This week we’re looking back on a strong weekend for the Bates tennis teams, and looking ahead to the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta, as the Bobcats are sending four boats to this Sunday’s big event.

Interviews this episode:

0:58 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

8:26 -- Ava Lyon '25 and Olivia Gidlow '25, Women's Tennis. (Female Bobcats of the Week)

19:29 -- Aaron Ramos (Dec. '24), Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week).

33:57 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

Bates Bobcast Episode 352: Previewing the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta

This week we’re chatting with women’s rowing first-year coxswain Hannah Herbst, who despite a lot of experience coxing on the west coast, had never been on the Charles River, until this past Sunday. Plus, field hockey and women’s soccer picked up big road NESCAC wins, and the golf teams impressed at the NEIGA Championship on Cape Cod. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:11 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

10:37 -- Haley Dwight '27, Field Hockey.

16:13 -- Abby Alter '25, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

22:22 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

27:49 -- Madeleine Kwei '25, Women's Golf.

34:10 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's Rowing Coxswain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 353: Navigating the Head of the Charles for the first time

This week we’re looking back at what was quite possibly the first nine-inning no-hitter thrown in the history of the Bates baseball program, which dates back to the 19th century. Plus, our four women’s lacrosse seniors had a Senior Day to remember. And softball continues to thrive in NESCAC play. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode: 

1:13 -- Ian McAslan '25, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

10:53 -- Brigid Gaffny '28, Softball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

20:54 -- Olivia Hall '25, Olivia Joaquin '25, Emily Mueller '25, and Caroline Taggart '25, Women's lacrosse captains.

32:14 -- Hannah Burdick '25, Women's rowing captain, stroke seat of the first varsity eight.

Bates Bobcast Episode 374: Baseball's historic no-hitter, celebrating our women's lacrosse seniors!

This week we’re celebrating the women’s rowing team making a big statement over the weekend in Massachusetts, and rising to No. 1 in the country as a result. Plus, the tennis teams celebrated Senior Day, and the baseball team got another outstanding pitching performance. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:20 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's Rowing first varsity eight coxswain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

10:53 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing first varsity eight coxswain.

19:50 -- John Tully '26, Baseball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

29:17 -- Juno Rogers '28, Women's Track and Field.

43:27 -- Eli Criss '25, Men's Tennis captain.

Bates Bobcast Episode 375: Women's rowing rises to No. 1 in the country

This week we introduce you to Stacey Bunting, the next Bates Director of Athletics. Hear how she first fell in love with sports, and what led her to becoming a Bobcat. Plus, the rowing teams won the President’s Cup once again, and celebrated some legends of the past along the way. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

0:44 -- Stacey Bunting, Incoming Bates Director of Athletics.

26:26 -- Maddie Kemp '25, Women's Rowing Captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

42:47 -- Ian Van Loo '25, Men's Rowing Captain.

50:29 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Track and Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

63:21 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.


Bates Bobcast Episode 377: Meet Stacey Bunting, the next Bates Director of Athletics

This week we’re talking track and field and rowing, as both programs are racing to the finish of the spring sports season, and rewriting some record books along the way. That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:08 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.

7:50 -- Graca Bila '28, Women's Track and Field.

13:14 -- Luke Desmaison '26, Men's Rowing.

20:16 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

Bates Bobcast Episode 378: The stretch run for the Bobcats

This week, we’re previewing the final two events of the school year for Bates athletics. The seniors have graduated, but the rowing teams aren’t done yet. The women’s team is headed to West Windsor, N.J. for the NCAA Championships, while the men’s team heads to Camden, N.J. for the IRA National Championship. We preview both, this week, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:07 -- Rylee Eaton '25, Women's Rowing captain, second varsity eight stroke seat.

13:03 -- Ben Auerbach '25, Sean Christiansen '25, and Ian Van Loo '25, Men's Rowing captains.

23:51 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

Bates Bobcast Episode 381: Previewing NCAAs and IRAs for the rowing teams

It's the final Bates Bobcast....of the school year!

We’re taking a look back at a pair of medal-winning performances for the rowing teams at their respective national championships. Plus, head coach Peter Steenstra puts a bow on the season. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:22 -- Hannah Herbst '28, Women's rowing first varsity eight coxswain (Female Bobcat of the Week).

4:36 -- Isabelle Martin '26, Women's rowing first varsity eight, future team captan.

8:09 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's rowing first varsity eight coxswain (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Luke Desmaison '26, Men's rowing first varsity eight, future team captain.

15:06 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

Bates Bobcast Episode 382: Rowing wraps up 2024-25 on the podium

This week we are recapping a thrilling and emotional win for the football team last Saturday at Tufts. Plus, we preview the Head of the Charles regatta with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra, and our Athletics Hall of Fame interview series continues with the 2015 Bates women’s rowing team, the first Bates team to win an NCAA championship. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:19 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

17:04 -- Ryan Lynskey '27, Football captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week)

23:59 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Football captain. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)

34:23 -- Malina Young '28, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

39:29 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing. (Head of the Charles Preview)

56:06 -- Jenna Armstrong '15, NCAA Champion Women's Rowing Team Captain, Hall of Fame Interview Series.

Bates Bobcast Episode 389: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- 2015 Women's Rowing Team

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with inductee Sherry Deschaine, who had a hand in coaching almost every women’s sport during her time as a Bobcat. Plus, we introduce you to our two new rowing assistant coaches, one of whom is a familiar face here at Bates. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:17 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football

9:38 -- Carmel Crunk '28, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

18:33 -- Anaïs Reneaum '28, Middle Hitter, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

26:31 -- Hannah Fitts '20 and Greta O'Hara, Rowing assistant coaches.

47:32 -- Sherry Deschaine, Pioneering women's head coach for a combined 50-plus sports seasons, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bates Bobcast Episode 391: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Sherry Deschaine

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