The Bates Bobcast

On the 100th episode of the Bates Bobcast, we catch up with the first student-athlete to appear on the show. Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week and introduce you to the baseball team's starting center fielder, a former football player who is excelling on the diamond! All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

1:06 -- Men's Lacrosse head coach Peter Lasagna

3:27 -- Clarke Jones '18, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)

8:34 -- Katie Allard '19, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week)

15:45 -- Connor DiVincenzo '18, Baseball

23:48 -- Brad Rutkin '17, Men's Golf (first student-athlete guest on the Bobcast, back in 2015!)

On this week's episode, we celebrate the outstanding performances turned in by Bobcat swimmers at the NCAA Championships. The women finished 12th and the men finished a program record 14th in the nation. Plus, we preview the rowing season and the Bates men's lacrosse team cracked SportsCenters' Top 10....at No. 1. All that and more on the Bates Bobcast!

Topics and Interviews:

0:46 -- Swimming coverage. Group interview with All-American senior swimmers Teddy Pender, Jonathan Depew, Riley Ewing, Logan McGill and Hope Logan.

15:51 -- Men's lacrosse makes ESPN SportsCenters' Top 10 at No. 1.

16:29 -- Women's lacrosse coverage. Interview with goalkeeper Eliza Statile '19.

21:30 -- Baseball coverage. Interview with LHP and captain Connor Russell '18.

26:00 -- Women's rowing coverage. Interview with two-time All-American and captain Olivia Stockly '18.

34:11 -- Joint interview with Sam Evans-Brown '09, NHPR's Outside/In Radio host (former Bates Nordic skier) and Alex Kapelman '09, The Decision Podcast host (former Bates men's ultimate captain).

On this episode, we preview the NCAA Championships for the women's and men's swimming teams! 11 Bobcats will compete in Indianapolis this week.

Plus, we talk to our Bobcats of the Week and relive an exciting pair of games for the men's lacrosse team.

Featured on this week's Bobcast:

1:20 -- Men's Lacrosse vs. Trinity highlights

1:52 -- Peter Lasagna, Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

4:30 -- Rocco Fantoni '19, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)

10:24 -- Maisie Silverman '18, Women's Tennis (Female Bobcat of the Week)

17:27 -- Peter Casares, Women's and Men's Swimming Head Coach

This week we talk with author and Bates alumna Amy Bass '92 about her book "One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together." Plus, we recap an impressive opening week for the softball team and we celebrate five All-America honors for the track and field program. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

1:05 -- Brett Allen, Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

3:35 -- Jay Hartshorn, Women's Track and Field Head Coach

14:54 -- Kirsten Pelletier '20, Softball (Female Bobcat of the Week)

20:40 -- Dan Trulli '19, Baseball

28:56 --Maisie Silverman '18, Women's Tennis

35:52 -- Andrew Berghuis '18, Men's Tennis

42:21 -- Amy Bass '92, Author: "One Goal"

Sophomores Kaelyn Woods and Griffin Mueller are headed to the NCAA Skiing Championships! Plus, we preview the Bates softball season and as always, we recap the rest of the "week that was" in Bates athletics.

Interviews this week:

0:55 -- Clarke Jones '18, Men's Lacrosse

2:42 -- Matt Chlastawa '20, Men's Lacrosse (Male Bobcat of the Week)

6:50 -- Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis (Female Bobcat of the Week)

12:05 -- Kaelyn Woods '20, Women's Nordic skiing

17:06 -- Griffin Mueller '20, Women's alpine skiing

22:88 -- McKell Barnes, Softball Head Coach

Our Bobcats of the Week have interesting stories to tell about overcoming adversity to help their teams succeed. Plus, we talk with two very talented doubles teams from the Bates tennis program. All that and more on this week's Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

0:59 -- Teddy Pender '18, Men's Swimming (Male Bobcat of the Week)

8:07 -- Annie Duke '18, Women's Lacrosse (Female Bobcat of the Week)

14:44 -- Lauren Hernandez '20 and Hannah Sweeney '21, Women's Tennis

20:10 -- Josh Quijano '19 and Josh Leiner '18, Men's Tennis

25:56 -- Pat Cosquer '97, Women's and Men's Squash Head Coach

We continue our preview of Bates spring sports on the Bobcast by looking ahead to the men's and women's lacrosse and tennis seasons! It should be an exciting year for all four programs and we talk with head coaches Peter Lasagna, Brett Allen and Paul Gastonguay on the latest Bates Bobcast.

Interviews this Week:

0:36 -- Caroline Apathy '21, Women's Swimming (Female Bobcat of the Week)

12:58 -- Ayden Eickhoff '19 and Sally Ceesay '18, Women's Track and Field

20:56 -- Men's Lacrosse Head Coach Peter Lasagna

33:51 -- Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Brett Allen

43:23 -- Women's and Men's Tennis Head Coach Paul Gastonguay '89

Pitchers and catchers report this week in Major League Baseball. And the Bates baseball team gets its season underway Sunday in southern California! Plus, we've got your basketball, track, skiing and squash covered on the latest Bates Bobcast.

Interviews this week:

1:33 -- Nick Lynch '19, Men's Basketball

3:25 -- Jack Kiely '18, Men's Track and Field (Male Bobcat of the Week)

13:48 -- Jenny Martin '21, Women's Track and Field (Female Bobcat of the Week)

18:21 -- Griffin Mueller '20 and Tagert Mueller '20, Alpine Skiing

27:10 -- Squash Head Coach Pat Cosquer '97

35:21 -- Baseball Head Coach Jon Martin

The women's track and field team won its fifth straight indoor state championship. Senior men's track and field captain Adedire Fakorede set a meet record in the weight throw and the squash teams impressed at the NESCAC Championships. We have it all covered on this week's Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

1:06 -- Srishti Sunil '18, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week.)

6:48 -- Adedire Fakorede '18, Men's Track and Field. (Maine State Meet record in the 35-pound weight throw.)

12:46 -- Anirudh Nambiar '18, Men's Squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week.)

We are excited to announce that Bates alpine skier Dinos Lefkaritis '19 of Larnaca, Cyprus will represent his home country in the 2018 Winter Olympics! He becomes the 12th Olympian in Bates College history. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast.

Interviews this week:

0:43 -- Dinos Lefkaritis '19, Men's alpine skiing.

11:50 -- Alpine skiing head coach Micaela Holland '11.

23:01 -- Katherine Cook '18, Women's track and field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

30:17 -- Garon Rothenberg '20, Men's squash. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

34:42 -- Vicky Arjoon '19, Women's squash (NESCAC Player of the Week)