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Volleyball, men's soccer contests to be webcast this weekend
9/18/2009: The Bates Department of Athletics is webcasting 19 home athletic events this fall season, including Friday night's volleyball match against Trinity and Sunday afternoon's men's soccer game against Husson.
Field hockey, men's soccer games to be webcast Saturday
9/11/2009: The Bates Department of Athletics will webcast 19 home athletic events this fall season, beginning with Saturday's season openers for the field hockey and men's soccer teams.
Wigton, Simplicio '91 to be inducted into N.E. basketball hall
8/25/2009: Longtime former Bates coach George Wigton and former women's basketball great Julie Roche Simplicio '91 are among the 2009 class of inductees into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.
Men's tennis, women's rowing featured on CBS show
6/30/2009: Athletes from two Bates athletic teams were featured in "CBS Sports Presents Championships of the NCAA." The annual show aired Saturday, July 4, at 2 p.m. Eastern time on CBS.
Bates ranks high in final Directors' Cup standings
6/25/2009: Bates College ranked 57th out of the 310 NCAA Division III schools that scored points, as the final standings of the 2008-09 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup were released by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). It is Bates' highest final standing in the rankings since 2006.
Beckwith, Ellefson honored as Bates athletes of the year
5/27/2009: The Bates College Department of Athletics gave out its end-of-the-year awards Wednesday evening at the Senior Athletes BBQ.
Tom Farrey to speak at Scholar-Athlete Society ceremony
5/26/2009: Investigative journalist and ESPN correspondent Tom Farrey will deliver the keynote address at the fourth annual Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society ceremony and be inducted as an honorary member. The ceremony takes place in Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday, May 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
44 Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Spring All-Academic
5/22/2009: Forty-four student-athletes from Bates College were named Spring 2009 All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced by the NESCAC on Friday.
Ten Bobcats named to NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team
5/21/2009: Ten Bates students were named to the 2009 NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Second annual Bates Field Day set for Sunday
5/1/2009: The second annual Bates Field Day is slated to take place this Sunday, May 3, rain or shine, on the campus of Bates College. The event is open to all children grades 1 through 6.
Bates spring sports teams reaching new heights
4/28/2009: While at least two of Bates' spring sports teams, men's track and field and women's rowing, are in the midst of what is shaping up to be special years, two more have already made 2009 their finest seasons in some time.
Softball vies for playoff spot in big weekend for spring teams
4/23/2009: Softball and baseball are playing for spots in the upcoming NESCAC playoffs, the Bates track and field teams travel to the NESCAC Championships on Saturday, and women's lacrosse plays a NESCAC quarterfinal playoff game on Sunday, highlighting a certifiably big weekend for Bates' spring sports teams.
Susan Harriman named liaison to Friends of Bates Athletics
4/20/2009: Susan Harriman has been appointed Bates Alumni & Parent Programs' liaison to the Friends of Bates Athletics!
Bates to send two student-athletes to NCAA leadership conference
3/27/2009: Bates College juniors Katelyn Drake and Ngoc Pham have been selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference, which takes place May 24-27 in Orlando, Fla.
26 Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Winter All-Academic
3/13/2009: Twenty-six student-athletes from Bates were named Winter 2009 All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Friday.
Six Bobcats named to NESCAC Winter All-Sportsmanship Team
3/12/2009: Six Bates students were named to the 2009 NESCAC Winter All-Sportsmanship Team, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Bates plays host to the NCAA Skiing Championships, March 11-14
3/3/2009: The Bates-hosted NCAA Skiing Championships, March 11-14, 2009, at Sunday River and Black Mountain, will feature the best collegiate skiers in the nation including five competitors from Bates.
Five Bobcats named to NCAA Skiing Championships field
3/3/2009: Liz Thompson and Micaela Holland will represent the Bates alpine team, while Sylvan Ellefson, Sam Evans-Brown and Natalie Ruppertsberger will represent the Bates Nordic team at NCAAs next week.
Squash, men's swimming championships ahead this weekend
2/26/2009: The weekend slate for Bates College athletics includes no home events, but there's lots going on farther afield.
