage. Interview with LHP and captain Connor Russell '18.
26:00 -- Women's rowing coverage. Interview with two-time All-American and captain Olivia Stockly '18.
34:11 -- Joint interview with Sam Evans-Brown '09, NHPR's Outside/In Radio host (former Bates Nordic skier) and Alex Kapelman '09, The Decision Podcast host (former Bates men's ultimate captain).
On this episode, we preview the NCAA Championships for the women's and men's swimming teams! 11 Bobcats will compete in Indianapolis this week.
Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week and relive an exciting pair of games for the men's lacrosse team.
Featured on this week's Bobcast:
1:20 -- Men's Lacrosse vs. Trinity highlights
1:52 -- Peter Lasagna, Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
4:30 -- Rocco Fantoni '19, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)
10:24 -- Maisie Silverman '18, Women's Tennis (Female Bobcat of the Week)
17:27 -- Peter Casares, Women's and Men's Swimming Head Coach
This week we talk with author and Bates alumna Amy Bass '92 about her book "One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together." Plus, we recap an impressive opening week for the softball team and we celebrate five All-America honors for the track and field program. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
1:05 -- Brett Allen, Women's Lacrosse Head Coach
3:35 -- Jay Hartshorn, Women's Track and Field Head Coach
14:54 -- Kirsten Pelletier '20, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week)
20:40 -- Dan Trulli '19, Baseball
28:56 --Maisie Silverman '18, Women's Tennis
35:52 -- Andrew Berghuis '18, Men's Tennis
42:21 -- Amy Bass '92, Author: "One Goal"
Sophomores Kaelyn Woods and Griffin Mueller are headed to the NCAA Skiing Championships! Plus, we preview the Bates softball season and as always, we recap the rest of the "week that was" in Bates athletics.
Interviews this week:
0:55 -- Clarke Jones '18, Men's Lacrosse
2:42 -- Matt Chlastawa '20, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)
6:50 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis (Female Bobcat of the Week)
12:05 -- Kaelyn Woods '20, Women's Nordic skiing
17:06 -- Griffin Mueller '20, Women's alpine skiing
22:88 -- McKell Barnes, Softball Head Coach
Our Bobcats of the Week have interesting stories to tell about overcoming adversity to help their teams succeed. Plus, we talk with two very talented doubles teams from the Bates tennis program. All that and more on this week's Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
0:59 -- Teddy Pender '18, Men's Swimming (Male Bobcat of the Week)
8:07 -- Annie Duke '18, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week)
14:44 -- Lauren Hernandez '20 and Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis
20:10 -- Josh Quijano '19 and Josh Leiner '18, Men's Tennis
25:56 -- Pat Cosquer '97, Women's and Men's Squash Head Coach
We continue our preview of Bates spring sports on the Bobcast by looking ahead to the men's and women's lacrosse and tennis seasons! It should be an exciting year for all four programs and we talk with head coaches Peter Lasagna, Brett Allen and Paul Gastonguay on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this Week:
0:36 -- Caroline Apathy '21, Women's Swimming (Female Bobcat of the Week)
12:58 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19 and Sally Ceesay '18, Women's Track and Field
20:56 -- Men's Lacrosse Head Coach Peter Lasagna
33:51 -- Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Brett Allen
43:23 -- Women's and Men's Tennis Head Coach Paul Gastonguay '89
Pitchers and catchers report this week in Major League Baseball. And the Bates baseball team gets its season underway Sunday in southern California! Plus, we've got your basketball, track, skiing and squash covered on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this week:
1:33 -- Nick Lynch '19, Men's Basketball
3:25 -- Jack Kiely '18, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week)
13:48 -- Jenny Martin '21, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week)
18:21 -- Griffin Mueller '20 and Tagert Mueller '20, Alpine Skiing
27:10 -- Squash Head Coach Pat Cosquer '97
35:21 -- Baseball Head Coach Jon Martin
The women's track and field team won its fifth straight indoor state championship. Senior men's track and field captain Adedire Fakorede set a meet record in the weight throw and the squash teams impressed at the NESCAC Championships. We have it all covered on this week's Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
1:06 -- Srishti Sunil '18, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week.)
