2005-Present


Beckwith named D3Hoops.com All-American
3/22/2009: Bates senior Val Beckwith added a second All-America honor to her postseason haul on Sunday, as D3Hoops.com named her to its Fourth Team All-America squad.
Beckwith named Honorable Mention All-American
3/20/2009: Bates senior Val Beckwith received two more postseason honors on Friday, as she was made an Honorable Mention All-America selection by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America and was also named the Northeast Region Player of the Year by D3Hoops.com.
Beckwith named New England Player of the Year
3/11/2009: The postseason honors continue to roll in for Bates senior Val Beckwith. On Wednesday Beckwith was named the New England Player of the Year and to the All-New England First Team by the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA).
Beckwith named finalist for All-America honors
3/10/2009: Bates College senior Val Beckwith has been named a finalist for the 2009 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for Division III, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced on Tuesday.
Beckwith named Maine's Player of the Year
3/6/2009: Bates senior Val Beckwith has been named the 2009 Maine Player of the Year, as determined by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Beckwith named NESCAC Player of the Year
3/4/2009: Bates senior Val Beckwith has been named the 2009 NESCAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year, as determined by the conference coaches. She is the fifth Bates player to earn the league’s top honor this decade.
Trinity upsets women's hoops in NESCAC quarterfinal
2/21/2009: Trinity staved off every second-half rally by Bates and came away with a 76-71 victory in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship on Saturday at Alumni Gymnasium.
Women's basketball set to host Trinity in NESCAC playoff
2/18/2009: Tickets for this Saturday's NESCAC women's basketball quarterfinal between Bates and Trinity will be available for advance purchase on Friday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium. Tickets will cost $3 for adults and $1 for students. Those with Bates IDs can receive one free ticket to the game.
Women's hoops falls at Tufts, earns fourth seed in NESCACs
2/14/2009: The Bates women's basketball team finished the regular season with a 62-51 loss at No. 18 nationally ranked Tufts University on Saturday. The Bobcats will host Trinity in the NESCAC quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb. 21.
Women's hoops scores big NESCAC win over Trinity
2/7/2009: Val Beckwith totaled game-highs of 12 points and 10 rebounds to go with four assists, as visiting Bates posted a 68-54 win over Trinity.
No. 4 Amherst stifles women's hoops team, 63-46
2/6/2009: Bates senior Val Beckwith led the Bobcats with 15 points, while first-year Annie Burns added 10 points.
Wesleyan tips Bates in women's hoops, 75-74
1/31/2009: Ali Fourney found Meredith Lowe underneath for a 2-foot jumper with 4 seconds remaining to lift the Wesleyan women's basketball team to a 75-74 victory over Bates.
Women's hoops team puts away Camels, 73-58
1/30/2009: Lauren Yanofsky scored 19 points, Val Beckwith added 13 and Annie Burns dished out 10 assists as the Bates women's basketball team defeated Connecticut College for the 14th straight time, 73-58, in a NESCAC contest Friday night at Alumni Gym.
Beckwith's 28 points pace women's hoops past Colby
1/24/2009: Val Beckwith had a game- and career-high 28 points as Bates pulled away for a 71-52 victory over Colby.
Women's basketball's win streak ends at Bowdoin
1/23/2009: Val Beckwith led Bates with 17 points in an 84-53 loss at Bowdoin's Morrell Gymnasium on Friday.
Beckwith named NESCAC, MWBCA, NEWBA and ECAC Player of the Week
1/20/2009: A day after claiming the NESCAC and MWBCA Women's Basketball Player of the Week awards for the second time this season, Val Beckwith took home Player of the Week awards from the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) and the ECAC.
Women's basketball team routs Williams, 90-67
1/17/2009: Led by Lauren Yanofsky's 20 points, the Bates women's basketball team defeated Williams 90-67 Saturday at Alumni Gym to complete a 2-0 start to the NESCAC season.
Women's basketball shoots past Middlebury, 80-67
1/16/2009: Val Beckwith scored a season-high 26 points to go with 9 rebounds and 7 assists to lead the Bates women's basketball team to an 80-67 victory over Middlebury College Friday night in the NESCAC season opener for both teams.
Last-second layup lifts women's hoops over Colby
1/13/2009: Val Beckwith's driving layup went around the rim and dropped in as time expired, giving the Bates women's basketball team a 73-71 victory over Colby Tuesday night.
Yanofsky named NEWBA's first Player of the Week
1/13/2009: Lauren Yanofsky took home her second award of the week Tuesday, when she was named the first Player of the Week this season by the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA), which comprises all Division III women's basketball programs in New England.
Yanofsky named NESCAC Player of the Week
1/12/2009: Bates junior forward Lauren Yanofsky earned the NESCAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week award on Monday, the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced.
