2005-Present


Mahan, Katz bracket semifinalists at CSA Individual Nationals
3/1/2009: Bates men's squash players Kush Mahan and Will Katz both ended their runs in the semifinals of separate Molloy Cup brackets Sunday in the College Squash Association Individual Nationals at Williams College.
Mahan named All-NESCAC in men's squash
2/26/2009: Bates junior Kush Mahan was named to the NESCAC Men's Squash All-Conference First Team on Thursday.
Men's squash defeats F&M to claim 11th place at nationals
2/22/2009: The Bates men's squash team defeated Franklin & Marshall 6-3 on Sunday to cap an outstanding weekend at the College Squash Association Team Nationals.
Men's squash edged by No. 9 Western Ontario at nationals
2/21/2009: The Bates men's squash team was edged 5-4 by the University of Western Ontario in the second round of Hoehn Cup (B Division) play at the College Squash Association Team Nationals Saturday at Princeton University.
Men's squash defeats Navy 7-2 in CSA Team Nationals
2/20/2009: No. 12 Bates, which is seeking its second consecutive Hoehn Cup, advances to play No. 9 Western Ontario in the next round of the bracket on Saturday at noon.
Men's squash routs Colby in regular-season finale, 9-0
2/11/2009: The Bobcats, ranked No. 12 by the College Squash Association, snapped the No. 17-ranked Mules' five-match winning streak by winning at each position without dropping a single game.
Men's squash beats MIT, 9-0
2/7/2009: The Bates men's squash team cruised past MIT by a 9-0 score on Saturday, concluding the Maine Invitational with a perfect 3-0 record.
Men's squash dispatches GW, Tufts by 9-0 scores
2/6/2009: The Bates men's squash team had little trouble defeating both Tufts and George Washington on Friday in the Maine Invitational, defeating the No. 22 Jumbos and the No. 23 Colonials both by 9-0 scores.
Men's squash routs Amherst for third place in NESCACs
2/1/2009: The Bates men's squash team claimed third place for the third time in as many years Sunday at the NESCAC Men's Squash Championship at Trinity College, soundly defeating Amherst 8-1.
Men's squash falls to Williams in NESCAC semifinals
1/31/2009: The third-seeded Bobcats coasted past Middlebury 8-1 in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Championship before falling to Williams in the semis.
Men's squash handles Connecticut College, 8-1
1/25/2009: With Nick Echeverria and Chip Russell on the bench due to injury, the Bates men's squash team had no trouble defeating NESCAC opponent Connecticut College 8-1 on Sunday at Yale.
Men's squash impressive in losses at Yale, Trinity
1/24/2009: The Bates men's squash team acquitted itself well in a pair of matches against some of the best teams in college squash on Saturday. No. 11 Bates fell at No. 3 ranked Yale by a 7-2 score before dropping an 8-1 decision at No. 1 Trinity.
Men's squash routs host Bowdoin, 9-0
1/22/2009: The Bates men's squash team blanked Bowdoin 9-0 at Bowdoin Thursday night to bring their win streak against the Polar Bears to 15 matches.
Franklin & Marshall tops men's squash team, 5-4
1/18/2009: The Bates College men's squash team fell 5-4 in a heartbreaker to Franklin & Marshall on Sunday, snapping the Bobcats' win streak at three matches.
Men's squash defeats Wesleyan, St. Lawrence
1/17/2009: The Bates men's squash team routed Wesleyan 9-0 without dropping a game on Saturday morning and outlasted No. 17 St. Lawrence University on Saturday afternoon.
Men's squash routs Vassar, 9-0
1/16/2009: The Bates men's squash team defeated Vassar College 9-0 Friday night at Yale University to bump its record above .500 at 4-3.
Men's squash splits matches at Williams
1/11/2009: The No. 11 ranked Bates College men's squash team defeated the 18th-ranked Middlebury Panthers 9-0 on Sunday at Williams College, before dropping an 8-1 decision to the No. 10 Williams Ephs.