Twelve Bates teams competing this weekend
2/19/2009: The spring season is suddenly under way, while the winter season reaches its climax, making for a very busy weekend for Bates athletic teams.
Men's hoops, women's squash headline weekend action
2/12/2009: The Bates men's basketball team wraps up the 2008-09 regular season with its final home game on Saturday, and the women's squash team travels to the CSA Team Nationals at Harvard, highlighting this weekend in Bobcat athletics.
Woodhead's career celebrated with naming of throwing area
2/9/2009: Joe Woodhead, who has coached 15 Bates athletes to 39 All-America awards and six NCAA championships in his 25-year tenure as throwing coach at Bates, had the newly refurbished throwing circle inside Merrill Gymnasium named in his honor in a celebration before Saturday's Maine Intercolliegiate Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Campus set for winter season's busiest weekend of sports
2/5/2009: The campus of Bates College will see its biggest athletics weekend of the winter season this Friday and Saturday, including big home events for men's basketball, women's indoor track and field, men's indoor track and field, men's and women's squash and men's and women's swimming and diving.
Weekend preview: Women's hoops hosts final home games
1/29/2009: The Bates College women's basketball team hosts its final two home games of the regular season, highlighting another active weekend for Bates winter sports teams.
Weekend preview: men's basketball hosts Bowdoin, Colby
1/23/2009: This weekend promises to be another action-packed one for Bates College's winter sports teams.
Bates ski season opens with the Bates Winter Carnival
1/22/2009: The Bates ski season opens this weekend with the Bates Winter Carnival. The Bobcats will host and compete against ski programs from all over the Northeast. The alpine teams will compete at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine while the Nordic teams will race at Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine.
Bates hosts women's hoops, swimming and track meets this weekend
1/16/2009: Bates College Athletics has a busy weekend in store, in the first full weekend of action since students returned from winter break. The women's basketball team's games against Middlebury (Friday at 7) and Williams (Saturday at 3) will be webcast live at BatesCast.com.
Twenty Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Fall All-Academic
11/21/2008: Twenty student-athletes from Bates College were named Fall 2008 All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Friday.
Eight Bobcats named to NESCAC Fall All-Sportsmanship Team
11/20/2008: Eight Bates students were named to the 2008 NESCAC Fall All-Sportsmanship Team, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Hosting XC NESCACs highlights big weekend for Bates teams
10/29/2008: The fall season comes down to this weekend's games for several Bobcat teams, and Bates will host the NESCAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship on Saturday at Pineland Farms to highlight a big weekend for Bates athletics.
Rain prompts schedule shuffle at Tufts for Saturday
9/26/2008: The Bates field hockey and men's and women's soccer teams are playing an adjusted schedule Saturday at Tufts University, in order that all three contests can be played on artificial turf in the expected rainy weather.
Notice: Athletics news releases currently unavailable
9/6/2008: Do to a problem being addressed by Bates Information & Library Services, the top few press releases on this page are currently available. Our apologies; please check back later to view the complete stories.
Cross country teams combine to defeat Colby
9/6/2008: Utilizing a unique format, the Bates College men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their season Saturday at their home course at Pineland Farms with a combined dual meet against Colby College.
New surface in Merrill a boon for track, tennis teams
8/25/2008: A state-of-the-art sports surface has been installed at Merrill Indoor Gymnasium, giving Bates one of the finest facilities of its kind in the region.
33 Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Spring All-Academic
5/29/2008: Thirty-three student-athletes from Bates College were named Spring 2008 All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Thursday.
Cosquer's hiring caps eventful year for Bates squash
5/29/2008:
Pat Cosquer '97 named head men's and women's squash coach
5/27/2008: Cosquer most recently served as director of squash programs at StreetSquash in Harlem, N.Y., an after-school enrichment program which combines academic tutoring, community service, mentoring and college preparation with squash instruction.
Scholar-Athlete Society welcomes Class of 2008
5/24/2008: The fourth annual ceremony honored 31 students, four alumni, and a faculty member.