Beckwith moves into fourth on Bates' all-time scoring list
1/10/2009: The No. 13-ranked Tufts women's basketball team seized a 32-21 halftime lead and rode it to a 66-55 non-conference victory Saturday at Alumni Gym.
Women's basketball downs Bowdoin, 64-59
1/8/2009: The Bates women's basketball team held off Bowdoin 64-59 Thursday night, spoiling the return to Alumni Gym of Bates alumna and first-year Bowdoin head coach Adrienne Shibles '91.
Women's hoops team rolls over UNE, 83-61
1/6/2009: Val Beckwith and Lauren Yanofsky combined for 36 points, 19 rebounds and 9 assists as the Bates women's basketball team defeated the University of New England 83-61 Tuesday night at Alumni Gymnasium.
Women's basketball stopped in tournament championship
1/4/2009: Val Beckwith and Lauren Yanofsky both earned spots on the all-tournament team as Bates fell to host Williams 84-63 in the championship game of the Williams Winter Classic on Sunday.
Yanofsky, Beckwith lead women's hoops past Norwich
1/3/2009: Val Beckwith scored 19 points and Lauren Yanofsky had 18 points and 12 rebounds, as Bates women's basketball team defeated Norwich 84-70 Saturday night at the Williams College Winter Classic.
Women's basketball team's win streak snapped at five
12/21/2008: McMurry University defeated Bates 66-42 Sunday at the South Padre Island Shootout, ending the Bobcats' five-game winning streak.
Women's basketball tops Lynchburg, 84-75, at South Padre
12/20/2008: Val Beckwith led the way with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals as the Bates women's basketball team defeated Lynchburg College 84-75 Saturday in the South Padre Shootout.
Women's basketball wins at St. Joseph's, 73-59
12/16/2008: First-year players came up big in the Bates College women's basketball team's 73-59 victory at St. Joseph's College of Maine on Tuesday night.
Beckwith named Maine Co-Player of the Week
12/8/2008: Bates College senior Val Beckwith was named Co-Player of the Week by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association after leading the Bobcats to a 3-0 week.
Women's basketball rolls past UMaine-Farmington, 88-61
12/6/2008: The Bates women's basketball team shot 53.1 percent from the field and received 17 points apiece from Val Beckwith and Jessie Igoe in an 88-61 non-conference victory over UMaine-Farmington Saturday afternoon.
Women's basketball cruises past visiting Wentworth, 75-49
12/4/2008: Twelve players scored for the Bobcats, led by Val Beckwith with 20 points, Maggie DePoy with a career-high 17 and Amanda Gifford with a career-high 10.
Women's basketball wins 79-64 at Husson
12/2/2008: Propelled by a season-high 25 points from Val Beckwith, the Bates women's basketball team rolled past Husson University 79-64 on Tuesday night.
Southern Maine hands women's hoops team its first loss, 67-57
11/25/2008: Val Beckwith scored 14 points and Kellie Goodridge added 9 points and 7 rebounds, but the University of Southern Maine prevailed in a battle of undefeated teams Tuesday night at Alumni Gym.
Beckwith named NESCAC Co-Player of the Week
11/24/2008: Bates senior Val Beckwith was named NESCAC Women's Basketball Co-Player of the Week, the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced on Monday.
Women's basketball wins Salem State Tipoff Classic title
11/22/2008: The Bates women's basketball team outfought Salem State College for a 65-60 victory in the championship game of the Salem State Tipoff Classic, behind 23 points from tournament MVP Val Beckwith.
Women's basketball opens with win over Rhode Island College
11/21/2008: Val Beckwith had a game-high 16 points and a game- and career-high 14 rebounds in leading the Bates women's basketball team to a season-opening 58-39 victory over Rhode Island College Friday afternoon in the first round of the Salem State College Tipoff Classic.
Women's basketball preview: Change is in store for 2008-09
11/19/2008: The Bates lineup will look much different this season with the graduation of Sarah Barton, Meg Coffin and Matia Kostakis. The result may be a more uptempo style of play for the Bobcats, who open on Friday at the Salem State Tip-Off Classic.
Coffin named ECAC First Team All-New England
4/22/2008: Meg Coffin has been named to the 2007-08 ECAC Division III New England Women's Basketball All-Stars First Team, the Eastern College Athletic Conference announced Tuesday.
Coffin repeats as All-American in women's basketball
3/21/2008: Bates senior Meg Coffin has been named as an Honorable Mention member of the 2008 State Farm Coaches’ NCAA Division III All-America Team, announced Friday by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Coffin earns All-Northeast Region honors in women's hoops
3/19/2008: Bates senior Meg Coffin was voted to D3hoops.com's All-Northeast Region team, announced on Wednesday.