6:48 -- Adedire Fakorede '18, Men's Track and Field. (Maine State Meet record in the 35-pound weight throw.)
12:46 -- Anirudh Nambiar '18, Men's Squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week.)
We are excited to announce that Bates alpine skier Dinos Lefkaritis '19 of Larnaca, Cyprus will represent his home country in the 2018 Winter Olympics! He becomes the 12th Olympian in Bates College history. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this week:
0:43 -- Dinos Lefkaritis '19, Men's alpine skiing.
11:50 -- Alpine skiing head coach Micaela Holland '11.
23:01 -- Katherine Cook '18, Women's track and field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)
30:17 -- Garon Rothenberg '20, Men's squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week)
34:42 -- Vicky Arjoon '19, Women's squash (NESCAC Player of the Week)
Bates great David Pless '13 returned to campus to compete in the Bates Invitational, the men's basketball team beat Tufts on the road and we talk to our Bobcats of the Week, a pair of Nordic skiers who turned in career-best performances over the weekend. All that and more, on this week's Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
1:05 - Three-time NCAA indoor shot put champion David Pless '13.
15:20 - Men's track and field head coach Al Fereshetian.
25:45 - Men's basketball head coach Jon Furbush '05.
34:21 - Men's Nordic's Parker McDonald '18 (Male Bobcat of the Week).
40:08 - Women's Nordic's Kaelyn Woods '20 (Female Bobcat of the Week).
The swimming teams remained undefeated with a sweep of Middlebury, the women's basketball team defeated the Panthers as well and the men's squash team pulled off a thrilling win over Williams. All that and more on this week's Bates Bobcast!
Topics and interviews this week:
Women's Basketball Highlights - 0:39
Emily Freedland '18 Interview - 1:40
Swimming: Hope Logan '18 Interview (Female Bobcat of the Week) - 3:56
Nordic Skiing: Graham Houtsma '20 Interview (Male Bobcat of the Week) - 12:32
Men's Squash: Omar Attia '21 Interview - 19:18
A new year and a new episode of the Bobcast! This week we're recapping the winter break for the basketball teams and previewing the track and field season.
Guests this week:
Men's basketball head coach Jon Furbush '05 (1:29)
Men's basketball's Nick Lynch '19, Male Bobcat of the Week (4:46)
Women's basketball's Nina Davenport '18, Female Bobcat of the Week (12:39)
Men's track and field captain Rob Flynn '18 (19:44)
Women's track and field captain Katie Hughes '19 (28:17)
With the first snowfall of the winter hitting Maine, we check in with the alpine and Nordic skiing teams! Plus, we talk with some sharp shooters and tenacious defenders from the men's and women's basketball teams.
This week's rundown:
0:38 -- Men's Basketball highlights.
1:27 -- Max Hummel '19 interview.
2:21 -- Nick Gilpin '20 interview.
3:47 -- Men's Basketball head coach Jon Furbush '05 interview.
6:03 -- Tom Coyne '20 (Male Bobcat of the Week) interview.
11:10 -- Mel Binkhorst '20 (Female Bobcat of the Week) interview.
16:02 -- Skiing!
16:17 -- Alpine skiing head coach Micaela Holland '11 interview.
23:57 -- Nordic skiing head coach Becky Woods '89 interview.
Nina Davenport became the 20th women's basketball player in Bates history to eclipse 1,000 career points and the swimming teams won the Maine state title again. All that and more on this week's Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
Nina Davenport '18, Women's Basketball (1:21)
Janika Ho '20, Women's Swimming, Female Bobcat of the Week (3:38)
Teddy Pender '18, Men's Swimming, Male Bobcat of the Week (8:11)
Luca Polgar '20, Women's Squash (15:02)
Mahmoud Yousry '20, Men's Squash (23:20)
Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein joins the Bobcast to update us on how his first year as Director of Athletics is going. Plus, we interview our Bobcats of the Week!