Men's squash defeated at Yale by No. 4 Rochester
1/10/2009: The No. 11 Bobcats received game wins at the No. 5 and 7 positions from Nick Echeverria and Bobby Burns, respectively.
Men's squash falls to No. 4 Cornell at Yale
1/9/2009: Bates, ranked No. 11 in the College Squash Association, received one game win from sophomore Will Katz (Bronxville, N.Y.) at the No. 2 spot, in losing for the first time this season.
Men's squash overpowers Vanderbilt, 9-0
11/22/2008: The Bates men's squash team won without dropping a single set for the second time in as many days on Saturday afternoon, defeating Vanderbilt University 9-0 at Northeastern University.
Men's squash kicks off season with 9-0 win at Northeastern
11/21/2008: The Bates College men's squash team grabbed a decisive 9-0 win over Northeastern University Friday night in the head coaching debut of Pat Cosquer '97.
Men's Squash Preview: Under new leadership, looking to stay on top
11/21/2008: Bates has long been a force to be reckoned with in the national squash scene, and rookie head coach Pat Cosquer '97 is confident they will maintain and strengthen that reputation this season.
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.
Mahan wins bracket at Men's Squash Individual Nationals
3/2/2008: Ricky Weisskopf lost Sunday in the championship match of the Second Round Losers Bracket of the Potter Cup (A) Division at Individual Nationals. Meanwhile, Kush Mahan won two more matches in the Malloy (B) draw to claim a bracket title.
Weisskopf, Wilkinson win All-NESCAC honors in men's squash
2/22/2008: Bates senior co-captains Ricky Weisskopf and Sean Wilkinson were each named to the first-ever, 10-player NESCAC Men's Squash All-Conference Team, the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced on Friday.
Men's squash claims first Hoehn Cup; Weisskopf wins Skillman Award
2/17/2008: The Bobcats finish the 2008 season with a 14-4 record, their first Hoehn Cup and the No. 9 ranking in the College Squash Association, the highest final national ranking in program history.
Men's squash ousts Cornell; will play Rochester in Hoehn Cup final
2/16/2008: The Bates College men's squash team downed Cornell University 6-3 Saturday in the semifinals of the Hoehn Cup (B) Division bracket at CSA Team Nationals.
Men's squash routs Brown in Team Nationals opener
2/15/2008: The Bates College men's squash team began play at the College Squash Association Team Nationals on Friday with a first-round, 9-0 rout of Brown University
Men's squash team seeded 10th for CSA Team Nationals
2/13/2008: The Bates College men's squash team earned the 10th seed, or the second seed in the Hoehn (B) Division, in this weekend's College Squash Association Men's Team Nationals, which will be hosted by Harvard University.
Men's squash sweeps Colby in road match
2/7/2008: Both Bates squash teams will play host to Tufts Friday evening in their final home match of the season.
Men's squash defeats Bowdoin for third place at NESCACs
2/3/2008: The Bobcats, the No. 2 seed, raised their record to 9-4 with their second defeat of the No. 4 seed Polar Bears in the past week.
Men's squash to play Bowdoin for third at NESCACs
2/2/2008: The Bobcats (8-4) will face Bowdoin on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. to try for their second third-place finish in the two-year history of the NESCAC Men's Squash Championship.
No. 2 seeded men's squash heads to NESCAC Championships
2/1/2008: The Bates College men's squash team will carry some positive momentum into the NESCAC Men's Squash Championships, which get under way on Friday at Trinity College.
No. 8 men's squash team rolls over No. 12 Bowdoin
1/30/2008: The No. 8 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team convincingly defeated No. 12 Bowdoin by an 8-1 score Wednesday night at the Bates Squash Center.
No. 8 men's squash team defeats St. Lawrence, George Washington
1/26/2008: The Bobcats are now listed at No. 8 in the College Squash Association rankings released this weekend.
Men's squash finishes big weekend with win vs. F&M, loss to Trinity
1/20/2008: The Bates men's squash team finished an exciting and fruitful weekend with a decisive win over Franklin & Marshall College at Yale and a decisive loss at nine-time defending national champion Trinity.