Coffin, Beckwith named Maine First Team All-State
3/6/2008: Meg Coffin and Val Beckwith were both voted First Team All-State by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association, the MWBCA announced on Thursday. It is Coffin's third time on the All-State team and Beckwith's second.
Coffin, Beckwith earn All-NESCAC honors in women's hoops
3/5/2008: Bates senior Meg Coffin and junior Val Beckwith both earned All-Conference honors in women's basketball Wednesday from the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Women's basketball falls 55-51 in NESCAC quarterfinal
2/23/2008: Bowdoin outscored rival Bates 33-22 in the second half en route to a 55-51 win in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship Saturday at Bowdoin.
Women's basketball beats Bowdoin to set up NESCAC rematch
2/16/2008: Matia Kostakis scored 20 and Val Beckwith added 13, including the 1,000th of her career, as Bates topped Bowdoin 62-52 at Alumni Gym in the regular-season finale. The teams will meet again in one week in the first round of the NESAC Championships.
Coffin, Beckwith spur Bobcats past Mules, 77-64
2/15/2008: Meg Coffin scored 20 points and Val Beckwith added 19 to lead Bates to a 77-64 win over Colby in a NESCAC women's basketball game Friday night at Alumni Gymnasium.
Kostakis scores 1,000th career point at Middlebury
2/9/2008: Trailing 38-33 late in the second half, Middlebury went on a 9-0 run and held off Bates for a 42-41 women's basketball victory at Middlebury.
Women's basketball scores 72-60 win at Williams
2/8/2008: Meg Coffin scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Bates women's basketball team to a 72-60 NESCAC road win at Williams College on Friday night.
Bowdoin comes back to tip women's basketball team, 64-57
2/5/2008: The host Polar Bears prevailed in Tuesday's non-league matchup despite a game-high 19 points from Val Beckwith and 11 assists from Sarah Barton.
Coffin named Maine women's player of the week
2/4/2008: Bates College senior center Meg Coffin won MWBCA Player of the Week honors for the second time in a month this week from the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Bates women dominate boards in win at Conn. College
2/2/2008: Meg Coffin tallied 13 points and 13 rebounds, leading Bates College to a 57-45 conference victory against Connecticut College.
Cardinals come back to tip women's basketball
2/1/2008: Avenging an 80-60 loss to Bates in January, Wesleyan erased a 30-17 first-half deficit and went on to take a 66-55 NESCAC win over Bates in Middletown.
Women's basketball overpowers Wentworth, 73-46
1/29/2008: The Bates women's basketball team outscored Wentworth 27-2 over a period spanning both halves and outscored the Leopards 50-4 in the paint.
No. 19 Tufts wears down women's basketball team, 61-46
1/26/2008: No. 19 nationally ranked Tufts University exerted defensive dominance en route to a 61-46 NESCAC women's basketball victory at Bates College on Saturday afternoon.
Undefeated Amherst holds off Bates women, 78-69
1/19/2008: Senior Stefanie Reiff scored 22 points and senior Anne-Claire Roesch added 17 to lead the red-hot Amherst women's basketball team to a 78-69 NESCAC women's basketball victory over Bates at Alumni Gym.
Women's basketball hosts Trinity tonight; listen in!
1/18/2008: The Bates women's basketball team plays its NESCAC conference opener tonight at 7 p.m., with the Trinity College Bantams visiting Alumni Gymnasium.
Women's basketball team pulls away from Trinity, 68-51
1/18/2008: The trio of Meg Coffin, Val Beckwith and Matia Kostakis combined for 50 points and 31 rebounds to lead Bates College over Trinity College 68-51 Friday night in the NESCAC women's basketball conference opener for both teams.
Women's basketball rolls to 75-51 win at Colby
1/15/2008: Val Beckwith finished with 15 points and three steals in leading the Bates College women's basketball team to a 75-51 win over Colby College on Tuesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
No. 17 Tufts defeats women's basketball despite late rally
1/12/2008: Tufts established a big early lead against Bates and held off the Bobcats to score a 66-57 victory in a non-conference game between the two NESCAC schools on Saturday afternoon at Cousens Gym.
Barton sets assists record as Bobcats top Nor'easters, 81-68
1/8/2008: Bates College senior Sarah Barton scored 11 points and dished out 14 assists, meanwhile setting the school career record in that category, as the visiting Bobcats defeated the University of New England 81-68 on Tuesday at Campus Center.
Coffin named Maine Player of the Week
1/7/2008: A day after returning to the hardwood at Alumni Gym for the first time in nearly two years, Bates senior Meg Coffin won Player of the Week honors from the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Balanced Bobcats throttle UMaine-Farmington, 77-47
1/6/2008: Meg Coffin and Val Beckwith led 13 Bates scorers with 14 points apiece as the host Bobcats defeated UMaine-Farmington 77-47 in a non-league women's basketball game on Sunday.
