Bobcat of the Week of Oct. 29, 2012: Shawn Doherty ’14 | Athletics

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October 29, 2012	Bobcat of the Week of Oct. 29, 2012: Shawn Doherty ’14 The two biggest plays of Homecoming Saturday’s 31-6 football victory over Colby both hinged the same one major factor: the…
October 29, 2012	Bobcat of the Week of Oct. 29, 2012: Gabby Naranja ’14 Led by junior Gabby Naranja, the Bates women’s cross country team recorded its highest finish since 1995 on Saturday at…
October 29, 2012	Men’s golf 16th among Division III teams at NEIGA’s The Bates men’s golf team finished 29th out of 35 teams overall, and 16th among 22 Division III squads, on Sunday at the storm-shortened 78th annual NEIGA Championship.
October 27, 2012	Football pummels Colby for best start since 1982 An unforgiving defense and the quick feet of Shawn Doherty took the Bates football team a long way on Homecoming Saturday. Bates outgained Colby 288-14 on the ground and 412-151 overall en route to a 31-6 win at Garcelon Field,
October 27, 2012	Women’s XC ties for 4th at NESCACs; best since ’95 The No. 28 nationally ranked Bates women’s cross country team recorded its highest finish since 1995 on Saturday at the NESCAC Championship, tying for fourth place among 11 teams with Tufts.
October 27, 2012	Men’s cross country settles for 4th place at NESCACs The No. 4 nationally ranked Bates men’s cross country team produced another strong performance but suffered its first disappointment of the season nonetheless, finishing fourth out of 11 teams at the NESCAC Championships on Saturday at Bowdoin. It is the first meet this season in which Bates hasn’t finished in first place.
October 27, 2012	Volleyball finishes 2012 season with loss to Amherst Amherst College encountered little resistance in defeating the Bates College volleyball team 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-7) on Saturday at Alumni Gym, to wrap up the regular season for both teams.
October 26, 2012	Trinity tops volleyball on Senior Night in Alumni Hannah Brickley led Trinity to a 3-0 win over the Bates volleyball team on Friday night, Senior Night in Alumni Gym for Leah Abramson, Eliza Pyne and Nicole Russell.
October 25, 2012	Week 6 Game Notes: Colby (1-4) at Bates (2-3) Bates football alumnus Jonathan Michaeles ’92 returns to Garcelon Field for the first time as head coach of the Colby football team this Homecoming Saturday, leading the 1-4 Mules against the 2-3 Bobcats.
October 24, 2012	Pyne, volleyball ace test at UMaine-Farmington Bates attacked at a .222 percentage for the match, led by senior Eliza Pyne’s 13 kills on 23 attacks, and the Bobcats posted a 3-0 win at the University of Maine at Farmington Wednesday night.
October 24, 2012	Mules hold off field hockey’s second-half rally, 4-3 Colby netted three goals in the opening 15 minutes and built a 4-0 lead before holding off Bates’ second-half rally for a 4-3 NESCAC field hockey victory Wednesday night at Campus Avenue Field, in the season finale for both teams.
October 24, 2012	Women’s soccer plays season finale at Colby The 2012 Bates women’s soccer season came to a close with a 2-0 setback at Colby, as the Mules earned the sixth seed in the NESCAC playoffs.
October 24, 2012	Men’s soccer sends Colby into OT, falls 3-2 Nick Aubin found the upper left corner of the goal from 25 yards out to give Colby College a 3-2 overtime victory over the Bates College men’s soccer team on Wednesday, in the season finale for both teams.
October 23, 2012	Pro Squash Tour returns to Bates this weekend Pro Squash Tour returns to Bates this weekend, Oct. 26-27, for the second Bobcat Classic, which will again showcase some of the best squash players in the world. The weekend will also include an amateur tournament which will feature nearly 20 top college players.