Men's squash trounces No. 10 Navy, 9-0
1/19/2008: The Bates men's squash team routed Navy 9-0 on Saturday at Yale University, making further claim to perhaps taking one of the top eight spots when the next College Squash Association rankings are released.
Men's squash scores 5-4 win over No. 8 Cornell
1/18/2008: The Bates College men's squash team recorded its second defeat of a top-10 ranked team in a week on Friday night at Yale University, as the No. 12 Bobcats upended No. 8 Cornell University 5-4.
Men's squash notches big win over No. 5 Williams
1/12/2008: The Bates College men's squash team recorded an inspiring 5-4 victory over rival Williams College on Saturday morning, then fell 5-4 in a hard-fought battle to the University of Rochester at the Bates Squash Center.
Weisskopf, Mahan win points vs. No. 7 Dartmouth
1/11/2008: The Bates men's squash team took points at the first and third positions but lost in the overall score 7-2 to No. 7 Dartmouth Friday night in the Bobcats' season debut.
Weisskopf '08 defeats top U.S. player at Pan Am Games
7/23/2007: Could Ricky Weisskopf '08 still be improving? That appeared to be the case last week at the Pan Am Games, where Weisskopf earned the most impressive win of his career while competing as the No. 1 player on El Salvador's national squash team.
Weisskopf earns third All-America laurels at Individual Nationals
3/3/2007: Bates College junior Ricky Weisskopf reached All-America status for the third time in his three years on Friday, reaching the round of 16 at the College Squash Association Individual Nationals held at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bates men's squash finishes season with No. 12 national ranking
2/25/2007: The Bates College men's squash team earned a final College Squash Association ranking of No. 12 on Sunday, after falling to Amherst College 5-4 in the 11-12 match of the CSA Team Nationals at Yale University.
Men's squash downs Rochester; will play Navy in Hoehn semis
2/23/2007: The Bobcats (20-6) set a new Bates squash record for wins in a season, and now advance to the semifinals of the Hoehn (B) Division, where they'll face No. 12 seed Navy on Saturday.
Men's squash wraps up regular season with 8-1 win at Tufts
2/20/2007: The Bobcats, ranked No. 9 by the College Squash Association, finish the regular season with a 19-6 record, matching the highest win total by a Bates squash team, a mark set by the women's team this past weekend.
Ricky Weisskopf to be featured on 6 o'clock news
2/13/2007: Bates junior and two-time All-American squash player Ricky Weisskopf will be featured in a profile tonight on the 6 o'clock news. The segment is expected to air at approximately 6:22 p.m. on WMTW-TV, Channel 8 in Portland.
Men's squash team's win streak ends at four
2/11/2007: The No. 9 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team dropped a 6-3 decision at No. 11 Amherst College on Sunday, a week after defeating the Lord Jeffs by the same score in the third-place match of the NESCAC Championships.
Men's squash beats Northwestern, Bowdoin
2/10/2007: The Bates College men's squash team defeated Northwestern University 8-1 and Bowdoin College 6-3 on Saturday at Bowdoin, increasing the Bobcats' current win streak to four matches.
Men's squash routs Tufts in regular season finale
2/8/2007: The Bates College men's squash team finished up regular season play Friday night with an 8-1 defeat of Tufts University at the Bates Squash Center.
No. 9 men's squash shuts out Colby, 9-0
2/8/2007: The Bates College men's squash team wasted no time in defeating in-state rival Colby on Thursday night at the Bates Squash Center, 9-0.
No. 9 men's squash team beats Amherst for third place in NESCACs
2/4/2007: The No. 9 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team beat No. 11 Amherst in the first meeting between the teams this season, upping the Bobcats' record to 15-5.
Men's squash team beats Navy in marathon battle, 5-4
1/28/2007: The No. 12 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team scored an epic 5-4 victory over rival and ninth-ranked Navy on Saturday as part of the Bobcats' 3-1 weekend in a round robin at Yale University.