Ten Bobcats named to NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team
5/22/2008: Ten Bates students were named to the inaugural NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Four Bobcats set for NCAA Track & Field Championships
5/21/2008: Izzy Alexander, Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan, Noah Gauthier and Rich McNeil have arrived at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, ready to compete in the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Gauthier, Duncan win NESCAC Performer of the Week honors
4/28/2008: For the second time in three weeks, throwers Noah Gauthier and Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan have been named the NESCAC Men's and Women's Field Performers of the Week.
First Bates Field Day a big success for local kids, Bates athletes
4/27/2008: Yellow "Bates Field Day" T-shirts could be seen bouncing all over the Bates campus on Sunday, brightening a mostly overcast and slightly drizzly spring day. Brighter still were the smiles on the faces of some 200 local children and 100 Bates student-athletes, who clearly had a ball playing an array of games together for an afternoon.
Goodrich, Taylor to be inducted into Auburn-Lewiston Hall of Fame
4/24/2008: Six individuals with connections to Bates College athletics will receive recognition Sunday when the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame holds its annual induction ceremony, headed by late track and field star Peter Goodrich '89 and equipment manager Jim Taylor.
Reilly resigns as Bates men's basketball coach
4/16/2008: Joe Reilly has resigned as head men’s basketball coach at Bates College to accept the head coaching job at Wesleyan University, completing the winningest coaching stint in the 74-year history of Bates men’s basketball.
Department of Athletics holds annual awards ceremony
4/7/2008: Izzy Alexander '09 and Sylvan Ellefson '09 captured the Athlete of the Year awards to highlight the night reserved for celebrating the best in Bates athletics.
Kendall, McNeil capture NESCAC Track and Field weekly awards
3/31/2008: A pair of Bates sophomores earned honors as the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its first-ever Track and Field Athletes of the Week on Monday.
33 Bates student athletes named NESCAC Winter All-Academic
3/19/2008: Thirty-three student-athletes from Bates College were named 2007-08 Winter All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Wednesday.
Six Bobcats named to first NESCAC Winter All-Sportsmanship Team
3/13/2008: Six Bates students were named to the inaugural NESCAC Winter All-Sportsmanship Team, announced Thursday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Bates sends three to the NCAA Track and Field Championships
3/13/2008: The Bates track and field teams are still sending three strong candidates for national honors to the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships, taking place March 14-15 at Ohio Northern University.
Top-ranked Ellefson heads list of four Bates skiers to make NCAAs
2/25/2008: Bates College junior Sylvan Ellefson was named First Team All-East by the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association, and will go to the NCAA Ski Championships next week as the EISA's top-ranked male skier.
Basketball teams set for playoff doubleheader at Bowdoin
2/21/2008: Get information on tickets, live stats and webcasts, and previews of Saturday's men's and women's NESCAC playoff games.
Follow Bates basketball teams vs. Colby, Bowdoin
2/15/2008: Link to audio broadcasts of the Bates women's team at home against Colby and Bowdoin this weekend.
Follow Bates basketball teams vs. Williams, Middlebury
2/8/2008: Link to broadcasts of this weekend's men's basketball games at home and women's basketball games away against Williams and Middlebury.
Follow Bates basketball teams vs. Wesleyan, Connecticut College
2/1/2008: Link to home broadcasts of men's basketball from Alumni Gym and to the women's team's away games this weekend.
Philbrook named SAAC Student Athlete of the Month
1/17/2008: Senior David Philbrook, an economics major and four-year letterwinner in football, has been voted the SAAC Student-Athlete of the Month for January by the Bates Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
Weather alters Bates Ski Carnival's Alpine schedule
1/9/2008: Bates College will host its first carnival since 2005 this weekend as the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association circuit kicks off the 2008 season.
Bates squash teams reload for 2007-08 campaign
1/9/2008:
Van Horn receives SAAC Student Athlete of the Month award
12/3/2007: Bates College senior Ross Van Horn, a tight end on the Bobcats football team, was named the SAAC December Student Athlete of the Month by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee's Academic subcommittee.
24 Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Fall All-Academic
11/19/2007: Twenty-four student-athletes from Bates College were named Fall All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Monday.
