The Bates Bobcast

On this week's Bobcast, we're recapping a thrilling 25-24 win for the Bates football team over Bowdoin. Plus, we look ahead to the men's basketball season and talk to the former Bates QB who held the single-season passing record until Brendan Costa broke it on Saturday. Interviews this episode: 1:06 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football. 5:51 -- Christian Olivieri '22, Wide Receiver, Football...

This week on the Bobcast, we’re recapping the NESCAC Championships for both cross country teams! Plus, we preview the swimming and diving season with head coach Peter Casares and associate head coach Vanessa Williamson '05. All that and more... Interviews this episode: 1:08 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football. 5:43 -- Carly Harris '22, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week). 12:0...

This week we’re recapping another strong showing from the rowing program at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Plus, we highlight a pair of cross country runners who shined at the Bowdoin Invitational and take a look ahead to the Big Game with interim head football coach Ed Argast. Interviews this episode: 1:08 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football. 8:12 -- Lucy Del Col '24, Women's Rowing, Fir...

This week we’re previewing the return of the Head of the Charles Regatta with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra! Plus, field hockey picked up a NESCAC win on Senior Day and the nationally ranked cross country teams turned in strong performances against elite competition. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:59 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football. 6:46 -- Emily...

This week on the Bobcast we’re talking about the football team’s 33-10 win at Tufts. Plus, the nationally ranked cross country teams continue to dominate and a trio of women’s golfers qualified for the NESCAC Championships this spring. Hear from our student-athletes and coaches on the only podcast dedicated to Bates athletics!  Interviews this episode: 1:08 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Footba...

This week we’ve got a jam packed Bobcast, including interviews with student-athletes and coaches from EIGHT different sports. It’s the height of fall sports season and we’ve got it all covered, on the Bates Bobcast!  Interviews this episode: 1:14 -- Custavious Patterson, Senior Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, Football. 12:24 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Men's Cross Country. 20:19...

This week we introduce you to one of our 13 club sports at Bates: rugby! The rugby squad plays the University of Maine this Friday night at 7pm on Garcelon Field. Plus, our recap of the week that was in varsity athletics, including interviews with standouts from the Bates field hockey, volleyball and men’s tennis and golf programs. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode:...

This week on the Bobcast we are celebrating our cross country teams winning the Bates Super Cross Country Shootout, including the women's squad outracing No. 5 Tufts. Plus, the field hockey team earned its first NESCAC win in convincing fashion and football battled Amherst to the wire. All that and more! Interviews this episode: 1:27 -- Ed Argast, Interim Head Coach, Football. 6:32 -- Mohamed Diaw...

This week we get you ready for the football team’s home opener Saturday against Amherst, as we chat with fifth-year seniors Brendan and Anthony Costa. Plus, the men’s soccer team is off to a great start and a pair of Bobcats earned NESCAC honors last week! Interviews this episode: 1:21 -- Rex Lane '25, Men's Soccer. (NESCAC Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week) 8:26 -- Jill Richardson '2...

This week we remember All-American thrower Peter Goodrich '89, who died in the attacks of September 11, 20 years ago. Teammate Matthew Schecter '89 shares his memories of Peter and tells us more about the Peter Goodrich Memorial Scholarship. Plus, we continue our fall sports previews with volleyball, field hockey and football. Interviews this episode: 0:46 -- Matthew Schecter '89. Remembering Pete...

This week we preview the 49th annual cross country and track and field alumni meet, with women’s head coach Jay Hartshorn. Plus, we get our fall sports previews rolling with women’s and men’s soccer! Interviews this episode: 1:08 -- James Peter '22, Owen Keleher '22 and Alec Szwarcewicz '22, Men's soccer captains. 6:58 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's soccer. 16:40 -- Jay Hartshorn, Head Coach, Wo...

This week we chat with the men’s cross country and track and field team’s third head coach in the last 70 years, Curtis Johnson. Plus, meet the new directors of Bates golf, including a Maine Sports Hall of Famer! Interviews this episode: 1:16 -- Curtis Johnson, head coach, men's cross country and track and field. 15:24 -- Brendon Croteau and Abby Spector, directors of Bates golf.

It’s the seventh season of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast where we take a look at the week that was, in Bates athletics! This week we welcome two of our new head coaches to Bates! Emily Hayes and Renee Olsen are on campus and ready to lead the volleyball and women’s lacrosse programs respectively.

