The Bates Bobcast

This week on the Bobcast we’re wrapping up our 2026 Hall of Fame interview series with legendary two-time NCAA champion in the shot put and All-America volleyball player Liz Wanless '04. Plus, the football team got in the win column with a last-minute victory over rival Bowdoin, we preview the NCAA East Regional Cross Country Championship, which is being hosted by the Bobcats this Saturday, and basketball season is here….get the inside scoop on the women’s and men’s teams on this week’s episode of the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:31 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

11:04 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Football linebacker and team captain. (Bobcat of the Week)

19:16 -- Jeff Vidou '28, Football wide receiver. (Bobcat of the Week)

26:25 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.

42:40 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.

57:32 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.

1:07:01 -- Liz Wanless '04, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Volleyball, Track & Field.

This week we chat with Associate Dean of Students James Reese, who met Bates Athletics Hall of Fame legacy honoree Ellen “Kay” Craft Dammond '38, nearly 30 years ago. Plus, the cross country teams turned in strong performances last Saturday at the NESCAC Championships, and the football team hopes to get in the win column this Saturday, when they host Bowdoin for Senior Day at 1 p.m. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:30 -- Charlotte Crum '30, Women's Cross Country. (Bobcat of the Week)

9:23 -- Max Hoffman '28, Men's Cross Country. (Bobcat of the Week)

17:31 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

29:46 -- James Reese, Associate Dean of Students.

This week we’re gearing up for the CBB series with Bobcat of the Week Jeff Vidou and football head coach, Matt Coyne. Plus, the field hockey and women’s soccer teams have must-win matches Tuesday at Colby as the Bobcats make their playoff push. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:18 -- Haley Dwight '27, Field hockey captain. (Bobcat of the Week)

7:47 -- Sydney Litney '27, Women's soccer goalkeeper.

13:36 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

22:11 -- Jeff Vidou '28, Football. (Bobcat of the Week)

This week on the Bobcast, we catch up with recent Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Bud Schultz '81. Plus, the women’s golf team successfully defended their New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship and rowing excelled at the Head of the Charles Regatta. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:23 -- Isabelle Meltzer '28, Women's Golf. (Bobcat of the Week)

11:45 -- Evan Giesecke '29, Men's Cross Country. (Bobcat of the Week)

17:43 -- Sophie Shaw '29, Women's Rowing 1V Coxswain.

31:00 -- Sara Maquera '28, Men's Rowing 1V Coxswain.

43:13 -- Gwyn Jamison '28, Women's Soccer Captain.

49:10 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

55:20 -- Bud Schultz '81, Men's Tennis, Men's Basketball. Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

This week we catch up with recent Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Jason Coulie '00. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week are both goalies, as field hockey and men’s soccer both blanked Connecticut College on Saturday. And we preview the Head of the Charles Regatta with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:14 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

15:03 -- Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey. (Bobcat of the Week)

24:24 -- Isaac Kolaczkowski '30, Men's Soccer. (Bobcat of the Week)

32:31 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

38:58 -- Jason Coulie '00, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Baseball, Football, and Track & Field.

This week on the Bobcast we catch up with recent Bates athletics Hall of Fame inductee Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the gridiron and the soccer pitch, and field hockey won another NESCAC thriller. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:39 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

10:33 -- Liam Keaney '29, Football. (Bobcat of the Week)

17:59 -- Eleanor Martin '28, Women's Soccer (Bobcat of the Week + NESCAC Player of the Week)

22:11 -- Elsa Copeland '28, Field Hockey captain.

34:07 -- Malina Young '28, Volleyball captain.

41:37 -- Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16, Men's Squash. (Bates Athletics Hall of Fame)

This week we chat with Jeff Price, from the class of 1987. He’s the CEO of the Heisman Trophy Trust, and this Saturday the trophy is coming to Bates!

Plus, men’s soccer won a thriller with a late goal at Wesleyan, a women’s golf rookie impressed at Williams, and the men’s tennis team shined at the ITA New England Championships.

All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:22 -- Will Stillman '29, Men's Soccer. (NESCAC Player of the Week, Bobcat of the Week)

9:28 -- Rebecca Kriegsman '30, Women's Golf. (Bobcat of the Week)

22:14 -- Phillippe Kosyagin '27 and Tair Sarmanov '30, Men's Tennis.

31:05 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

38:06 -- Jeff Price '87, CEO of the Heisman Trophy Trust.

This week on the Bobcast, we travel 120 years back in time….to 1906, and the legalization of the forward pass. What team completed the first legal forward pass in the history of college football? Why yes, we believe it was Bates.

Plus, in more modern times….men’s cross country won the Maine State Meet for the third straight year, the volleyball team defeated Williams for the first time since 1999, and field hockey won another overtime thriller. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:50 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

12:50 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Bobcat of the Week, Maine State Champion.)

21:35 -- Charlotte Crum '30, Women's Cross Country, All-State.

30:58 -- Sofia Castiglioni '27, Volleyball. (Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Co-Player of the Week)

39:00 -- Bella Bigelow '28, Field Hockey.

49:42 -- Avni Bakre '29, Women's Tennis.

1:03:08 -- Tim Brown, Football Archaeology.

This week we cap off our fall sports season previews with…football!

The Bobcats kick off their 2026 season this Saturday at Amherst.

Plus, we chat with our Bobcats of the Week, both of whom scored their first collegiate goals for our respective soccer programs.

And, the Bates volleyball team is off to a 4-0 start, sparked by a junior college transfer.

All that and a field hockey overtime thriller, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

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

17:41 -- Whitney Ladich '30, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

24:43 -- Bora Ceranoglu '30, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

30:55 -- Elle Faris '28, Volleyball.

39:46 -- Sammy Logan '30, Field Hockey.

This week on the Bobcast, we continue our fall sports season previews with volleyball, cross country, tennis, and golf!

Interviews this episode:

0:49 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball.

11:32 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country.

23:17 -- Valeria Nikolaev, Head Coach, Women's Tennis.

37:49 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Men's Tennis.

51:07 -- Victoria Adams '27 and Mehar Nijjer '27, Women's Golf Captains.

1:02:20 -- Charlie Weinman '27 and Arthur Jenkins '27, Men's Golf Captains.