Interviews:
1:18 -- Nina Davenport '18 (Female Bobcat of the Week)
7:22 -- Jeff Spellman '20 (Male Bobcat of the Week)
12:22 -- Jason Fein
Katherine Cook became the fifth women's cross country All-American in school history and the winter sports season is underway! All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Interviews this week:
Women's cross country head coach Jay Hartshorn, talking about female Bobcat of the Week Katherine Cook '18 (1:07)
Men's basketball head coach Jon Furbush (10:37)
Male Bobcat of the Week: men's swimming's Riley Ewing '18 (11:22)
NESCAC Men's Squash Player of the Week: Graham Bonnell '20 (17:10)
Squash head coach Pat Cosquer (23:59)
Winter sports season is here at Bates! Listen to this episode of the Bobcast to get the full scoop on the Bobcat basketball, swimming and squash programs. Plus, we wrap up the 2017 football season and talk to our Bobcats of the Week: cross country's Stephen Rowe and Katherine Cook.
Interviews this week:
Football: Head Coach Mark Harriman (1:29)
Men's Cross Country, Male Bobcat of the Week: Stephen Rowe '18 (8:11)
Women's Cross Country, Female Bobcat of the Week Katherine Cook '18 (13:51)
Swimming Preview: Head Coach Peter Casares (19:49)
Men's Squash Preview: Anirudh Nambiar '18 (26:40)
Women's Squash Preview: Vicky Arjoon '19 (34:08)
Men's Basketball Preview: Shawn Strickland '18 and Head Coach Jon Furbush '05 (38:33)
Women's Basketball Preview: Head Coach Alison Montgomery (48:20)
Make it four straight CBB series titles for the Bates football team! Hear all about it on the latest Bates Bobcast.
Highlights and Interviews:
0:39 -- Football coverage.
1:04 -- Brendan Costa '21 70-yard touchdown run and quote.
1:48 -- Jaason Lopez '21 touchdown run and Costa quote on Lopez.
2:22 -- Kyle Flaherty '19 touchdown run.
3:02 -- Devin Clyburn '21 interception and quote.
3:37 -- Mark Harriman interview.
11:34 -- Jon Lindgren '20 interview (Male Bobcat of the Week)
19:13 -- Volleyball coverage.
19:57 -- Jacqueline Forney '18 interview (Female Bobcat of the Week)
The Bobcat football team got the CBB Series off on the right foot with a win in Waterville on Saturday over the Colby College Mules. The women's soccer, men's soccer and field hockey teams beat Colby as well, the latter two in dramatic fashion. Plus the cross country teams hosted the NESCAC Championships and turned in some great results. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Highlights and Interviews:
0:52 -- Football coverage.
1:10 -- Brendan Costa '21 touchdown run.
1:40 -- Max Breschi '18 interception.
2:00 -- Grant DeWald '18 field goal.
2:28 -- Mickoy Nichol '18 touchdown run.
2:56 -- Brian Daly '18 touchdown catch.
3:17 -- Bates defense forces a fumble.
3:51 -- Football Head Coach Mark Harriman interview.
11:38 -- Men's Soccer coverage.
11:55 -- Beaufils Kimpolo '20 goal and quote.
12:45 -- Field Hockey coverage.
13:02 -- Taylor Lough '19 goal and quote.
13:38 -- Lough Interview (Female Bobcat of the Week)
19:10 -- Costa Interview (Male Bobcat of the Week)
23:29 -- Cross Country coverage.
24:01 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19 Interview (Women's Cross Country 2nd Team All-NESCAC).
28:53 -- Men's Cross Country Head Coach Al Fereshetian Interview.
34:57 -- Volleyball coverage.
35:20 -- Volleyball Head Coach Melissa DeRan Interview.
40:52 -- Grant DeWald '18 Interview (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week).
The Bates rowing teams made a big statement at the 53rd annual Head of the Charles regatta. Plus, field hockey and men's soccer gear up for must-win games and cross country hosts the NESCAC Championships!
Topics and Interviews this week:
0:45 -- Rowing
1:46 -- Peter Steenstra Interview
10:10 -- Hanna De Bruyn '18 and Grace Murnaghan '20 Interview (Women's First Varsity Eight, Female Bobcat of the Week)
18:15 -- Ariel Lee '19 and Kyle Schlueter '18 Interview (Men's First Varsity Eight, Male Bobcat of the Week)
28:49 -- Football, Interview with head coach Mark Harriman
37:53 -- Men's Soccer
38:12 -- PJ DiBenedetto First Goal Highlight
38:32: PJ DiBenedetto Second Goal Highlight
38:55 -- PJ DiBenedetto '18 and Max Watson '18 Interview
40:26 -- Interview with men's soccer head coach Stewart Flaherty
41:58 -- Field Hockey: Interview with senior captain Sydney Beres
45:42 -- Cross Country: Ben Tonelli '18 and Mary Szatkowski '18 Interview
The field hockey and volleyball teams went a combined 6-0 last week, with field hockey knocking off the No. 2, No. 5, and No. 6 ranked teams in the country! Plus, both cross country teams won the Maine state championship and men's golf took home the CBB title. All that and more!
Highlight clips and interviews this week:
0:56 -- Football. Brendan Costa touchdown run. Jaason Lopez touchdown catch. Head coach Mark Harriman interview
12:05 -- Field hockey. Grace Fitzgerald's game-winning goal against No. 2 Babson.
12:41 -- Grace Fitzgerald interview.
14:17 -- Emma Patterson's game-winning goal against No. 5 Tufts.
15:21 -- Taylor Lough's game-winning goal against No. 6 Amherst.
15:50 -- Taylor Lough quote. (NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week)
16:15 -- Alexa Jurgeleit interview (Female Bobcat of the Week)
21:08 -- Volleyball. Jacqueline Forney Interview (NESCAC Volleyball Player of the Week)
24:23 -- Angel Echipue Interview
28:09 -- Women's Cross Country, Katherine Cook Interview (Maine State Champion)
33:11 -- Men's Cross Country, Matt Morris Interview (Male Bobcat of the Week)
37:35 -- Men's Golf, Andrew Garcia-Bou and Julien Lewin interview.
The Bobcat fall sports teams competed in a number of close contests in NESCAC play last week and we recap it all on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week:
Football head coach Mark Harriman -- 0:43
Men's soccer's Eric Opoku '20 -- 9:18
Women's soccer's Elizabeth Bennett '21 -- 10:29
Field hockey's Caroline O'Reilly '18 -- 14:36 (Female Bobcat of the Week)
Men's golf's Andrew Garcia-Bou '20 -- 19:50 (Male Bobcat of the Week)
The football team got a spark from first-year Brendan Costa and the cross country teams shined yet again, with a first-year from Maine helping the women win the Saratoga Invitational. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Interviews this week include:
Football Head Coach Mark Harriman (1:07)
First-Year Quarterback Brendan Costa (10:09)
Female Bobcat of the Week: First-Year Women's Cross Country runner Abby Hamilton (17:07)
Male Bobcat of the Week: Senior Men's Cross Country runner Zach Magin (20:59)
Men's Soccer Goalkeeper Robbie Montanaro '19 (30:42)
Volleyball Head Coach Melissa DeRan (36:24)
The women's soccer team is off to its best start since 2005 and is undefeated at 2-0-1 in NESCAC play, earning a draw with No. 4 nationally ranked Williams over the weekend. Learn about them and more on the latest Bobcast!
Interviews this week (with time markers):
0:51- head football coach Mark Harriman
9:16 - head women's soccer coach Kelsy Ross
14:45 -- Women's soccer senior captain & goalkeeper Sarah McCarthy (Female Bobcat of the Week)
20:18 -- Men's tennis: Ben Rosen (Male Bobcat of the Week)
26:34 -- Field hockey: Junior forward Taylor Lough
31:35 - Volleyball: Sophomore Taylor Stafford-Smith
35:57 -- Men's Soccer: Senior captain Max Watson
The cross country and golf teams shined last week for Bates. Meanwhile the soccer programs continue to thrive and field hockey is back on the winning track. Plus, check out our weekly football update. All that and more!