Eight Bobcats named to inaugural NESCAC All-Sportsmanship Team
11/16/2007: Eight Bates students were named to the inaugural NESCAC Fall All-Sportsmanship Team, announced Friday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Professor Creighton to appear on Dan Patrick Show
10/29/2007: Bates College professor Margaret Creighton will be interviewed this morning on the Dan Patrick Show, broadcast on KLAC-AM in Los Angeles.
Kannegieser, Hohlt to lead Bates squash programs this year
10/18/2007: The Bates College Department of Athletics will fill the squash coaching vacancy with staff currently in place, Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh announced.
Bates home football games to feature live audio streaming
9/19/2007: Bates College has partnered with Teamline to make live play-by-play of 2007 season home football games available to listeners from anywhere.
31 Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Spring All-Academic
5/24/2007: Thirty-one student-athletes from Bates College were named Spring All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Thursday.
Erica Wheeler the keynote speaker at Scholar-Athlete Society ceremony
5/23/2007: Former U.S. Olympic javelin thrower and 2008 United States Scholar-Athlete Games Commissioner Erica Wheeler will deliver the keynote address at the fourth annual Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society ceremony. The ceremony takes place in Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday, May 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Tuohey the keynote speaker at Scholar-Athlete Society ceremony
5/21/2007: Sean Tuohey, co-founder of Peace Players International, will deliver the keynote address at the third annual Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society ceremony and be inducted as an honorary member. The ceremony takes place in Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday, May 26, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Slovenski '84, Bates seniors honored by A-L Sports Hall of Fame
4/29/2007: Sunday evening at Lost Valley the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame welcomed several new inductees, including Bates alum Paul Slovenski '84 and his brother Peter, while Bates seniors Kathryn Moore, Zak Ray and Rob Stockwell were all presented with citations at the event.
22 Bates student-athletes named NESCAC Winter All-Academic
3/14/2007: Twenty-two student athletes from Bates College were named Winter All-Academic selections by the New England Small College Athletic Conference, announced on Wednesday.
Six Bates squash players headed to CSA Individual Nationals
3/1/2007: Bates College will send six players, three men and three women, to the College Squash Association Individual Nationals tournament this weekend at the University of Pennsylvania.
Follow the Bobcats through another busy winter weekend
2/23/2007: Another intense weekend faces Bates sports teams looking to put their best stamp on the winter 2006-07 athletic season. Here's the quickest way to follow their progress.
Busy weekend for Bobcats as winter season begins to wind down
2/16/2007: Follow the Bobcats at Bates and around New England this busy weekend via this links page.
BatesCast returns for audio webcasts of Bates basketball
2/1/2007: Fans of the Bates basketball teams who can't come to Alumni Gymnasium for any of the remaining 2006-07 home games will be able to listen in anyway.
Squash power Yale to visit Bates for the first time
1/3/2007: Squash enthusiasts and fans of Bates College athletics are in for a treat this Saturday, when the nationally ranked Bobcat men's and women's squash teams will play host to perennial powerhouse Yale University.
Allen named new head women's lacrosse coach at Bates
12/12/2006: Bates College Interim Athletic Director Dana Mulholland has announced the promotion of Brett Allen to head coach of women’s lacrosse. Allen succeeds Wynn Hohlt, who has successfully guided the program for eight years. Hohlt remains head field hockey coach at Bates and becomes assistant men’s and women’s squash coach.
Bates names sports information director
7/6/2005: Jenny Allen has been named Bates College sports information director in the Office of Communications and Media Relations.
Men's basketball team tours the British Isles
6/25/: View a slideshow and read Coach Reilly's journal from the Bobcats' trip to Ireland and London.

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Photos, photos, photos! Bates sports in action
//: With six straight wins through Oct. 5, the Bates men's soccer led the Bobcat pack as Bates athletics approached the midway point of the 2005 fall season. Here are slides shows of a few of the Bates sports teams. More to come later in the season.

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A question-answer session with the football captains
//: From head coach Mark Harriman's recruiting philosophy to studying abroad in Australia and England, Bates' football captains opine on what it means to be a Bobcat.
Bates’ Godsey finishes in top 20 at USA Track and Field Championships
//: Recent Bates College graduate Keelin Godsey finished 18th in the U.S. in the women’s hammer throw Friday at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, with a top throw of 194 feet and 6 inches.