The Bates Bobcast

This week we chat with Philadelphia Phillies Director of Mental Performance Ceci Craft, from the Bates class of 2005. The Phillies are headed to the World Series after capturing the National League pennant. Plus, we recap the Head of the Charles Regatta with a pair of coxswains, and a wild football game with head coach Matt Coyne. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

0:47 -- Ceci Craft '05, Director of Mental Performance, Philadelphia Phillies.

31:26 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

39:00 -- Grace Biddle '23, Field Hockey. (Bobcat of the Week)

45:28 -- Izzy Beck '25, Men's Rowing Varsity Four Coxswain. (Bobcat of the Week)

55:40 -- Olivia Seline '24, Women's Rowing 1V Coxswain.

This week we’re recapping a victory for the football team under the lights at Garcelon Field over rival Bowdoin. Plus, women’s soccer had a Senior Day to remember and we preview this Sunday’s Head of the Charles regatta for the rowing teams. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:05 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

8:19 -- Tony Hooks '23, Linebacker, Football. (NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week and Male Bobcat of Week)

13:02 -- Colton Bosselait '25, Quarterback, Football.

17:15 -- Elizabeth Patrick '23, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

25:28 -- Ruby Haylock '26 and Alex Voight-Shelley '24, Women's Golf.

35:35 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

On this week's Bobcast, we’re looking back at the Bates football team’s thrilling win at Amherst! Plus, men’s soccer played a pair of wild NESCAC matches, and field hockey earned yet another NESCAC victory. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

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

11:01 -- Christian Olivieri '23 (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Mohamed Diawara '23, Wide Receivers, Football.

20:56 -- George Hawkins III '24, Linebacker, Football.

28:35 -- Archie Green Jr. '24, Kicker/Punter, Football. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)

37:25 -- Rawson Welch '24, Men's Soccer.

46:26 -- Kami Lambert '24, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

This week we’re celebrating a pair of state championships for cross country. Plus, the men’s golf team brought the CBB Championship back to Lewiston. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

0:59 -- Eli Boesch Dining '23, Men's Cross Country Captain. (State Champs!)

8:49 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country Captain. (State Champion, Female Bobcat of the Week)

12:22 -- Paul Detre '24, Men's Golf. (CBB Champs!)

22:57 -- Alec Szwarcewicz '23, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

31:02 -- Izzy Lussier '24, Women's Soccer.

37:02 -- Joanna Atwater '23 and Ally Friedman '24, Women's Tennis.

41:29 -- Alex Gujarathi '24, Men's Tennis.

54:05 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

This week we’re talking golf and tennis, with Bobcats of the Week Maddy Kwei '25 and Matthew Danielson '24. Plus, we break down a hole-in-one with Bates first-year men’s golfer Henry Ehrlich '26! All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

0:55 -- Henry Ehrlich '26, Men's Golf. (First career hole-in-one!)

12:35 -- Maddy Kwei '25, Women's Golf, Williams Classic Medalist. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

19:53 -- Matthew Danielson '24, Men's Tennis. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

28:08 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

This week we chat with a pair of Mainers who are making big impacts early in the year for their respective sports. Plus, the field hockey team is off to a 4-1 start and ranked 11th in the country! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast.

Interviews this episode:

0:48 -- Anna Lindeis '25, Field Hockey.

5:43 -- Ruby Haylock '26, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

18:19 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

26:43 -- Jillian Richardson '23, Women's Cross Country Captain. (NESCAC Cross Country Performer of the Week)

30:50 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

This week we chat with sisters Paige and Anna Cote, both of whom have played big roles in the field hockey team’s best start since 2006. Plus, Bates football head coach Matt Coyne previews the season, which begins this Saturday…at his alma mater, Wesleyan. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:20 -- Paige Cote '24 (NESCAC Player of the Week, Female Bobcat of the Week) and Anna Cote '25, Field hockey.

8:38 -- Emma Eide '24, Volleyball captain.

13:51 -- Alec Szwarcewicz '23, Men's soccer captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:26 -- Courtney Gray '23, Women's soccer captain.

26:21 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis. (Wallach Women's Invitational preview)

31:44 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

This week we preview the field hockey and golf seasons! Plus, an early look at the 2022 Bates football team with senior captain Sean Bryant.

Interviews this episode:

0:35 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.

8:55 -- Abby Spector and Brendon Croteau, Directors of Bates Golf.

17:56 -- Sean Bryant '23, Football, Wide Receiver and Team Captain.

Welcome to the eighth season of the Bates Bobcast, our weekly podcast that takes a look at the week that was in Bates athletics! This week we’re previewing the 50th annual Bates cross country alumni meet, with new women’s and men’s cross country head coach Danny Feldman, and track and field head coach Curtis Johnson. Plus, it’s time to preview the volleyball, women’s soccer, and men’s soccer seasons!

Interviews this episode:

0:43 -- Danny Feldman (Head Coach, Cross Country) and Curtis Johnson (Head Coach, Track and Field).

11:02 -- Emily Hayes, Head Coach, Volleyball.

22:26 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer.

31:42 -- Noah Riskind '16, Interim Head Coach, Men's Soccer.

This week we wrap up the 2021-22 athletics year with Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein. Plus, a look back at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships, the big end-of-season regatta for men’s rowing, with head coach Peter Steenstra. That’s coming up on the season finale of the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:11 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

14:02 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics.