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May 23, 2012	Helm receives All-America honors in men’s lacrosse Bates senior two-sports standout Kevin Helm received the first All-America honor of his outstanding career on Wednesday, with Honorable Mention laurels on the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association 2012 Division III All-America team.
May 20, 2012	O’Neill, Pless named Bates’ Athletes of the Year Senior women’s lacrosse player Joan O’Neill and junior men’s track and field thrower David Pless were named the 2012 Athletes of the Year on Sunday, as the Bates Athletic Department gave out its end-of-the-year awards at the Senior Athletes Reception in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building.
May 20, 2012	Men’s track sends Hardison, LePage, Pless, Wortham to NCAAs The Bates men’s track and field team will send four athletes to compete in a total of six events the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it was learned on Sunday, as the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the meet’s participants.
May 20, 2012	Arens selected to run the 1,500 at NCAAs Bates junior Bud Arens was selected to compete in her third consecutive NCAA Division III Track & Field Championship, and her second straight outdoor nationals, in the 1,500 meters this week.
May 20, 2012	Vandersea ’63 inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame Bates College alumnus Howard Vandersea ’63 on Sunday received the distinct honor of induction into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame, in a ceremony held at the Bangor Civic Center.
May 18, 2012	Men’s track claims third straight ECAC crown The Bates College men’s track and field team won its third consecutive ECAC Division III championship — two outdoor, one indoor — on Friday at RPI, as David Pless maintained an unblemished record against Division III competition this season and David Hardison won the decathlon.
May 18, 2012	Tobin, Arens fuel women’s track on 2nd day of ECACs A pair of top-six performances fueled the Bates women’s track and field team Friday, on the final day of the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championships. Bates scored 12 team points, tying with Rochester Institute of Technology for 25th place among 55 scoring teams.
May 18, 2012	Women’s lacrosse has five named IWLCA All-Region Five members of the Bates College women’s lacrosse team were named All-Region Thursday by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, including Jenna Dannis and Joan O’Neill on the First Team.
May 17, 2012	Men’s rowing has record five members named All-NESCAC The Bates men’s rowing team’s best-ever showing at last weekend’s National Invitational Rowing Championships, which double as the NESCAC Rowing Championships, translated into a record five all-conference honorees for the Bobcats on Thursday as the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its 2012 All-Conference Rowing Teams.
May 17, 2012	Steenstra, five Bates women earn NESCAC rowing honors The Bates women’s rowing team’s best performance ever at last weekend’s National Invitational Rowing Championships, which double as the NESCAC Rowing Championships, resulted in a host of awards for the Bobcats on Thursday, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its 2012 All-Conference Rowing Teams.
May 16, 2012	Tewksbury named First Team All-NESCAC Bates sophomore second baseman Griff Tewksbury was named First Team All-NESCAC on Wednesday, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its 2012 All-Conference Baseball Teams. He is the only second baseman in the conference named to either team.
May 16, 2012	Jackson, Helm named All-New England by NEILA The Bates men’s lacrosse team placed two players on the NEILA Division III All-New England teams, in first-year faceoff specialist Mac Jackson and senior defender Kevin Helm.
May 15, 2012	Maciejewski snags pair of all-region softball honors Bates College softball team senior Leah Maciejewski received a pair of all-region honors on Tuesday, garnering NFCA All-Region Second Team honors and being named Honorable Mention NEISCA Division III All-Star.
May 14, 2012	Women’s rowing receives sixth straight bid to NCAAs The Bates women’s rowing team received its sixth consecutive bid to the NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Championships, the NCAA announced on Monday, as the Division III Women’s Rowing Committee selected the eight-team field.
May 14, 2012	Gastonguay, Janssen receive ITA regional coach of the year awards Bates College head tennis coach Paul Gastonguay was named Northeast Region Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year Monday by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, while assistant coach Greg Janssen earned Northeast Region Coach of the Year honors in both men’s and women’s tennis.
May 14, 2012	NCAA-bound tennis players featured in Maine newscast Maine CBS affiliate WGME-TV aired a segment in Saturday’s newscast about the Bates tennis players headed to the NCAA Division III Singles and Doubles Championships later this month in Cary, N.C.
May 12, 2012	Women’s track sets two team records at Open New Englands Team records in the 800 meters and the 4×100 relay were broken by the Bates women’s track and field team on Saturday at the all-divisions Open New Englands at MIT.
May 12, 2012	Pless leads men’s track with 16 points at Open New Englands Bates junior David Pless finished second in both the shot put and the discus throw, propelling the Bobcat men’s track and field team on Saturday at the all-divisions Open New Englands at MIT. Bates scored 25 points, tying with Middlebury for 10th place among 38 scoring teams.
May 11, 2012	Men’s rowing has best day ever at NICR/ECAC’s The Bates men’s rowing team fielded three boats and made the Grand Final with all three for the first time on Friday at the National Invitational Collegiate Regatta and ECAC Rowing Championships, including a thrilling second-place finish in the men’s varsity eights, in the finest day ever at NICR for the Bobcat crew.
May 11, 2012	Women’s rowing earns three Grand Final silvers at NICR Another stellar performance for the Bates women’s rowing team on Friday at the National Invitational Collegiate Regatta and ECAC Rowing Championships revealed why the Bobcats are ranked second in Division III and have been the national runners-up for three straight years.
May 11, 2012	Women’s Rowing
May 11, 2012	Berg, Bettles, Crampton receive All-NESCAC honors The Bates men’s tennis team had three players honored as part of the 2012 NESCAC Men’s Tennis All-Conference Team, announced Friday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
May 9, 2012	Pajka homers as baseball falls in season finale at St. Joe’s STANDISH, Maine — St. Joseph’s College ace Chad Rafferty held the Bates College baseball team to three hits and no…
May 9, 2012	Crampton, Crampton/Bettles selected to play at NCAAs Bates junior Rob Crampton will play for the singles title and team up with junior Matt Bettles to compete for the doubles title, it was learned today, at the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships.
May 9, 2012	Anderson, Mandzhukova to play in NCAA doubles championship The women’s doubles team of senior Meg Anderson and first-year Elena Mandzhukova have become Bates’ first two women’s tennis players ever to be selected to play in the NCAA Championships.
May 9, 2012	O’Neill named First Team All-NESCAC in women’s lax Bates senior attacker Joan O’Neill received her third career All-NESCAC honor, and her first First Team accolade, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference released its 2012 Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference Teams.
May 7, 2012	Softball’s senior nine bookended their four years memorably The 2012 Bates softball team tied the program record for wins in a season, with an 18-12 mark, and its best winning percentage (.600) since 1994, which was all a fitting bookend to the softball careers of the team’s nine members of the graduating Class of 2012.
May 6, 2012	Baseball sweeps doubleheader from Williams, 6-2 and 6-4 The Bates College baseball team scored six runs in the sixth inning to score a 6-2 win in Game 1, then used a five-run third inning in Game 2 for a 6-4 win to sweep a doubleheader from Williams College on Sunday at Leahey Field.
May 5, 2012	Women’s track breaks team record in 4×800, finishes ninth at NED3′s The Bates women’s track and field team broke the 20-year-old team record in the 4×800 relay and finished second, leading the Bobcats to a second straight ninth-place finish out of 29 point-scoring teams at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships at MIT.
May 5, 2012	Pless leads Bates men to third place at New Englands Bates junior David Pless remained undefeated against Division III competition in the shot put, hammer throw and discus throw, leading the Bobcats to third place Saturday at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships at MIT.