Women's hoop team rips Wesleyan, wins Naismith Classic
1/4/2008: Tournament MVP Val Beckwith led five Bobcats in double figures with 18 points and added five assists as Bates won its third straight game and raised its record to 6-3.
Coffin scores 1,000th point as Bobcats roll, 77-52
1/3/2008: Meg Coffin passed the 1,000 career points milestone, leading the Bobcats to a 77-52 thrashing of William Paterson University in the first round of the Holiday Inn/Naismith Classic Thursday at Springfield College.
Coffin leads women's basketball past Washington College
12/20/2007: Meg Coffin scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Bates College women's basketball team to a 73-54 victory over Washington (Md.) College Thursday at the Bahamas Sunshine Shootout.
Coffin, women's basketball tipped by Presidents
12/19/2007: The Bates College women's basketball team welcomed Meg Coffin back into the fold on Wednesday at the Bahamas Sunshine Shootout, losing a non-league contest 61-55 to Washington & Jefferson College.
Women's basketball rolls at UMaine-Farmington, 93-62
12/5/2007: Val Beckwith led four players in double figures with 23 points and dished out a career-high six assists as Bates women's basketball team rolled past the University of Maine at Farmington 93-62 in a non-conference contest.
Women's basketball dominates host Norwich, 76-50
12/1/2007: Val Beckwith led five Bates players in double figures with 17 points and Sarah Barton neared a quadruple-double as the visiting Bobcats downed Norwich, 76-50, Saturday.
Bobcats move to consolation round at Norwich tourney
11/30/2007: Jamie Wolff poured in 34 points to lead St. Lawrence University past the Bates women's basketball team, 65-42, in the opening round of the Ed Hockenbury Classic Friday night at Norwich University.
Women's basketball hosts Husson tonight; listen in!
11/28/2007: The Bates women's basketball team plays its home opener tonight at 7 p.m., with the Husson College Eagles visiting Alumni Gymnasium in a non-league contest.
Beckwith, bench help Bobcat women rout Husson
11/28/2007: Bates defeated Husson College 96-54 in women's basketball on Wednesday night at Alumni Gym, receiving a game-high 17 points by junior Val Beckwith and 53 more points from its bench.
Nationally ranked USM prevails in women's basketball opener
11/20/2007: Stacey Kent scored a season-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead nationally-ranked Southern Maine to a 76-57 win over in-state rival Bates Tuesday night in the Bobcats' season opener.
Women's basketball team has reason to be optimistic in 2007-08
11/19/2007: What happens when you fit four All-NESCAC women's basketball players into the same starting five? That's the question that has Bates followers eager to find the answer.
Sarah Barton named to preseason All-America team
11/13/2007: Bates senior Sarah Barton has been named to D3Hoops.com's 2008 Preseason All-America Fourth Team for the second straight year, the website announced today.
Women's basketball raffle to help fund Bahamas trip
8/24/2007: The Bobcats will play Washington College and Washington & Jefferson College in the Bahamas Sunshine Shootout, which takes place Dec. 18-21.
Beckwith named All-New England in women's basketball
3/16/2007: Bates sophomore Val Beckwith has been named to the 2007 All-New England team by the New England Women's Basketball Association, the NEWBA announced on Friday.
Barton, Beckwith, Kostakis earn All-State honors
3/1/2007: Sarah Barton and Val Beckwith were each named First Team All-State by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday, while Matia Kostakis made Second Team All-State.
Beckwith, Barton earn All-NESCAC honors in women's hoops
2/28/2007: Val Beckwith and Sarah Barton were each named to the 2007 All-NESCAC Women's Basketball team, the conference announced on Wednesday. Beckwith made it for the first time and was named First Team All-NESCAC, while Barton made the Second Team for the second straight year.
Women's basketball team falls to Tufts in NESCAC semifinals
2/24/2007: The Tufts University women's basketball team will play in its first NESCAC championship game after earning a 52-39 victory over Bates College in the semifinal round of the conference tournament hosted by Bowdoin College on Saturday afternoon.
Women's hoops tops Amherst in NESCAC quarterfinal, 63-53
2/17/2007: Bates College pulled away from Amherst College in the second half for a 63-53 victory in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship Saturday at Alumni Gymnasium.
Women's basketball finishes regular season with loss at Bowdoin
2/10/2007: The Bobcats have earned the No. 3 seed in the NESCAC Championship and will host sixth-seeded Amherst in the quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb. 17.
Bates women win at Colby, 87-74
2/9/2007: Val Beckwith had a game-high 25 points and Sarah Barton finished with 12 assists to lead the Bates College women’s basketball team to an 87-74 win.
Kostakis receives Academic All-District award
2/8/2007: Bates College junior Matia Kostakis has been voted to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District women's basketball teams, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday.
