The Bates Bobcast

The women's and men's cross country teams both qualified for the NCAA Championships in the same year for the first time since 2012! Plus, we preview the basketball and swimming & diving seasons on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast.

Interviews this episode:

1:21 -- Bart Rust '22, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week)

8:52 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)

14:14 -- Alison Montgomery, Women's Basketball, Head Coach

22:01 -- Jon Furbush '05, Men's Basketball, Head Coach

28:42 -- Associate Head Coach Vanessa Williamson '05, Captains Catherine Mullen '19 and Rory Collins '19, Swimming and Diving

With fall sports wrapping up, we caught up with volleyball head coach Melissa DeRan, men's soccer head coach Tyler Sheikh and women's soccer head coach Kelsy Ross to talk about their respective seasons. Plus, hear from our Bobcats of the Week: football captain Kyle Flaherty '19 and volleyball captain Julia Panepinto '20! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:56 -- Volleyball head coach Melissa DeRan and team captain Julia Panepinto '20 (Female Bobcat of the Week).

8:19 -- Men's soccer head coach Tyler Sheikh.

14:31 -- Women's soccer head coach Kelsy Ross.

21:36 -- Football team captain Kyle Flaherty '19 (Male Bobcat of the Week).

27:28 -- Football head coach Malik Hall.

A pair of Bates alumni are in the news! Tom Lopez '69 recently won his 300th football game as the head coach at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. And Amelia Wilhelm '18 was honored on Sunday for being one of nine finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Plus, the cross country teams shined at the NESCAC Championships and the volleyball team gears up for the conference tournament.

Interviews this episode:

1:22 -- Taylor Stafford-Smith '20, Volleyball

7:04 -- Tom Lopez '69, Head Coach, Lincoln-Sudbury Warriors football

15:30 -- Amelia Wilhelm '18, Women's Rowing, NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist

22:39 -- James Jones '20, Men's Cross Country (Male Bobcat of the Week)

26:56 -- Katie Barker '19, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)

32:36 -- Malik Hall, Football, Head Coach

The women's first varsity eight finished first in the Collegiate Eights race for the second straight year at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday. Plus, the football team's offense came alive at Middlebury and the volleyball team went undefeated at the Hall of Fame Tournament.

Interviews this week:

1:18 -- Elizabeth Folsom '21, Women's Rowing (Female Bobcat of the Week)

9:39 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football

25:31 -- Jackson Hayes '22, Football (Male Bobcat of the Week)

32:00 -- Claire Naughton '19, Volleyball

On this episode of the Bobcast, we preview the 54th annual "Head of the Charles" regatta. The Bates women's first varsity eight looks to repeat as collegiate eights champion and the men look to build on their best finish ever. Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week and relive Ramón Ruiz's 68-yard run to the end zone. All that and more...

Interviews on this episode:

1:01 -- Taylor Lough '19, Field Hockey

9:00 -- Jared Reeber '20, Men's Soccer

14:48 -- Tara Ellard '22, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)

19:26 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football

27:57 -- Tyler Harrington '19 (Male Bobcat of the Week) and Ramón Ruiz '21, Football

34:43 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing

Anastasia Leff is a senior but this is her first year on the Bates women's soccer team. On Sunday, she scored her first collegiate goal. Hear from her along with our Bobcats of the Week and more on the latest episode of the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

1:17 -- Riley Burns '22, Field Hockey (Female Bobcat of the Week)

5:00 -- Aleks Marceau '19, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week)

10:10 -- Anna Rozin '22 and Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis

15:49 -- Andrew Garcia-Bou '20, Men's Golf

22:10 -- Anastasia Leff '19, Women's Soccer

30:13 -- Malik Hall, Football Head Coach

On this episode of the Bates Bobcast, we celebrate the women's cross country team's third straight Maine State Championship. Plus, a look ahead to Back to Bates weekend with Senior Associate Director of Athletics Celine Cunningham. All that and more...

Interviews this week:

0:37 -- Sports attorney Janet Judge

4:06 -- Wendy Memishian '19, Women's Cross Country (Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:59 -- Peder Bakken '20, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week)

15:54 -- Malik Hall, Head Coach, Football

32:02 -- Celine Cunningham, Senior Associate Director of Athletics /

Senior Woman Administrator

The men's soccer team defeated a pair of NESCAC opponents over the weekend and the volleyball team went 2-0 as well. Meanwhile the field hockey team picked up a conference victory and the football team is on to Tufts. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

0:59 -- Malik Hall, Football head coach

14:30 -- Robbie Montanaro '19, Men's Soccer (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:26 -- Sydney Phillips '22, Volleyball (Female Bobcat of the Week)

25:36 -- Melissa DeRan, Volleyball head coach

30:08 -- Victoria McGee '20, Field Hockey

The Bobcat football team kicked off the Malik Hall era with a strong performance against Amherst. The cross country teams went toe-to-toe with Tufts at Pineland Farms and the women's soccer team finished the week on a high note. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews and Highlights:

0:41 -- Football highlights, Malik Hall interview.

16:31 -- So Kim '21 and Olivia Amdur '19, women's soccer.

22:14 -- Henry Colt '19, men's cross country captain.

30:07 -- Katie Barker '19, women's cross country.

33:49 -- Paul Gastonguay '89, tennis head coach.

40:12 -- Nick Glover '20 and Pieter Alex Wernink '22, men's tennis.

46:00 -- Julien Lewin '20, Andrew Garcia-Bou '20 and Liam McLoughlin '19, men's golf.

On this week's episode, the Bobcast recaps the first week of the fall sports schedule and previews the volleyball, men's golf, cross country and football seasons!

Interviews:

2:09 -- Julia Panepinto '20, Volleyball captain (Female Bobcat of the Week) and Volleyball Head Coach Melissa DeRan.

8:57 -- Preston Haugh '21, Men's Golf (Male Bobcat of the Week)

14:59 -- Chelsea Anglin '19, Women's Golf captain.

22:48 -- Al Fereshetian, Men's Cross Country Head Coach

31:48 -- Jay Hartshorn, Women's Cross Country Head Coach

38:06 -- Malik Hall, Football Head Coach