Sports covered on this episode:
0:45 -- Football including our weekly interview with head coach Mark Harriman.
10:47 -- Men's Soccer including interviews with Nate Merchant '18 and Austin Sansone '20.
15:26 -- Women's Soccer including an interview with head coach Kelsy Ross.
16:43 -- Field Hockey including an interview with Caroline O'Reilly '18.
20:44 -- Men's and Women's Cross Country plus interviews with our Bobcats of the Week: Justin Levine '20 and Katherine Cook '18 (Cook's segment starts at the 26:53 mark).
31:16 -- Men's and Women's Golf---Interviews with Julien Lewin '20 and Brittany Seipp '21
39:57 -- Women's and Men's Tennis preview with head coach Paul Gastonguay.
We preview the 2017 Bates football season with defensive lineman and student body president Walter Washington, along with head coach Mark Harriman. Plus, a look back on the great start to the season for the soccer programs. All that and more!
It's the return of the Bates Bobcast! Learn everything you need to know about our soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country programs. They all begin their 2017 seasons this week. Plus, we interview new Director of Athletics Jason Fein.
The women's rowing team took home its second national championship in the last three years, Charlie Fay got selected in the Major League Lacrosse Draft and our track and field athletes shined at nationals. All that and more, on the final episode of the school year!
We look back on an epic men's lacrosse season and look ahead to the NCAA Championships for men's tennis' Ben Rosen, track & field and women's rowing. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Both rowing teams won a NESCAC title. Men's lacrosse is heading to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time, breaking multiple records along the way. And women's ultimate frisbee is headed back to nationals. All that and more...
Ayden Eickhoff, Adedire Fakorede, and the track and field teams shined at the New England Division III Championships. Men's lacrosse is ready for the NCAA Championships and the baseball team competes in the NESCAC Championships this week!
The men's lacrosse team is hosting the NESCAC Championships semifinals and finals this weekend. The women's track and field team made history at the NESCAC Championships and the men's tennis team received a pleasant surprise on Monday. All that and more....
The men's lacrosse team went 2-0 last week, improving their record to 12-0 on the season. They are the new No. 1 ranked team in America in the coaches poll! Plus, baseball clinched a spot in the NESCAC tournament. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!
On this episode of the Bobcast, we previewed No. 2 men's lacrosse's showdown in Medford with No. 3 Tufts. Plus, an inside look at the men's rowing team's success this season! All that and more...
The Bates track and field teams competed at the 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in March. We were in Chicagoland to capture everything from the academics to the pizza to the thrilling competition.
The men's lacrosse and baseball teams aced their exams on the field. Now they hit the books. Plus the women's rowing and tennis teams shined this past week. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
The baseball team swept Colby last week to start the year 3-0 in NESCAC play. The No. 4 nationally ranked men's lacrosse team remains undefeated after a win over Hamilton and the track & field teams began their outdoor season in style up in Orono. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!
The women's lacrosse team defeated Williams 8-7 in overtime for their first NESCAC win of the season. Plus, the undefeated men's lacrosse team is now 6th in the nation! All that and more...
Senior Sara Daher earned six more All-America awards at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, giving her 23 in her career. The women's team finished 13th in the nation while the men finished a program-best 24th. We've got that along with a men's lacrosse update and a rowing preview on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
What a week for the women's track and men's lacrosse teams! Listen to this week's episode of the Bobcast to learn about all their outstanding accomplishments!
The skiing and the track & field teams are headed to the NCAA Championships this week. We've got the full preview. Plus, we look ahead to the Bates softball season. All that and more...on the latest Bates Bobcast!
Senior Sadie James became the first women's Nordic skier to win an EISA carnival race in 14 years when she won the 5K Classical Technique race at the Bates Carnival on Friday. The men's lacrosse team is off to a strong start and the women's lacrosse season gets going this Wednesday. All that and more on the latest episode of the Bobcast!