Bates women beat Middlebury for 4th straight NESCAC win
2/3/2007: Bates clinched a top-four seed and a home game in the first round of the NESCAC Championship in two weeks with a 70-65 victory over the Panthers.
Bates women top Williams in a thriller, 60-59
2/2/2007: Val Beckwith scored a career-high 27 points and first-year Teal Carroll hit the game-winning layup with 14 seconds left as the Bates College women's basketball team surprised Williams College with a 60-59 victory Friday night.
Bates women put scare into No. 1 Bowdoin, 58-50
1/28/2007: The Bates College women's basketball team put a scare into the No. 1 nationally ranked Bowdoin Polar Bears Tuesday night, but Bowdoin prevailed with a 58-50 non-league win Tuesday night at Alumni Gym.
Beckwith, Yanofsky lead Bates women past Conn College
1/27/2007: Val Beckwith scored a game-high 21 points to go with nine rebounds and Lauren Yanofsky added a career-high 20 points, five blocked shots, six rebounds and four assists as the Bates women's basketball team topped Connecticut College 76-63 on Saturday.
Comeback lifts Bates women past Wesleyan, 69-66
1/26/2007: The Bates women's basketball team came back from a 10-point deficit in the second half to notch a 69-66 victory over Wesleyan University Friday night, led by Val Beckwith's 21 points.
Women's basketball edged down the stretch at Tufts
1/20/2007: Tufts University had a 9-0 run late in the game to erase a two-point deficit and go on to a 72-64 victory over Bates College in a NESCAC women's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Cousens Gym.
Franklin leads Bates women's basketball in loss at Amherst
1/13/2007: The Amherst College women’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing skid by defeating visiting Bates in a conference matchup, 65-51.
Bates women win at Trinity in NESCAC opener, 69-56
1/11/2007: Matia Kostakis scored 16 of her 20 points in the second half and added a game-high 14 rebounds, three steals and four assists to lead Bates to a 69-56 win over Trinity College in the NESCAC women’s basketball opener for both teams.
Bates women put away Colby, 75-66
1/9/2007: The Bates College women's basketball team outscored rival Colby 46-33 in the second half en route to a 75-66 non-league victory on Tuesday night.
Scrappy Bates women lose in Winter Classic championship game
1/3/2007: Val Beckwith and Matia Kostakis, both all-tournament selections for Bates, led the Bobcats with 12 points each, and Sarah Barton added 11 in a 64-53 loss to Williams.
Beckwith wins Player of the Week honors from NESCAC, ECAC
1/2/2007: The Bobcats' sophomore forward averaged 20 points last week and was named to the all-tournament team at the Salem State College Christmas Tournament.
Bobcats put down Bears in Williams Winter Classic opener
1/2/2007: The Bates women's basketball team staved off a second-half comeback by Bridgewater State to register a 57-49 victory Tuesday night in the opening game of the Williams College Winter Classic.
Women's basketball topples host Salem State, 71-48
12/30/2006: Ten players scored for the Bobcats, led by Val Beckwith's 23 points, as they won third place in the Salem State College Christmas Tournament.
Bobcat women hang with Cougars in Salem State tournament
12/29/2006: The Bates women's basketball team opened the second semester of the 2006-07 season Friday with a 80-67 loss to Kean University in the opening round of the Salem State College Christmas Tournament.
Bates' Yanofsky named Maine Rookie of the Week
12/11/2006: Bates forward Lauren Yanofksy recorded her first collegiate double-double and career highs in rebounds and assists in the women's basketball team's 66-56 win over UMaine-Farmington on Wednesday.
Bates women battle undefeated Norwich into final minute
12/9/2006: A layup by Caitlyn Bailey and a pair of free throws by Kristi Powlovich in the final minute gave Norwich University a 66-63 victory over Bates College in a see-saw non-league women's basketball game Saturday night.
Bates women rebound their way past UMF, 66-56
12/6/2006: Junior Matia Kostakis and first-year Lauren Yanofsky each had double-doubles and the Bates College women's basketball team held a 56-36 rebounding advantage in a 66-56 non-league win over UMaine-Farmington on Wednesday night.
Bates women rout Newbury, 96-26
12/2/2006: The Bates women's basketball team opened with an 18-0 run and went on to defeat Newbury College 96-26 in the second game of the Ed Hockenbury Classic at Norwich University.
Women's basketball team falls at Norwich, 68-56
12/1/2006: Norwich University went on a 19-8 run over the final 11 1/2 minutes to defeat the Bates College women's basketball team, 68-56, in the opening game of the 2006 Ed Hockenbury Classic.
Kostakis, Barton lead Bobcat women past Husson, 74-60
11/29/2006: Matia Kostakis paced the Bates women's basketball team with 28 points, 12 rebounds, and eight steals, and Sarah Barton set a school record with 18 assists as the Bobcats cruised past Husson College Wednesday night 74-60.
