{"id":109579,"date":"2017-09-14T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T21:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=109579"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:42:39","slug":"bates-at-night-first-years-first-home-match-in-alumni-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/14\/bates-at-night-first-years-first-home-match-in-alumni-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates at Night: First-years’ first home match in Alumni Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a first-year Bobcat, there\u2019s no better place to start your sports career than Alumni Gym. For Bates\u2019 first-year volleyball players, that was Tuesday evening vs. the University of Southern Maine in the college\u2019s first home\u00a0contest of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlumni is such a magical place for us,\u201d says head coach Melissa DeRan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to be at home on our own court and in our own locker room, especially for our first-years. It\u2019s special when you get to put on your collegiate jersey in front of your peers for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\n\t

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They know Bobcat greatness when they see it. From left, Delaney Mayfield '21, Olivia McCulloch '21, and Jordan Camarillo '20 bow to their teammates. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Head coach Melissa DeRan likes what she sees as Bates defeats the University of Southern Maine. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Angel Echipue '21 (16) and Taylor Stafford-Smith '20 (9) go up for a block. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Angel Echipue '21 of Munich, Germany, says she liked the \"intensity\" of Alumni Gym. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College) <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Jacqueline Forney '18 (15), Taylor Stafford-Smith '20 (9), Angel Echipue '21 (16), and Claire Naughton '19 (8) react after a point. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Bates made a comeback after losing the first set, winning 3-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing the first college home game, it was a different experience,\u201d says Angel Echipue \u201921 of Munich, Germany. \u201cIt was really fun, very exciting. Being in Alumni was a different playing environment\u00a0\u2014 a lot more intensity.”<\/p>\n

Echipue, who spent part of her high school career in the U.S., says sports here “are so much more celebrated than in Germany.” Moving from high school to Bates, she sees “a lot more commitment with a college team. That\u2019s why I love it.”<\/p>\n

Ruby Lightbourn \u201921 of Los Angeles agrees. “I love playing in Alumni Gym. It has a good energy and more of an environment \u2014 and more people in the stands.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good to see us all come together in the last couple games and to get a win at home,” says Delaney Mayfield \u201921 of Santa Barbara, Calif. “It felt really comfortable and like our home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bates volleyball will look for another win on Friday at Tufts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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