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TuesdayFebruary 28, 2012 |
Jones, Dunleavy, Hayes earn NCAA Skiing Championships bidsSenior Alex Jones and first-years Avril Dunleavy and Emily Hayes will represent the Bates alpine ski team at the NCAA Skiing Championships in Bozeman, Mont. |
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SundayFebruary 26, 2012 |
Bates ties for its best finish at NESCAC Men’s Swimming & Diving ChampionshipsThe Bates College men’s swimming and diving team finished in sixth place at the conclusion of the 2012 NESCAC Championships on Sunday, tying for the team’s best finish in the meet’s 12-year history with the 2001, 2002 and 2003 squads. |
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SaturdayFebruary 25, 2012 |
Fitzpatrick ’15 places eighth in giant slalom at NCAA East ChampionshipKatie Fitzpatrick had her best carnival races to date, finishing eighth among 69 skiers to lead the Bates alpine ski team in the giant slaloms at the NCAA East Region Championship on Saturday. |
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SaturdayFebruary 25, 2012 |
Baseball sweeps Oglethorpe to finish Georgia trip at 5-2First-year Nate Pajka homered in both games, and sophomore Griff Tewksbury homered in Game 2, as Bates baseball wrapped up its season-opening trip to Georgia with a doubleheader sweep of Oglethorpe University on Saturday. |
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SaturdayFebruary 25, 2012 |
Pless breaks his own shot put record at Open New EnglandsDavid Pless broke his own Bates record in the indoor shot put, and came in fourth in the weight throw to lead the Bates men’s track and field team to an impressive showing at the all-divisions Open New Englands. |
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SaturdayFebruary 25, 2012 |
Women’s track sets marks in mile, 4×800 relay at Open New EnglandsBud Arens ran Bates’ first-ever sub-five-minute mile, breaking the former team record by 6.22 seconds, and she helped the Bobcats shatter the team record in the 4×800 relay at Open New Englands. |
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SaturdayFebruary 25, 2012 |
Buetow, Taylor, Grossman enhance NCAA standing at East ChampionshipsBeth Taylor and Jordan Buetow both solidified their standing for a bid to the NCAA Skiing Championships on Saturday, with their performances in the classical technique mass start races at the NCAA East Region Championship. |
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FridayFebruary 24, 2012 |
Baseball splits doubleheader with North Park in GeorgiaJunior lefthander Kevin McGregor (Randolph, N.J.) limited North Park University to one run in five innings, leading the Bates College baseball team to an 8-4 victory in Game 2 for a split doubleheader on Friday at Berry College. North Park (1-1) edged Bates 6-5 in Game 1. |
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FridayFebruary 24, 2012 |
Women’s squash beats Hamilton in Kurtz Cup quarterfinal; Brown up nextThe Bates women’s squash team took the first step toward a fourth Kurtz Cup championship on Friday, defeating No. 15 Hamilton 7-2 in the quarterfinals of the bracket at the CSA Women’s Team Nationals. |
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ThursdayFebruary 23, 2012 |
Men’s crew debuts impressively in scrimmage with TexasThe Bates men’s varsity rowing team opened the 2012 season with an impressive showing against the men’s club team from the University of Texas on Thursday morning on Lady Bird Lake in Austin. |
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ThursdayFebruary 23, 2012 |
Three from women’s squash team named All-NESCACFirst-year Nessrine Ariffin was named NESCAC Rookie of the Year in addition to First Team All-Conference, where she joined junior Cheri-Ann Parris. First-year Myriam Kelly, meanwhile, won Second Team All-NESCAC recognition on Thursday. |
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ThursdayFebruary 23, 2012 |
Burns earns First Team All-NESCAC plaudits in men’s squashSenior captain Bobby Burns received the second First Team All-NESCAC honors of his career on Thursday, the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced. |
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ThursdayFebruary 23, 2012 |
Men’s hoops to battle the odds, and Amherst, in NESCAC semifinalBates and No. 2 nationally ranked Amherst tip off at 5:30pm Saturday at Amherst’s LeFrak Gymnasium, in the Bobcats’ second NESCAC semifinal appearance in three years. |
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WednesdayFebruary 22, 2012 |
Squires earns his third Maine Player of the Week awardSenior forward John Squires was named NESCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, after leading Bates to its 57-54 victory at Tufts in Saturday’s conference quarterfinals. |
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WednesdayFebruary 22, 2012 |