October 22, 2012	Bobcat of the Week of Oct. 22, 2012: John Murphy ’13 You just can’t do it any better than senior captain John Murphy did it for the Bates men’s soccer team…
October 22, 2012	Bobcat of the Week of Oct. 22, 2012: Eliza Pyne ’13 Senior captain Eliza Pyne (Atherton, Calif.) of the Bates volleyball team led the Bobcats to a win over the U.S….
October 22, 2012	Murphy named Player of the Week by NESCAC, ECAC The NESCAC has named John Murphy its Men’s Soccer Player of the Week, on the heels of the senior captain’s brilliant performance in the Bobcats’ 2-0 week. On Tuesday, Murphy additionally picked up ECAC Division III New England Offensive Player of the Week honors.
October 21, 2012	Women’s crew 6th out of 26 at Head of the Charles The Bates women’s rowing team’s varsity eight placed sixth among 26 boats on Sunday in the Women’s Collegiate Eights division of the 48th Head of the Charles Regatta.
October 21, 2012	Men’s rowing 18th in eights, 12th in fours at Head of the Charles The Bates men’s rowing team’s varsity eight placed 18th among 37 boats on Sunday in the Men’s Collegiate Eights division of the 48th Head of the Charles Regatta.
October 20, 2012	Men’s soccer beats Middlebury behind Murphy The Bates men’s soccer team came away the winner in its third consecutive trip to Middlebury on Saturday, prevailing 2-0 on the strength of excellent defense and another two goals by senior captain John Murphy.
October 20, 2012	No. 17 Middlebury gets the better of Bates, 3-0 Middlebury head coach Peter Kim became the first women’s soccer coach in school history to earn 100 wins as the No. 17 nationally ranked Panthers topped Bates 3-0 on Saturday.
October 20, 2012	No. 1 Middlebury rolls past field hockey team The Bates field hockey team couldn’t stand in the way of another win for No. 1 nationally ranked Middlebury on Saturday, as the Panthers clinched the top seed for the upcoming NESCAC Championship with a 12-0 win on Kohn Field.
October 20, 2012	Unbeaten Panthers top football, 38-23 Middlebury improved to 5-0 for the first time since 1992 with a 38-23 win over the Bates football team on Saturday in Middlebury, Vt. The Bobcats totaled 370 yards of offense and 22 first downs, but the Panther offense proved too much to handle.
October 20, 2012	Volleyball tops Merchant Marine Academy at Kean The Bates volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision on Saturday morning to Baptist Bible (Pa.) College, then won 3-0 over the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, to conclude play in the Cougar Classic at Kean University.
October 19, 2012	Host Kean University tops volleyball 3-1 in Cougar Classic Kean University earned a 3-1 (25-14, 21-25, 25-16, 25-17) victory over the Bates volleyball team on Friday night in the Cougar Classic.
October 17, 2012	Murphy (3 goals, 2 assists) propels men’s soccer at USM For the second year in a row, the University of Southern Maine had no answer for Bates senior John Murphy. The Bobcats’ team captain figured in all five of Bates’ goals, scoring three and assisting on two, in a 5-1 non-conference win at USM’s Hannaford Field.
October 17, 2012	No. 8 Tufts tops field hockey for 11th straight Chelsea Yogerst scored twice in the first six minutes and finished with a hat track as the eighth-ranked Tufts field hockey team rolled to a 5-0 victory over Bates in a NESCAC game Wednesday at Bello Field.
October 16, 2012	Rafferty, Coco score as women’s soccer tops USM, 2-0 Julia Rafferty and Maggie Coco scored goals in the second half to give the visiting Bates College women’s soccer team a 2-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in non-conference action Tuesday.
October 15, 2012	Naranja ’14 named NESCAC Women’s XC Performer of the Week Junior Gabrielle Naranja of the Bates women’s cross country team was named NESCAC Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Week, announced Monday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
October 15, 2012	Bobcat of the Week of Oct. 15, 2012: Josh Chronopoulos ’13 To describe the Bates football team’s defense as “ball-hawking” probably doesn’t do it enough justice. After all, entering Saturday’s game…