We are back for the 10th season of the Bates Bobcast! In this episode, we’ll preview the volleyball, cross country, and women’s soccer seasons. With volleyball’s “First Serve” scrimmage and the cross country Alumni Meet both happening this weekend! That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:05 -- Emily Hayes (head coach) and Ami Evans '26 (team captain), volleyball.

9:32 -- Danny Feldman, head coach, cross country.

20:43 -- Joe Vari, head coach, women's soccer.

Bates Bobcast Episode 345: Serving up a new year of Bates athletics!

This week we are celebrating a perfect home week for Bates fall sports. Men’s soccer is 3-0, women’s soccer is 2-0, No. 7 nationally ranked field hockey is 2-0, and our volleyball team is 3-0! Plus, women’s golf won the Husson Invitational. 

And this week, we’re previewing the Bates football season, which kicks off this Saturday at Amherst. 

All that…on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:27 -- Rachel Suh '27 (Female Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week) and Isabelle Bernal '28, Women's Soccer.

12:08 -- Benny Bogyo '27, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

19:26 -- Haley Dwight '27, Field Hockey.

27:56 -- Sofia Castiglioni '27 and Skye Higashihara '28, Volleyball.

36:12 -- Isabelle Meltzer '28 and Sarah Wicks '28, Women's Golf.

48:07 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football. (Season Preview)

Bates Bobcast Episode 347: A perfect home week for Bates fall sports, and a football season preview!

This week we introduce you to new Bates women’s tennis head coach Deepak Sharma. He and men’s tennis head coach Paul Gastonguay '89 join the show to fill us in on the start of a new era in Bates tennis.

Plus, we preview the men’s golf season with their senior captains, and a look back on a week of Bates athletics that had a consistent theme: defense. The week included another play that ended up on ESPN! 

All that and more....

Interviews this episode:

1:16 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

12:09 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

19:55 -- Ruby Reimann '25, Goalkeeper and Team Captain, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

32:54 -- George Nassar '28, Goalkeeper, Men's Soccer. (Made SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day for his penalty kick save against UNE!)

41:45 -- Will Phillips '25 and Freddie Curtis '25, Men's Golf Captains. (Season Preview)

55:27 -- Paul Gastonguay '89 (Head Coach, Men's Tennis) and Deepak Sharma (Head Coach, Women's Tennis).

Bates Bobcast Episode 348: A new era for Bates tennis

This week we introduce you to new Bates Deputy Director of Athletics Will Rothermel! 

Plus, the women’s soccer team broke in the new Russell Street Field turf with a 2-0 win over Maine Maritime, the volleyball team is off to a 2-0 start in NESCAC play, and the cross country teams are both state champions. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

8:45 -- Phoebe Pohl '25, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

15:21 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

28:21 -- Skye Higashihara '28, Volleyball. (NESCAC Player of the Week)

38:04 -- Eleanor Martin '28, Women's Soccer. (First goal on the new Russell Street turf!)

43:10 -- Will Rothermel, Bates College Deputy Director of Athletics.

Bates Bobcast Episode 349: A new Bobcat, a new playing surface, and volleyball's undefeated weekend

If you’re a Bates football fan, this is your week. The Bobcats beat Middlebury 21-20 on Saturday, knocking off a first-place team in the NESCAC for the second time this season, and defeating the Panthers for the first time since 1988. The awards soon followed. We’ve got you covered in pretty much every aspect of the game, this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode: 

1:12 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

13:48 -- Sergio Beltran '26 and Colton Bosselait '25, Football. (NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)

26:03 -- Sami Kim '28, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

32:41 -- Matt Juneau '25, Football. (NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week)

41:06 -- Peter Simplicio '25, Football. (Member of the offensive line, named to the D3football.com Team of the Week)

Bates Bobcast Episode 354: Football closes the gap, stuns Middlebury

This week we’re looking back on a thrilling win in a shootout for Bates field hockey in the NESCAC quarterfinals at Wesleyan. Plus, a Bates running back made NESCAC history, that's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:22 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.

9:18 -- Anna Lindeis '25 (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey.

20:49 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

26:44 -- Ryan Lynskey '27, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week -- NESCAC record 344 rushing yards against Bowdoin)

Bates Bobcast Episode 355: Field hockey returns to the NESCAC semifinals

We’re celebrating Bates field hockey making the NESCAC championship game for the first time ever, and beating the six-time defending champs to do it. Plus, basketball season starts this weekend, and we have the full preview. All that and more, this week, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:54 -- Amanda Zerbib '25 and Haley Dwight '27 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Field Hockey.

12:32 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.

21:55 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.

30:30 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

37:59 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

Bates Bobcast Episode 356: Field hockey’s historic win and a Bates basketball season preview

This week we’re chatting with a pair of swimmers who impressed in a season-opening dual meet sweep for the Bobcats. Plus, women’s basketball is 3-1 after splitting a pair of games in Rhode Island over the weekend, and cross country wrapped up the fall sports calendar at the NCAA Championships. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:14 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball.

7:32 -- Nate Oppenheim '28, Men's Swimming. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

18:34 -- Stephanie Tropper '25, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

30:07 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.

Bates Bobcast Episode 358: Swimming’s fast start to the winter

We ring in the new year with a preview of the Bates Carnival, hosted by the alpine and Nordic skiing teams this Friday and Saturday at Sunday River and Black Mountain. Plus, Lewiston’s own Chiwer Mayen put on a show for Bates men’s basketball fans against Saint Joseph’s, and our Bobcats of the Week impressed against Division I opponents. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:29 -- Sarah Hughes '27, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

6:47 -- Chiwer Mayen '26, Men's Basketball.

17:01 -- John Weigel '27, Men's Swimming. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

26:10 -- Sequoia Anstine '25, Kenzie Arnott '25, Nic Hotermans '25, and Kyle Kagan '25, Alpine Skiing captains.

40:20 -- Eva McDonough '25, Nordic Skiing captain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 361: Previewing the 2025 Bates Carnival!

This week we’re looking back at some big performances for the track and swimming teams. Plus, Brady Coyne delivered for men’s basketball at the buzzer, and the squash teams both picked up big wins Sunday against Wesleyan. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:16 -- Brady Coyne '26, Men's Basketball.

14:31 -- Tim Johnson '27, Men's Swimming. (NESCAC Performer of the Week and Male Bobcat of the Week)

27:01 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field captain.

36:40 -- Grace Flaherty '25, Women's Squash captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

Bates Bobcast Episode 364: A record-breaking weekend for Bates

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