Bates women come up short against powerful Huskies, 87-77
11/21/2006: Senior guard Katie Sibley poured in a career-high 25 points to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 87-77 win over the Bates College Bobcats in a non-conference match-up Tuesday.
Beckwith named Maine Co-Player of the Week
11/20/2006: The Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association named Bates' Val Beckwith Co-Player of the Week on Monday, and cited first-year Lauren Yanofsky as well.
MVP Beckwith leads Bates to Babson Invitational championship win
11/19/2006: Val Beckwith scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Bates College women's basketball team to a 75-64 victory over host Babson College in the championship game of the 2006 Babson Invitational Tournament presented by Irving Oil on Sunday afternoon.
Women's basketball opens with 84-68 win over Geneseo
11/18/2006: Sophomore Val Beckwith scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Bates College women's basketball team to a season-opening 84-68 win over SUNY Geneseo on Saturday, in the opening round of the Irving Oil/Babson Invitational.
Women's Basketball Preview: Bobcats remain hopeful
11/17/2006: Meg Coffin's preseason injury needn't dim the 2006-07 Bates women's basketball team's hopes for a third straight trip to the NCAAs.
Meg Coffin named an ECAC First Team All-Star
3/30/2006: The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference has named Bates College center Meg Coffin a 2006 ECAC First Team All-Star, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Meg Coffin named All-American by WBCA, D3Hoops.com
3/19/2006: LEWISTON, Maine -- D3Hoops.com named Bates College junior Meg Coffin to its All-America Fourth Team and the Women's Basketball Coaches of America named her an Honorable Mention All-America, making Coffin the second female athlete ever at Bates to win All-America honors in two completely different sports.
Coffin named to NEWBA All-New England First Team
3/17/2006: Bates College junior center Meg Coffin received First Team All-New England honors Friday from the New England Women's Basketball Association, her fifth postseason honor thus far for the 2005-06 season.
Coffin, Barton named D3Hoops.com First Team All-Northeast Region
3/14/2006: D3hoops.com announced the fifth annual D3hoops.com All-Region team for Division III basketball on Tuesday, and Bates women Meg Coffin and Sarah Barton each made the Northeast Region First Team.
Four Bobcats named to MWBCA All-State teams
3/6/2006: Bates junior Meg Coffin was named First Team All-State by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Monday, heading four Bates players honored by the MWBCA.
Bates women's season ends in overtime against Bridgewater, 71-69
3/3/2006: Shannon Scales hit back-to-back three-pointers in the final 34 seconds of overtime to lift the Bridgewater College women's basketball team over Bates College 71-69 in the opening round of the NCAA Division III tournament Friday.
Bates women get set to play Bridgewater in NCAA tournament
3/3/2006: Seeded No. 7 in the Atlantic Regional, the women's basketball team plays Bridgewater (Va.) College at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at Mount Saint Mary College in the opening round of the tournament; should they win, they'll play again on Saturday at 5 p.m., again at Mount Saint Mary, against the winner between the host team (25-3) and Baruch College (22-6) of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Coffin named NESCAC Player of the Year; Barton, Kostakis also honored
3/1/2006: Bates College junior Meg Coffin was recognized as the premier women's basketball player in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, while sophomore teammates Sarah Barton and Matia Kostakis also earned league honors on Wednesday.
Women's basketball to play Bridgewater in NCAAs; men's team denied
2/27/2006: The entries in the men's and women's NCAA Division III basketball tournaments were announced Sunday night, and the news was half good for Bates College: the women's team is in, but the men's team was left out.
Bowdoin defeats Bates women in NESCAC Finals, 68-58
2/26/2006: The Bates College women's basketball team came up short in its quest for a NESCAC championship on Sunday, as Bowdoin outscored the Bobcats 49-32 in the second half to win its sixth consecutive conference title.
Bates women top Williams to advance to NESCAC Finals
2/25/2006: Meg Coffin scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and the Bates College women's basketball team outscored Williams College 39-22 in the second half en route to a 71-55 victory in Saturday's first NESCAC Championship Semifinal.
Bobcats set to host NESCAC's final four women's basketball teams
2/21/2006: For the first time, the NESCAC Semifinals and Finals in women's basketball will take place inside warm and cozy Alumni Gymnasium, and that's good news for no one but the host and top-seeded Bobcats, who enter Saturday's matchup against fourth-seeded Williams with a 22-game winning streak in Lewiston. The 2 p.m. game will be followed at 4 p.m. by No. 2 Bowdoin playing No. 3 Wesleyan. The winners will play in the NESCAC Finals Sunday at 1 p.m. at Alumni.