Men's squash beats Stanford to complete 5-0 weekend
1/21/2007: The No. 12 Bates men's squash team defeated Stanford University 9-0 on Sunday, completing a 5-0 home weekend. The Bobcat men also scored decisive victories over Northeastern, Connecticut College, Hamilton and St. Lawrence as part of the Maine Invitational.
No. 13 men's squash rolls over Conn, Hamilton, St. Lawrence
1/20/2007: The No. 13 nationally ranked Bates College men's squash team scored a trio of decisive wins over Connecticut College, Hamilton and St. Lawrence on Saturday, raising the team's record to 9-3.
Men's squash beats Northeastern at home, 7-2
1/19/2007: The No. 13 Bates College men's squash team took care of business Friday night with a 7-2 victory over Northeastern University.
Men's squash goes 3-0 against Cornell, Hobart and F&M
1/14/2007: The Bates men's squash team came through with a 3-0 weekend at a round robin tournament at Yale, including an upset of No. 9 Cornell on Saturday. The Bobcats also defeated Hobart 9-0 on Saturday, before edging Franklin & Marshall 5-4 on Sunday.
No. 13 Bates men's squash defeated at powerhouse Trinity
1/12/2007: The No. 1 nationally ranked Trinity College men's squash team extended the longest active intercollegiate winning streak to 150 consecutive matches with a 9-0 win over No. 13 Bates Friday night at the Kellner Center.
Weisskopf roars back to win in men's squash against Yale
1/6/2007: The Yale University squash teams showed form befitting one of the top college teams in the U.S. in a visit to Bates on Saturday, as both the Bulldogs' women's and men's teams registered 8-1 victories, while the host Bobcats had some impressive performances of their own.
No. 12 men's squash blanks MIT, 9-0
12/8/2006: The No. 12 nationally ranked Bates College men's squash team took care of No. 36 MIT by a 9-0 score in a match played Friday night at the Bates Squash Center.
Men's squash team beats Tufts, loses at Dartmouth
11/18/2006: The Bates College men's squash team opened the 2006-07 season by splitting a pair of matches at Dartmouth College, losing to the host Big Green 8-1 but defeating Tufts University 6-3.
Weisskopf, Wilkinson shine at CSA individual nationals
3/4/2006: Bates College sophomore Ricky Weisskopf (San Salvador, El Salvador) won his first match at the College Squash Association Individual Championships this weekend at Amherst College, cementing his All-America status for the second straight year.
Men's squash beats Bowdoin for 13th place at Team Nationals
2/19/2006: The Bates College men's squash team lived up to its seeding and beat Bowdoin one more time on Sunday, 7-2, to earn 13th place in the final team rankings in the College Squash Association Sunday.
Men's squash downs Colby in Team Nationals tuneup
2/14/2006: The Bates College men's squash team finished out the regular season at 14-8 by notching a 7-2 victory at Colby College Tuesday night.
Blizzard ends Bates men's squash team's experience at NESCAC Invite
2/12/2006: The NESCAC Squash Invitational's final day of action was canceled due to the blizzard hitting the Northeast, denying the Bates College men's team the chance to compete for third place against Amherst on Sunday at Trinity College.
Bates men's squash beats Bowdoin in NESCAC tourney tuneup
2/7/2006: week after squeaking by rival Bowdoin College 5-4, he Bates College men's squash team enjoyed a more convincing 7-2 victory over the Polar Bears Tuesday night at the Bates Squash Center.
Bates men's squash team sweeps St. Lawrence to go 3-1 on weekend
2/5/2006: The Bates men’s squash team completed a 3-1 home weekend with a 9-0 defeat of St. Lawrence University on Sunday. The Bobcats (11-7) had 3-0 sweeps at positions 1, 3, 4, 6 and 9, as sophomore All-American Ricky Weisskopf raised his individual record at the No. 1 position to 16-1.