This week we are celebrating this year’s virtual reunion with a special trip down memory lane with Bobcats from years past. We’ll hear from student-athletes who graduated as recently as 2016 and as far back as 1976, as they reflect on their times at Bates. Interviews this episode:  1:08 -- Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16, Two-Time National Champion, Men's Squash. 8:27 -- Rebecca Waldo '11, Three-Time All-A...

This week we celebrate a fourth straight NCAA championship for the Bates women’s rowing team! Plus, John Rex and Elise Lambert represented the track and field program on the national stage, and both brought home All-America honors. What a way to end the spring, and we recap it all, on the latest Bates Bobcast!  Interviews this episode: 1:22 -- Saylor Strugar '21, Women's Rowing Captain. 3:51 -- El...

On this week's episode, we preview the NCAA Championships for track and field, and women’s rowing. Plus, we chat with our three men’s rowing seniors, as they head to the IRA National Championship regatta for the second time in their careers! Interviews this episode: 0:40 -- NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships preview with Bates head coach Jennifer "Jay" Hartshorn. 14:21 -- NCAA Men'...

This week on the Bobcast, we salute our squash seniors! Like other Bobcat fall and winter sports, they made the most of a year that saw no competition. Interviews this episode: 0:54 -- Maeve O'Brien '21, Team Captain, Women's Squash. 7:25 -- Omar Attia '21, Team Captain, Men's Squash. 18:32 -- Rei Hergeth, Head Coach, Squash.

This week we celebrate another NESCAC title for women’s rowing! Plus, senior baseball captain Christian Beal reflects on his time as a Bobcat and we give a salute to our swimming seniors. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!  Interviews this episode: 1:28 -- Catharine Berry-Toon '21, Women's rowing (Representing the First Varsity Eight, the 2021 NESCAC Champions and our Female Bobcats of the We...

Senior captain Preston Haugh finished his collegiate career in style for the men's golf team, winning NESCAC Event No. 2. Meanwhile, a trio of track and field athletes moved up the Bates all-time performance lists and the softball team turned the tables on Trinity in the final game of the season. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!  Interviews this episode:  1:28 -- Payton Buxton '21, Softbal...

This week we recap the busiest weekend for Bates sports in quite some time! Our Bobcats of the Week come from women’s lacrosse and men’s track and field. Plus, we talk with student-athletes from our tennis, golf, rowing and women’s track and field programs. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:53 -- Kathryn Grennon '21, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week). 10...

This week we celebrate the return of sports at Bates after a two-week layoff. Join us as we talk about strong performances from our tennis, rowing and golf programs! Interviews this episode: 1:34 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's tennis captain (Female Bobcat of the Week). 11:26 -- Nick Forester '23, Men's tennis (Male Bobcat of the Week). 25:04 -- Evan Saltman '22, Men's rowing coxswain. 33:29 -- El...

On this week's Bobcast we continue our “senior salutes” for teams who saw their seasons erased by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we chat with the senior captains and the head coaches for the Bates basketball programs. Interviews this episode: 0:48 -- Julia Middlebrook '21, Women's basketball captain. 14:53 -- Alison Montgomery, Women's basketball head coach. 29:00 -- David Akinyemi '21, J...

This week we return to our “senior salutes” for teams who saw their seasons erased by the COVID-19 pandemic. On this episode, we chat with the senior captains and the head coaches for the Bates Nordic and alpine skiing teams. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:54 -- Zoe McKinney '21, Tucker Pierce '21 and Carter Ros '21, Nordic skiing captains. 14:52 -- Becky Woods...

Saturday was Opening Day for the Bates baseball and softball teams! We have the full recap of a fun day at the ballpark. Plus, a preview of the tennis seasons, on the Bates Bobcast!  Interviews this episode: 0:45 -- Christian Beal '21, Baseball (Male Bobcat of the Week). 10:27 -- Caroline Bass '21, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week). 16:40 -- Tyler Attal '23 and Amanda Taylor '23, Baseball and S...

This week we recap the first games played by Bates sports teams in more than a year. Both lacrosse programs picked up wins over Saint Joseph’s and the women’s basketball team split a pair of games against Colby. Hear from our Bobcats of the Week and more, on the Bates Bobcast! Interviews this episode: 0:37 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball (Female Bobcat of the Week). 6:10 -- Chris Costello...