On this episode of the Bobcast we recap a banner weekend for the women's track & field team. Our Bobcats of the Week come from men's swimming and women's Nordic! Plus, we sit down with men's lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna to preview the 2017 season!
Can you believe two of our spring sports get started next week? That's right, we're previewing the baseball and tennis seasons on this episode of the Bobcast. We also take a look back at the NESCAC Championships for the women's swimming & diving team and look ahead to NESCACs for our basketball programs. All that and more...
The track & field teams both brought home the state title and the squash teams shined at the NESCAC Championships. Plus, women's basketball makes their push for the post-season!
The men's basketball team upset No. 4 nationally ranked Tufts, the squash teams combined to go 6-0 on the week and senior Allison Hill made Bates track & field history. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!
The squash teams went a combined 4-0 this weekend. Plus, we get you all caught up with the alpine and Nordic skiing teams. All that and more on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
Bates College lecturer in American cultural studies Chris Petrella '06, joins the Bobcast just after the 31:00 mark to discuss the MLK Day panel he moderated on Monday. Plus we recap big wins for the basketball, swimming & diving and squash programs!
On this episode of the Bobcast, we take a look at the men's basketball team's 2-0 start to NESCAC play. The women's basketball team picked up a big NESCAC win, the men's squash team beat Williams at Williams for the first time ever, and the men's swimming and diving team remains undefeated. Plus, we preview the indoor track and field season! All that and more....
On this episode of the Bobcast we sit down with the president of Bates College: Clayton Spencer! Plus, a men's basketball update from Tommy Verdell.
We sit down with Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh to get an update on everything going on in the Athletics Department this upcoming January. Plus we recap an exciting week of hoops on this episode of the Bobcast!
The swimming & diving teams won the Maine State Championship over the weekend. First-year Janika Ho led the women's team, winning three individual state titles and junior All-American Riley Ewing led the men's team, scoring the most points of any swimmer at the meet. They are our Bobcats of the Week and we talk to them on this episode of the Bobcast! Squash had a perfect weekend as well and we catch up with men's senior captain Spencer Burt.
It's an action-packed episode of the Bobcast as we celebrate a 4-0 week for the Bates basketball programs and preview the seasons for squash and swimming & diving!
Squash preview starts at the 20:37 mark.
Swimming & Diving preview starts at the 30:51 mark.
On this episode of the Bobcast, we recap the women's cross country team's trip to the NCAA Championships and take a look back at the first week of winter sports at Bates!
The Bates basketball programs begin their seasons on Friday and the women's cross country team is headed to the NCAA Championships. Plus we wrap up the football season and talk to our Bobcats of the Week.
The Bates football team defeated Bowdoin 24-7 on Saturday to clinch their third consecutive outright CBB series title. We break it down with head coach Mark Harriman. Plus, we take a look back at the seasons for volleyball, field hockey and soccer. All that and more on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
The football team beat Colby to start the 2016 Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) series on the right foot. The volleyball team picked up two huge wins and the women's cross country team shined at NESCAC's. Plus, some Halloween fun on this episode of the Bobcast!
The men's soccer team upset No. 15 nationally ranked Middlebury last week and the field hockey team reached a new high in wins for this century. Plus a recap of the Head of the Charles and a CBB Series preview. All that and more on the latest episode of the Bobcast!
Last week the women's cross country team won the Maine State Championship for the fourth time in program history. Meanwhile the field hockey team stunned a nationally ranked opponent for the second straight year. All that and more on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
Junior slotback Frank Williams starred in the football team's 29-17 victory over Williams College on Saturday. It was the highlight of a very memorable Back to Bates Homecoming weekend. We've got the full recap on this episode of the Bates Bobcast!
The men's and women's cross country teams sent their top runners to Louisville this past weekend and turned in some great results. Plus, star linebacker Mark Upton had a huge week for the football team. All that and more on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!