Bates men's squash team upends Tufts, 8-1
2/4/2006: The Bates College men’s squash team defeated Tufts University 8-1 on Saturday and won by default over Northeastern University, raising the Bobcats’ record to 10-7.
No. 8 Dartmouth battles to 6-3 win over No. 13 Bates men's squash
2/3/2006: Dartmouth won two of its five matches by 3-2 scores, and two more by 3-1 scores, in defeating the Bates men's squash team 6-3 Friday evening.
No. 13 Bates men's squash edges No. 14 Bowdoin, 5-4, in Brunswick
2/1/2006: Sophomore All-American Ricky Weisskopf upped his individual record to 13-1 on the season, while teammates Sean Wilkinson and Peter Goldsborough pulled out gutty wins as the No. 13 nationally ranked Bates College men’s squash team edged rival No. 14 Bowdoin College 5-4 at Bowdoin Wednesday night.
No. 10 Brown edges No. 13 Bates men's squash by slimmest margin
1/29/2006: The No. 10 Brown University men's squash team prevailed 5-4 over No. 13 Bates College Sunday at the Bates Squash Center, in a match that couldn't have been much closer.
Bates gains 11th consecutive win over Colby in men's squash
1/26/2006: The 13th nationally-ranked Bates College men's squash team downed No. 18 Colby by a decisive 7-2 score Thursday night at the Bates Squash Center, extending the Bobcats' winning streak over their in-state rivals to 11 matches.
Men's squash an eventful 4-2 on the weekend at Yale Round Robin
1/22/2006: The Bates College men's squash team had an eventful and productive weekend at the Yale Round Robin, with four easy victories over traditionally close rivals including Denison, Navy and Hobart, a shutout loss to powerhouse No. 4 ranked Yale, and a crushing 3-6 loss to rival Franklin & Marshall College. The highlight of the weekend might have been Ricky Weisskopf's first loss of the season, against the No. 2 player in the country from Yale.
No. 11 Amherst edges No. 12 Bates men in home squash match, 5-4
1/10/2006: The No. 11 Amherst College men's squash team won at the Nos. 6 through 9 positions en route to a 5-4 victory over No. 12 Bates College Tuesday at the Bates Squash Center.
No. 10 Williams downs No. 12 Bates men's squash team in home opener
1/8/2006: Sophomore All-American Ricky Weisskopf stayed unbeaten on the season, but the Bates College men's squash team fell to Williams by an 8-1 score in its home opener on Sunday.
No. 7 Cornell men deal No. 12 Bobcats their first loss
12/3/2005: The No. 7 nationally ranked Cornell University men’s squash team handed the No. 12 Bates College men their first loss of the season on Saturday, 7-2 at Harvard University.
Bates men's squash team sweeps Wesleyan
12/2/2005: The Bates College men's squash team defeated host Wesleyan University 9-0 on Friday to raise its record to 2-0.
Men's squash team sweeps MIT in Cambridge
11/19/2005: The Bates College men's squash team registered a 9-0 sweep of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday in the Bobcats' season opener.
Squash teams warm up at Bowdoin's annual Maine Open
11/15/2005: All-American sophomore Ricky Weisskopf won the men's top flight, and sophomore Caroline Lemoine won the top women's flight at the annual, non-intercollegiate event.
Squash teams warm up at Bowdoin's annual Maine Open
11/15/2005: All-American sophomore Ricky Weisskopf won the men's top flight, and sophomore Caroline Lemoine won the top women's flight at the annual, non-intercollegiate event.
Bates' Weisskopf a medal-winner at Pan Ams in El Salvador
11/9/2005: Before returning to autumnal Maine from his hometown of San Salvador, the Bates sophomore indulged in his mother's cooking, slept in his own bed, played hours of squash against some of the best players in the Western Hemisphere, and oh yeah — he left behind a silver medal to augment his trophy collection at home.
Weisskopf to compete in Pan Am Fed games
10/13/2005: Bates College sophomore and All-American squash player Ricky Weisskopf will play in the No. 1 spot for El Salvador in his home country Oct. 24-31.