The Bates Bobcast

This week we’re recapping a record-setting NCAA Championships for the 13 Bates swimmers who qualified for the national meet. Plus, the spring season gets underway for the rowing teams this Saturday and Sunday in sunny San Diego. Hear from head coach Peter Steenstra about the exciting competition they’ll face.

Interviews this episode:

1:14 -- Grace Wenger '24, Seven-Time All-American, Women's Swimming. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:14 -- Nathan Berry '23, Three-Time All-American, Men's Swimming. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

25:33 -- Leo Kupferman '23, Men's Tennis.

33:21 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships produced another All-American for Bates. Plus, a full preview of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:40 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

8:41 -- Wil Masterson '24, Men's Lacrosse. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

15:52 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.

This week we’re looking back on one of the great Bates sports moments in history, thanks to the women’s basketball team’s heroics in the NCAA tournament. Plus, women’s track and field is sending a pair of athletes to the NCAA Championships, and we remember the life and legacy of the great Bates coach, George Wigton. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast.

Interviews this episode:

1:40 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach) and Mia Roy '22. (Women's Basketball Roger Williams post-game press conference)

3:35 -- Ariana Dalia '22, Women's Basketball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

10:35 -- Jordan Wilson '23 and Elise Lambert '22, Women's Indoor Track and Field. (NCAA Championships preview)

21:10 -- Joanna Atwater '23, Women's Tennis.

29:02 -- Teddy Koide '23, Men's Tennis captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

41:48 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Remembering George Wigton.

This week we’re celebrating the women’s basketball team’s first…ever…NESCAC title! Plus, men’s track and field had a strong showing at New Englands, and it’s National Athletic Trainers Month! Meet Andrew England, certified athletic trainer for women’s hoops at Bates.

Interviews this episode:

1:23 -- Meghan Graff '23, Women's basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week)

10:02 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's track and field. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

19:20 -- Henry Jamieson '23, Baseball.

28:37 -- Andrew England, Certified Athletic Trainer, (National Athletic Trainers Month!)

This week we celebrate 14 Bates team records falling at the NESCAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships!

Plus, senior Mia Roy broke a women’s basketball record of her own, and it’s time to spring ahead and take a look at the next season of Bates sports, with baseball and lacrosse previews.

Interviews this episode:

1:08 -- Mia Roy '22 (NESCAC, Maine, and Female Bobcat of the Week) and Alison Montgomery (Head Coach), Women's Basketball.

9:58 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).

20:01 -- Peter Lasagna, Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse.

34:20 -- Jon Martin, Head Coach, Baseball.

43:21 -- Renee Olsen, Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse.

This week you’ll hear from a first-year swimmer who broke not one, not two, but three individual Bates program records at the NESCAC championships. Plus, we talk with a sophomore sensation on the ski slopes, and with head tennis coach and Bates alumnus Paul Gastonguay '89, whose teams head to Florida next week to kick off the spring season. And of course, the NESCAC tournament begins this weekend for the basketball teams...

Interviews this episode:

1:21 -- Bri Gadaleta '23, Women's Basketball.

7:55 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.

25:53 -- Sophie Cassily '25, NESCAC Women's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Year (Female Bobcat of the Week).

31:46 -- Bo Underhill '24, Alpine Skiing (Male Bobcat of the Week).

40:28 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, Head Coach, Tennis.

This week we’re introducing new head football coach Matt Coyne!

Plus, men’s basketball head coach Jon Furbush is now the winningest coach in program history and men’s track and field took home the indoor state championship. All that plus a squash thriller, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:56 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

28:10 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week).

35:50 -- Elise Lambert '22, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week).

43:41 -- Jairaj Singh '23, Men's Squash.

51:55 -- Olivia Cuneo '24, Women's Nordic Skiing.

59:35 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball (Most career wins in program history).

This week we’re chatting with Sam Francis '17, who parlayed his Bates athletics experience — in football and lacrosse — and his academic talents — as a double major in math and economics — to become a trusted member of the Super Bowl–bound Cincinnati Bengals’ coaching staff as the team’s data analyst. Plus, meet Mainer Simon McCormick, who led Bates men’s basketball to a season sweep of Bowdoin. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:19 -- Simon McCormick '24, Men's Basketball (Male Bobcat of the Week).

10:19 -- Cricket Dotson '23, Women's Squash (NESCAC Player of the Week and Female Bobcat of the Week).

28:12 -- Rowan Hassman '23, Women's Track and Field.

33:35 -- John Everett '22, Men's Track and Field.

46:14 -- Sam Francis '17, Football Data Analyst for the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals.

In this episode we’re highlighting some standout Bates skiers from the Saint Michael’s Carnival. Plus, the men’s swimming and diving team remained undefeated in dual meets, capturing the CBB title. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:14 -- Andrew Hall '22, Men's Swimming and Diving (Male Bobcat of the Week).

8:41 -- Sequoia Anstine '25, Women's Alpine Skiing (Female Bobcat of the Week).

17:18 -- Cal Schrupp '24, Men's Nordic Skiing.

28:33 -- Abbey Otterbein '23, Women's Track and Field.

36:09 -- Truman Williams '25, Men's Track and Field.

We’re recapping another outstanding week for the Bates women’s basketball team. The Bobcats went 3-0 and beat a top 5 nationally ranked team…for the second time this year. Plus, hear about the longest women’s Nordic race in Bates history, a Bobcat hurdler’s work with the Women’s Sports Foundation, and swimming and diving sweeping aside their rivals from Colby. That’s coming up, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:40 -- Alison Montgomery (Head Coach) and Mia Roy '22 (Female Bobcat of the Week), Women's Basketball.

18:07 -- Sophia Carrai '25, Women's Swimming and Diving.

23:04 -- Jack Johnson '22, Men's Swimming and Diving Captain (Male Bobcat of the Week).

29:14 -- Olivia Skillings '22, Women's Nordic Captain.

39:09 -- Bo Underhill '24, Men's Alpine Skiing.

48:27 -- Amanda Kaufman '22, Women's Track and Field Captain.

55:32 -- Matthew Hamilton '25, Men's Track and Field (Jumper, Photographer, Videographer).