{"id":118224,"date":"2018-09-07T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=118224"},"modified":"2018-09-07T13:35:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T17:35:55","slug":"bates-at-night-victory-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/07\/bates-at-night-victory-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates at Night: Victory at home"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 7:17 on Tuesday evening, as the sun dipped behind Hathorn Hall, the only noise around Garcelon Field was the hum of metal-halide lights.<\/p>\n

But then came the roar from fans and players as the women\u2019s soccer team took to the turf for Bates’ first varsity contest of the fall season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don’t get to do this often,\u201d said head coach Kelsy Ross, referring to the fact that the soccer teams usually play on the grass of Russell Street Field. \u201cComing to the middle of campus and kicking off the season for the whole community tonight is really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bates goalkeeper Katherine Nuckols celebrates with teammate Caroline Bogue after defeating Maine Maritime.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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First-year Emma Lombardo celebrates with teammates after finding the back of the net to help lead the Bates women's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Maine Maritime.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Spectators watch from the bleachers of Garcelon Field as the Bates women's soccer team sends the ball towards the Maritime goalkeeper.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Sophomore Caroline Bogue scored to help lead the Bates women's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Maine Maritime.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Bates Women's Soccer Head Coach Kelsy Ross addresses her players before the start of the match.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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The energy and spirit of the moment, and the novelty of playing under the lights, were not lost on parent Steve Bogue, who made the four-hour midweek drive from Glastonbury, Conn., to see his daughter Caroline Bogue ’21 and the rest of the Bobcats in their 2018 debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though it’s not a NESCAC game, it’s the first game of the season and the only game under the lights,\u201d he said. He was roaming the sidelines, camera in hand, taking photos of Caroline. \u201cLike many parents, I suppose we\u2019re living our life over again through our kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the Bobcats were making their debuts as college athletes.<\/p>\n

“A rush of excitement and nerves” is how Emma Lombardo, a first-year from Warren, N.J., described the moment that Kelsy tapped her to enter the game.<\/p>\n

And Lombardo scored the team’s first goal. “I couldn’t have scripted it better,” she said, recalling her 11 years of club soccer, four years of high school soccer, college recruiting camps, and tournaments.<\/p>\n

“The hard work paid off,” she said. “The best part, however, was sharing the moment with the team. We are a tight-knit group. It already feels like a family.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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