Tickets for NESCAC Women's Basketball Semifinals go on sale Friday
2/20/2006: Tickets for the 2006 NESCAC Women’s Basketball Semifinals at Bates College will go on sale Friday at Alumni Gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tickets for Sunday's NESCAC Finals will be on sale at Alumni Gym when doors open at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Meg Coffin named NESCAC Player of the Week
2/13/2006: Bates College junior center Meg Coffin was named New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the second time in this basketball season on Monday.
Bates women trounce Trinity, earn top seed in NESCAC playoffs
2/11/2006: Meg Coffin and Matia Kostakis combined for 35 points and 21 rebounds to lead Bates to a 76-46 win over Trinity College in their regular season finale on Saturday. The win, combined with Bowdoin's win over Williams, gives Bates the top seed in the NESCAC playoffs, which start Saturday, Feb. 18. No. 1 Bates (17-7, 8-1 NESCAC) will face No. 8 Colby (9-14, 2-7 NESCAC) in the quarterfinal round at 2 p.m.
Bates women rout Amherst, clinch home playoff game
2/10/2006: Meg Coffin scored 18 points and tied her career high with 18 rebounds as the Bates College women's basketball team ran away with an 83-41 victory over Amherst College in a NESCAC contest Friday night.
Hoops preview: Bobcat men and women look for strong finales
2/10/2006: Both the Bates men's and women's basketball teams have an eye on finishing out the regular season this weekend with the top seed in the NESCAC playoffs. All four of the teams' games against Amherst and Trinity can be heard via BatesCast.com.
Meg Coffin earns Player of the Week accolade from Maine coaches
2/6/2006: Bates junior Meg Coffin was named co-Player of the Week by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association for the second time this season, sharing the honor with Kim Drosdik of Thomas College.
Big first-half run fuels Bates women's rout of Tufts
2/4/2006: The Bates College women's basketball team bounced back from an early 18-8 deficit with a 32-5 run in the first half, defeating Tufts University 78-47 in a NESCAC contest on Saturday.
Hoops preview: Bates women seek rebound vs. Tufts
2/3/2006: The Bates College women's basketball team seeks to bounce back from a tough loss at Bowdoin on Tuesday with a victory Saturday at home against Tufts. The game will be webcast on BatesCast.com. Meanwhile, the Bates men take their 16-game win streak to Tufts on Saturday; that game can be heard on JumboCast.com.
Polar Bears keep record home streak rolling with win over Bates
1/31/2006: The Bowdoin College women's basketball team set the New England Division III record for consecutive home victories with a 76-59 victory over Bates on Tuesday night. The Polar Bears (16-2), ranked sixth in the latest national poll, avenged a loss earlier in the month to the Bobcats (14-7) to win their 65th consecutive home game.
Bates women win at Wesleyan for share of first place in NESCAC
1/28/2006: The Bates College women's basketball rallied from a 10-point deficit in the first half and held off Wesleyan University down the stretch for a 69-58 NESCAC victory Saturday, dealing the Cardinals their first conference loss of the season.
Women's basketball team pulls away from Conn College, 67-49
1/27/2006: Matia Kostakis (Andover, Mass.) and Meg Coffin (Westford, Mass.) netted 13 points apiece, leading Bates College (13-6, 4-1 NESCAC) to a 67-49 victory at Connecticut College (6-12, 0-5) Friday night.
Williams snaps Bates women's winning streak, 69-48
1/21/2006: The red-hot Bates College women's basketball team suddenly went cold on Saturday, losing for the first time in nine games 69-48 at NESCAC rival Williams.
Sharp-shooting Bates women notch eighth consecutive victory, 73-60
1/20/2006: The Bates College women's basketball team shot 50 percent from the floor and 12 of 17 from behind the three-point arc on its way to a 73-60 win over Middlebury in NESCAC women’s basketball action on Friday night in the Pepin Gym. It was the Bobcats' eighth win in a row.
Bobcat women bombard Babson for seventh consecutive win, 94-51
1/17/2006: The Bates College women's basketball team breezed to a 94-51 win over Babson College in a non-league game Tuesday night, scoring the team's most points in a game since December 2004.
Stockwell powers Bates past Colby for CBB sweep, 66-55
1/14/2006: Rob Stockwell had 21 points, a career-high 18 rebounds and three assists to lead the Bates men's basketball team to its eighth consecutive victory, a 66-55 decision over Colby Saturday at Wadsworth Gymnasium. The win made 4-0 this season in games against in-state league rivals Colby and Bowdoin, completing a rare CBB sweep.
Bates women stay on a roll, cruising past Colby 61-37
1/14/2006: Meg Coffin scored 23 points on 11-of-14 shooting to lead the Bates women's basketball team to a decisive 61-37 victory over Colby College in a NESCAC contest on Saturday.
Bates women knock off No. 2 Bowdoin, 56-51
1/13/2006: Matia Kostakis went 13-for-14 at the free throw line in scoring a team-high 21 points as the Bates College women's basketball team knocked off rival Bowdoin College 56-51 on Friday night. Bowdoin's loss ended its 31-game win streak in NESCAC contests.
