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 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

This week we are celebrating the Bates football team knocking off previously unbeaten Wesleyan, field hockey’s best start since 1983, and an absolutely thrilling win for men’s soccer over Bowdoin on the new Russell Street Field turf. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:09 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

16:12 -- Ryan Lynskey '27 (NESCAC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Male Bobcat of the Week) and Peter Simplicio '25 (Member of the Bates football offensive line, named to the D3football.com Team of the Week).

28:20 -- Marcos Ruiz '27 (NESCAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week).

35:53 -- Anna Cote '25, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

43:16 -- Sebastian Iacovitti '26, Men's Soccer.

53:19 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.

Bates Bobcast Episode 350: Football's breakthrough victory and a Russell St. thriller

Believe it or not, spring sports are around the corner. So this week on the Bobcast we’re introducing you to new Bates women’s lacrosse head coach Princess L. Zabel!

Plus, women’s basketball has won four straight NESCAC games, with two key regular season contests remaining. And men’s track and field, as well as men’s swimming, went to Bowdoin last Saturday, and came back champions. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:37 -- Alexandra Long '25, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

7:43 -- Nate Roberts '28, Men's Track & Field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:39 -- Anton Kondratyev '28, Men's Swimming.

29:29 -- Princess L. Zabel, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.

Bates Bobcast Episode 366: Introducing Princess L. Zabel

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 introducing you to our four Lindholm Scholar Athletes from the class of 2025. These awards have been given annually since 1976 to the senior male and female athletes with the highest academic averages. You’ll meet a neuroscience major from the men’s swimming team, a sociology major from the women’s soccer team, a sociology and politics double major from the women’s cross country and track and field team, and a physics major, also from the women’s cross country and track and field team. That's this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:17 -- Tommo White '25, Men's Swimming & Diving.

8:04 -- Lily Houser '25, Women's Soccer.

16:40 -- Inez Johnson '25, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field.

28:58 -- Julia White '25, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field.

Bates Bobcast Episode 380: Meet our 2025 Lindholm Scholar Athletes

We’re looking back at a week that saw Bates fall sports teams go undefeated, with 11 victories to celebrate for the Bobcats…including one of the best football games Garcelon Field has seen in years. All that and more...on the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:15 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

15:13 -- Jack Perry '26, Football. (NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week + Male Bobcat of the Week)

24:47 -- Marcos Ruiz '27, Football. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)

32:45 -- Sarah Wicks '28, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

38:37 -- Lane Foushée '26, Men's Soccer captain.

47:27 -- Samantha Bunar '26, Women's Soccer captain.

57:41 -- Anaïs Reneaum '28, Volleyball.

60:03.45 -- Sophia Cordoni '29, Field Hockey.

60:09.17 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Men's Tennis.

Bates Bobcast Episode 385: A mammoth week for the Bobcats

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with the legendary Bates men’s track and field and cross country coach Walt Slovenski, as we interview his son Peter Slovenski about Walt’s remarkable career at Bates. Plus, the field hockey team won a NESCAC quarterfinal thriller over Hamilton in a shootout Saturday at Campus Ave. Field and we preview the NESCAC tournament with volleyball head coach Carissa Bradford. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:38 -- Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey Goalie. (NESCAC Player of the Week & Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:59 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:25 -- Lucy Paynter '26, Women's Cross Country captain.

30:37 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

37:28 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball.

43:33 -- Peter Slovenski, Son of Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Walt Slovenski.

Bates Bobcast Episode 392: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Walt Slovenski

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