NESCAC play is in full swing for the Bates fall sports. We recap the week that was in Bates athletics on this week's episode of the Bates Bobcast! Guests include: head football coach Mark Harriman, head men's soccer coach Stewart Flaherty, Male Bobcat of the Week Nate Merchant, Female Bobcat of the Week Jessie Moriarty and men's golf co-captain Brad Rutkin.
The Bates football team begins their season this Saturday at Trinity. We preview their chances on the gridiron. Cross country, men's tennis and golf all made headlines this past week and volleyball has their home opener this Wednesday. All that and more on this episode of the Bates Bobcast!
We recap the week that was in Bates athletics as some first-years and sophomores made a big impact in week one of the fall sports season. Numerous guests on the show including our Bobcats of the Week: sophomore women's soccer forward Olivia Amdur and first-year men's soccer forward Eric Opoku!
The Bobcast is back along with Bates fall athletics! With the field hockey and soccer teams opening this week, we preview their seasons. Guests include: field hockey head coach Dani Ryder, sophomore field hockey forward Jessie Moriarty, women's soccer head coach Kelsy Ross, senior women's soccer co-captain Allison Hill, men's soccer head coach Stewart Flaherty and sophomore men's soccer goalkeeper Robbie Montanaro.
Legendary Bates coach Bob Flynn passed away on July 31, 2016. On this episode of the Bobcast we take a look at his life and legacy over the course of his 50 years at Bates. We also get a summer Bates athletics update from Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh.
With the passing of Muhammad Ali, we sit down with Allen Harvie '65 to look back on the Ali-Liston fight in Lewiston on the night of May 25, 1965. Harvie attended the fight as a paid ($20 for the night) film runner for UPI. Plus we look back on the careers of the Bates male and female athletes of the year.
The Bates women's rowing team finished national runner-up at the NCAA Championships, Ben Rosen became an All-American in men's tennis and the Bates track & field programs excelled at nationals. We recap it all.
The women's rowing team looks to repeat as NCAA champions and the track & field teams will be well represented at nationals. We have the full preview on this week's episode of the Bobcast!
Sophomore Ben Rosen is headed to the NCAA singles championships in men's tennis as one of the top 32 players in the nation. The women's lacrosse team lost a heartbreaker and Bates track & field athletes get one more chance to qualify for nationals.
The women's lacrosse team is headed to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1994. The women's rowing team is headed to the NCAA Championships for the 10th straight year. All that and more...
Four Bobcats won conference titles at the NESCAC Track & Field Championships. We got them together for a roundtable on this episode of the Bobcast. Meanwhile, the women's lacrosse and the men's rowing teams made history. All that and more...
Bates football assistant coach Skip Capone was inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday. We talk with him and we look back at an epic double overtime victory for men's lacrosse over Tufts. All that and more...
On this episode of the Bobcast we talk with Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan '10 about the proud legacy of Bates throwers on and off the field. Plus we celebrate victories for softball, tennis, rowing, and...ultimate frisbee!
Three Bates student athletes earned NESCAC weekly honors, the baseball team swept Bowdoin in a huge doubleheader and the rowing teams get ready for the President's Cup! All that and more...
This week's episode of the Bobcast takes a look at the remarkable defenses on display for both lacrosse programs. Plus, one of our Bobcat swimming coaches got a promotion. All that and more...
On this episode of the Bobcast, we take a look at the life and legacy of legendary Bates baseball coach William "Chick" Leahey. We recap a perfect week for the lacrosse teams and check in on baseball and rowing as well.
The Bates women's rowing team looks to defend their NCAA national championship this spring and their season gets started Saturday at the Murphy Cup! We also look back at Bates swimming's performance at nationals and talk to our Bobcats of the week: 17-time All-American swimmer Sara Daher and men's tennis' Ben Rosen.
On this episode of the Bobcast, we celebrate the success of our three All-Americans in track & field. Women's lacrosse is ranked 16th in the nation after a 2-0 week and we look ahead to the NCAA Championships for Bates swimmers and the softball season as well. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast!
Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16 (Cairo, Egypt) did it again this past weekend! He is the College Squash Association national champion for the second straight year. We recap his amazing achievement and also look back on some great weeks for the lacrosse and tennis programs. All that and more...
On this episode, we take an in-depth look at the women's lacrosse team and look back at a successful opening week for the baseball and men's lacrosse teams. We chat with our Bobcats of the Week: Andrew Melvin of men's lacrosse and Nordic skiing's Sadie James! All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast!
With students off campus for February break, we look back at basketball season with Bates head coaches Alison Montgomery and Jon Furbush '05. Squash head coach Pat Cosquer '97 joins the program to break down team nationals and we preview the men's and women's tennis season with head coach Paul Gastonguay '89. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast!
On this episode we look back at the NESCAC Championships for women's swimming and look ahead to a pair of spring sports: baseball and men's lacrosse! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
We're talkin' playoffs this week! Men's squash made history at the NESCAC Championships and women's track defended their Maine state title. Women's basketball clinched a spot in the post-season. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!
On this week's episode of the Bates Bobcast we talk to some Bobcats who have really stepped up their level of play recently to help their teams succeed as the winter sports season gets closer and closer to post-season play.
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast we recap the success of Bates track & field this past weekend at the Bates Invitational. We also talk with our Bobcats of the Week and preview the final home weekend for the squash teams!
12 Bates athletics teams were in action this past week as the alpine & nordic skiing seasons began along with track & field. We have a full recap on this week's episode of the Bates Bobcast!
This week on the Bates Bobcast we recap a thrilling men's basketball win over Colby, take a look at the dominating efforts of the swimming & diving programs and preview the indoor track & field season. We also break down the 50th straight win for defending national champion Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16 of the men's squash team.
The Bates Bobcast returns from winter break with a recap of the men's basketball program's recent three-game winning streak. We also take a look at the life of assistant coaches at Bates and we preview the alpine skiing season!
In this episode of the Bates Bobcast we recap an action-packed week of Bates hoops. We also talk to our Bobcats of the Week and take a look at what some of our baseball players have been up to this off-season as we chat with head coach Mike Leonard!
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast we take a look at a couple of student athletes who were honored by the NESCAC this past week and introduce you to the club sports scene.
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast, we recap the week that was in Bates athletics and introduce you to our squash programs!
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast, we talk with Peter Casares, the head coach of the very successful men's and women's swimming & diving programs. They started their season on Saturday as did our men's and women's basketball and squash programs. Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week: men's basketball player Malcolm Delpeche and women's swimmer Sara Daher!
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast, we preview the women's basketball season with first-year head coach Alison Montgomery. We also recap the 2015 football season and talk with our Bobcats of the Week!
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast we recap the football team's CBB Series title and preview Midnight Madness with Bates men's basketball coach Jon Furbush and senior co-captain Mike Boornazian.
On this episode we sit down with the president of Bates College: Clayton Spencer, to talk about her love of sports and her passion for Bates athletics. We also recap the football team's thrilling win over Colby and talk to our Bobcats of the Week!
On this episode of the Bates Bobcast we sit down with first year volleyball head coach Melissa DeRan. We give an update on the fall sports making a push for the playoffs and talk to our Bobcats of the Week, junior defender Allison Hill of the women's soccer team and senior wide receiver Mark Riley of the football team!
On this episode of the "Bates Bobcast" we take a look at the success of fall athletics so far in 2015. Our featured interview with is with Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh and we sit down with our "Bobcats of the Week."
On the second episode of the "Bates Bobcast," we recap the week that was in Bates Athletics. This podcast features an interview with Fulbright winner and 2015 Bates graduate Teika Carlson. We also catch up with the rowing and tennis teams and interview our "Bobcats of the Week"!
On the first episode of the "Bates Bobcast," we recap the week that was in Bates Athletics, we'll talk to our "Bobcats of the Week" junior golfer Brad Rutkin and senior field hockey player Shannon Beaton, and hear from legendary Bates coach Bob Flynn, who recently had the newly renovated Alpine and Nordic Skiing rooms named after him.