MWBCA honors Bobcats' Coffin, Powers
1/9/2006: The Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association named Bates junior center Meg Coffin Co-Player of the Week and first-year guard Jackie Powers Rookie of the Week.
Bates women roll over Simmons for fourth straight victory, 81-59
1/5/2006: Junior center Meg Coffin (Westford, Mass.) scored 17 points as the Bates College women's basketball team rolled to an 81-59 victory over Simmons College in a non-league game Thursday night at Alumni Gymnasium.
Coffin powers Bates women past host Colby
1/4/2006: Meg Coffin scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Bates College women's basketball team defeated Colby College 62-52 in a non-league game Wednesday night.
First-year transfer Jackie Powers named NESCAC Player of the Week
1/3/2006: Not too shabby a start for Jackie Powers. With only four collegiate games under her belt, the first-year guard has already been named a NESCAC Player of the Week.
Bates women top Trinity of Texas in Naismith Classic championship
1/2/2006: Bates emerged from a back-and-forth contest against Trinity University of Texas as 76-71 winners in the championship game of the Holiday Inn-Naismith Classic at Springfield College on Monday.
Powers, Kostakis lead Bobcat women to New Year's Day rout
1/1/2006: Jackie Powers and Matia Kostakis are both recent transfers to Bates College, and on Sunday they demonstrated the kind of positive impact they can have on Bates' women's basketball team.
Simpson College hands women's basketball team its third straight loss
12/22/2005: Simpson led by as many as 32 points in the first half and seized a commanding 55-26 lead by halftime, then held off Bates’ furious comeback attempt in the second period.
No. 4 Baldwin-Wallace edges Bates women in Las Vegas, 66-63
12/20/2005: A strong game from junior center Meg Coffin and the appearance of two new faces on the court for the Bates women's basketball team weren't enough for the Bobcats to overcome one of the top teams in Division III on Tuesday.
UMaine-Farmington surprises Bates women, 62-59
12/6/2005: The UMaine-Farmington women’s basketball team scored a surprise win over in-state rival Bates College, ranked No. 17 in the latest USA Today Division III poll, with a 62-59 victory at Farmington Tuesday night.
NESCAC names Meg Coffin Player of the Week in women's basketball
12/5/2005: Junior center Meg Coffin's big return to action for the Bates women's basketball team netted her Player of the Week honors from the New England Small College Athletic Conference on Monday.
Sharpshooting Bates women beat Williams for tourney title
12/4/2005: Bates received double-figure scoring from three players, including 17 from Tournament MVP Annie Whiting (Contoocook, N.H.), as it topped Williams in the championship game of the Williams Tournament, 78-64, on Sunday at Chandler Gymnasium.
Women's basketball powers past Worcester State at Williams tourney
12/3/2005: Junior center Meg Coffin scored 21 points with 10 rebounds to lead the Bates College women's basketball team to an 81-57 victory over Worcester State College in the opening round of the Williams College Tournament on Saturday.
Coffin, Barton power Bates women in home opener
11/30/2005: In her first game of the season, junior center Meg Coffin led the Bates women's basketball team to an 87-48 victory over Husson College on Wednesday night, scoring a game-high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and adding 10 rebounds, five assists, five blocked shots and five steals. Sarah Barton added a career-high 14 assists.
Beckwith named Rookie of the Week by MWBCA
11/28/2005: Bates College first-year forward Val Beckwith earned Rookie of the Week honors from the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Nov. 28.
No. 3 Southern Maine puts away Bates women, 66-48
11/22/2005: The host Huskies jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never trailed in dealing Bates its second straight loss Tuesday night at Warren G. Hill Gymnasium.
No. 8 Brandeis downs No. 17 Bates women in tourney championship
11/19/2005: The host Judges won their Tip-Off Tournament for the fourth straight year, by a 73-62 score over Bates. Bates sophomore Sarah Barton (Portsmouth, N.H.) scored 20 points to go with nine rebounds and eight assists, and earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
No. 17 Bates women to meet No. 8 Brandeis in Tip-Off Tournament finals
11/18/2005: First-year guard Val Beckwith led the Bobcats with 20 points in a 79-65 defeat of Mt. Holyoke College in Bates' season opener Friday night at Brandeis University.
2005-06 Women's Basketball Preview
11/16/2005: The No. 17 Bates women's basketball team will look to overcome injuries and seniors' departures through an intimidating pre-conference schedule, and be ready to roll come January.
Women's basketball fund-raises for the Desert Shootout tournament
8/2/2005: The record-setting Bates women's basketball team hopes to go to Las Vegas to compete in the Desert Shootout, for the team's first ever tournament trip outside New England.