The Bates Bobcast

The Bates rowing teams made a big statement at the 53rd annual Head of the Charles regatta. Plus, field hockey and men's soccer gear up for must-win games and cross country hosts the NESCAC Championships!

Topics and Interviews this week:

0:45 -- Rowing

1:46 -- Peter Steenstra Interview

10:10 -- Hanna De Bruyn '18 and Grace Murnaghan '20 Interview (Women's First Varsity Eight, Female Bobcat of the Week)

18:15 -- Ariel Lee '19 and Kyle Schlueter '18 Interview (Men's First Varsity Eight, Male Bobcat of the Week)

28:49 -- Football, Interview with head coach Mark Harriman

37:53 -- Men's Soccer

38:12 -- PJ DiBenedetto First Goal Highlight

38:32: PJ DiBenedetto Second Goal Highlight

38:55 -- PJ DiBenedetto '18 and Max Watson '18 Interview

40:26 -- Interview with men's soccer head coach Stewart Flaherty

41:58 -- Field Hockey: Interview with senior captain Sydney Beres

45:42 -- Cross Country: Ben Tonelli '18 and Mary Szatkowski '18 Interview

The field hockey and volleyball teams went a combined 6-0 last week, with field hockey knocking off the No. 2, No. 5, and No. 6 ranked teams in the country! Plus, both cross country teams won the Maine state championship and men's golf took home the CBB title. All that and more!

Highlight clips and interviews this week:

0:56 -- Football. Brendan Costa touchdown run. Jaason Lopez touchdown catch. Head coach Mark Harriman interview

12:05 -- Field hockey. Grace Fitzgerald's game-winning goal against No. 2 Babson.

12:41 -- Grace Fitzgerald interview.

14:17 -- Emma Patterson's game-winning goal against No. 5 Tufts.

15:21 -- Taylor Lough's game-winning goal against No. 6 Amherst.

15:50 -- Taylor Lough quote. (NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week)

16:15 -- Alexa Jurgeleit interview (Female Bobcat of the Week)

21:08 -- Volleyball. Jacqueline Forney Interview (NESCAC Volleyball Player of the Week)

24:23 -- Angel Echipue Interview

28:09 -- Women's Cross Country, Katherine Cook Interview (Maine State Champion)

33:11 -- Men's Cross Country, Matt Morris Interview (Male Bobcat of the Week)

37:35 -- Men's Golf, Andrew Garcia-Bou and Julien Lewin interview.

The Bobcat fall sports teams competed in a number of close contests in NESCAC play last week and we recap it all on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week:

Football head coach Mark Harriman -- 0:43

Men's soccer's Eric Opoku '20 -- 9:18

Women's soccer's Elizabeth Bennett '21 -- 10:29

Field hockey's Caroline O'Reilly '18 -- 14:36 (Female Bobcat of the Week)

Men's golf's Andrew Garcia-Bou '20 -- 19:50 (Male Bobcat of the Week)

The football team got a spark from first-year Brendan Costa and the cross country teams shined yet again, with a first-year from Maine helping the women win the Saratoga Invitational. All that and more on the latest Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this week include:

Football Head Coach Mark Harriman (1:07)

First-Year Quarterback Brendan Costa (10:09)

Female Bobcat of the Week: First-Year Women's Cross Country runner Abby Hamilton (17:07)

Male Bobcat of the Week: Senior Men's Cross Country runner Zach Magin (20:59)

Men's Soccer Goalkeeper Robbie Montanaro '19 (30:42)

Volleyball Head Coach Melissa DeRan (36:24)

The women's soccer team is off to its best start since 2005 and is undefeated at 2-0-1 in NESCAC play, earning a draw with No. 4 nationally ranked Williams over the weekend. Learn about them and more on the latest Bobcast!

Interviews this week (with time markers):

0:51- head football coach Mark Harriman

9:16 - head women's soccer coach Kelsy Ross

14:45 -- Women's soccer senior captain & goalkeeper Sarah McCarthy (Female Bobcat of the Week)

20:18 -- Men's tennis: Ben Rosen (Male Bobcat of the Week)

26:34 -- Field hockey: Junior forward Taylor Lough

31:35 - Volleyball: Sophomore Taylor Stafford-Smith

35:57 -- Men's Soccer: Senior captain Max Watson

The cross country and golf teams shined last week for Bates. Meanwhile the soccer programs continue to thrive and field hockey is back on the winning track. Plus, check out our weekly football update. All that and more!

Sports covered on this episode:

0:45 -- Football including our weekly interview with head coach Mark Harriman.

10:47 -- Men's Soccer including interviews with Nate Merchant '18 and Austin Sansone '20.

15:26 -- Women's Soccer including an interview with head coach Kelsy Ross.

16:43 -- Field Hockey including an interview with Caroline O'Reilly '18.

20:44 -- Men's and Women's Cross Country plus interviews with our Bobcats of the Week: Justin Levine '20 and Katherine Cook '18 (Cook's segment starts at the 26:53 mark).

31:16 -- Men's and Women's Golf---Interviews with Julien Lewin '20 and Brittany Seipp '21

39:57 -- Women's and Men's Tennis preview with head coach Paul Gastonguay.

We preview the 2017 Bates football season with defensive lineman and student body president Walter Washington, along with head coach Mark Harriman. Plus, a look back on the great start to the season for the soccer programs. All that and more!

It's the return of the Bates Bobcast! Learn everything you need to know about our soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country programs. They all begin their 2017 seasons this week. Plus, we interview new Director of Athletics Jason Fein.

The women's rowing team took home its second national championship in the last three years, Charlie Fay got selected in the Major League Lacrosse Draft and our track and field athletes shined at nationals. All that and more, on the final episode of the school year!

We look back on an epic men's lacrosse season and look ahead to the NCAA Championships for men's tennis' Ben Rosen, track & field and women's rowing. All that and more, on the latest Bates Bobcast!