Huge comeback lifts baseball to 13-12 win in 10 inningsThe Bates baseball team scored eight runs in the top of the ninth inning, then added the winning run in the top of the 10th for a 13-12 victory at Berry College, in the rubber game of the teams’ three-game series. |
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WednesdayFebruary 22, 2012 |
Men’s tennis scores three points at No. 6 UC Santa CruzThe Bates College men’s tennis team opened the spring season on Tuesday with a 6-3 defeat at No. 6 nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz, with the No. 26 Bobcats winning a pair of singles matches and one doubles match. |
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TuesdayFebruary 21, 2012 |
Baseball wins dramatic Game 2 for split at Berry (Ga.)Bates got a game-ending double play in the extra eighth inning for a 5-4 win over Berry in Game 2 of Tuesday’s doubleheader. |
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TuesdayFebruary 21, 2012 |
Leasure, Sparks receive All-NESCAC recognitionBates senior Kara Leasure and junior Catherine Sparks were officially named to the NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Conference Team, announced on Tuesday. |
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TuesdayFebruary 21, 2012 |
Baseball takes pitching and defense to season opener at Berry (Ga.)The Bates College baseball team dives into the 2012 season today at Berry College in Mount Berry, Ga., where the Bobcats split four games with the Vikings in March 2011. |
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MondayFebruary 20, 2012 |
Women’s tennis downs Occidental in season opener, 6-3The Bates women’s tennis team controlled by doubles and singles play in its first dual match of the year, a 6-3 win over Occidental College at the Scholl Canyon Country Club on Sunday. |
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SundayFebruary 19, 2012 |
Leasure, women’s swimming and diving take 5th place at NESCACsThe Bobcats finished fifth in the conference for the second straight year, and came out ahead of Connecticut College for the first time since 2003 at the 2012 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships at Wesleyan. |
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SundayFebruary 19, 2012 |
Men’s squash ends nationals with 7-2 win over BrownThe Bates men’s squash team finished play at the College Squash Association Men’s Team Nationals on a winning note, notching a convincing 7-2 victory over higher-seeded Brown. |
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SaturdayFebruary 18, 2012 |
Women’s track goes the (middle) distance for 7th at New EnglandsBates women’s track and field broke one team record and scored big points in the middle-distance races en route to finishing seventh out of 22 point-scoring teams at the Division III New England Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships. |
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SaturdayFebruary 18, 2012 |
Men’s track and field wins first New England indoor titleThe Bates men’s track and field team achieved a program first on Saturday by winning the New England Division III Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships at Springfield College. |
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SaturdayFebruary 18, 2012 |
Men’s hoops wins NESCAC quarterfinal at Tufts, 57-54Bates senior John Squires tied a career high with 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to carry the Bates men’s basketball team to a 57-54 win at Tufts, in Saturday’s NESCAC Championship quarterfinal. |
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SaturdayFebruary 18, 2012 |
Taylor leads women’s Nordic to fourth place at Williams CarnivalBeth Taylor finished sixth out of 71 competitors in the women’s 10K Classic race, to lead the Bates Nordic ski teams at the Williams Winter Carnival. |
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SaturdayFebruary 18, 2012 |
Rookies again lead alpine team at Williams CarnivalIt was another strong day for the Bates women’s alpine ski team’s exceptional first-year class at Saturday’s giant slalom races at the Williams Winter Carnival, held at Jiminy Peak. |
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ThursdayFebruary 16, 2012 |
Men’s lacrosse team helps fight hunger at Good ShepherdThe Bates men’s lacrosse team visited the Good Shepherd Food-Bank in Auburn, to pitch in with the Food-Bank’s mission of helping Maine families fight hunger. |
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WednesdayFebruary 15, 2012 |
Women’s hoops team rains threes in season finale at UMPIPropelled by a game-opening 26-2 run and 12-for-14 3-point shooting, the Bates women’s basketball team won 88-62 at UMPI in Wednesday’s season finale. |
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TuesdayFebruary 14, 2012 |
Men’s hoops trounces St. Joe’s on Senior Night, 76-49The Bates men’s basketball team played one of its best games of the season on Senior Night, running away from a close game after one half to defeat Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, 76-49. |
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