The Bates Bobcast

This week marks the 400th episode of the Bates Bobcast!

To celebrate, we are throwing it back to 2016 with a vintage interview with two-time College Squash Association National Champion Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16. Plus, back here in 2026, men’s basketball beat Bowdoin and Colby while also getting featured on ESPN, the alpine skiing teams opened the carnival season at the Colby Carnival, and track and field hosted the Bates Invitational & Multi. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:52 -- Gabby Bellacqua '28, Women's Basketball.

2:41 -- Sean O'Leary '28, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

12:56 -- Regan Clute '29, Alpine Skiing. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

24:09 -- Carson Moellering '26, Men's Track & Field captain.

35:50 -- Juno Rogers '28, Women's Track & Field.

43:38 -- Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16, Men's Squash Two-Time National Champion. (Original Interview from March 8, 2016)

This week our Hall of Fame Interview series continues with volleyball All-American and softball star Rachel Clayton, from the class of 1990. Plus, the women’s basketball team is 13-1 and 2-0 in NESCAC following wins over Amherst and Hamilton, a women’s track and field sprinter broke a school record, and a men’s swimmer broke a NESCAC record. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:30 -- Lily Lambo '28, Women's Basketball.

10:36 -- Sarah Palmer '27, Women's Swimming.

18:55 -- Marrich Somridhivej '26, Men's Swimming captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

27:34 -- Graca Bila '28, Women's Track & Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

35:21 -- Dennis Welte '28, Men's Squash captain.

43:58 -- Zoe Schaedle '26, Women's Squash.

55:44 -- James Upham, Head Coach, Nordic Skiing.

1:05:54 -- Kurt Simard, Head Coach, Alpine Skiing.

1:17:07 -- Rachel Clayton '90, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball.

We’re celebrating the start of the new year with a look at our basketball teams, as the men’s and women’s teams are a combined 22-2 entering NESCAC play, which starts this Friday against Amherst. Plus, our Hall of Fame Interview Series continues with two-time Olympian Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler, from the class of 1978. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:50 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

5:21 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

17:30 -- Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler '78, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Nordic skiing, lacrosse, field hockey, cross country.

Our Hall of Fame interview series continues with 16-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion Keelin Godsey, from the class of 2006.

Plus, men’s basketball is 7-0 and receiving votes in the D3hoops.com top 25 poll after a road win at Bowdoin. The swimming and diving teams set nine meet records at the Maine Collegiate Invite, and track and field impressed at their season openers. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:45 -- Jamari Robinson '29, Men's Basketball.

9:28 -- John Weigel '27, Men's Swimming and Diving NESCAC Performer of the Week. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

16:59 -- Hannah Pawlowski '29, Women's Track and Field. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

22:51 -- Nick Walker '29, Men's Track and Field.

30:18 -- Keelin Godsey '06, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame, Track and Field.

This week we resume our Hall of Fame interview series with three-time NCAA champion in the indoor shot put David Pless, from the class of 2013. Plus, the basketball teams enter the month of December undefeated, and we preview the indoor track and field season. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:11 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's Basketball captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

8:30 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

20:07 -- Curtis Johnson, Head Coach, Track & Field.

26:55 -- David Pless '13, Men's Track & Field, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

This week we’re celebrating one thousand (and one) career points for Elsa Daulerio, as the women’s basketball senior captain helped Bates defeat Southern Maine in overtime. Plus, the basketball teams are a combined 9-0 headed into Thanksgiving, the swim teams are undefeated, and women’s squash is off to a strong start.

Interviews this episode:

1:46 -- Elsa Daulerio '26, Women's basketball captain, 1,000 career points club!

5:05 -- Brady Coyne '26, Men's basketball. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

11:35 -- Aasya Patel '26, Women's squash captain. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

22:12 -- Marrich Somridhivej '26, Men's swimming and diving captain.

27:48 -- Cora Zuwallack '27, Women's swimming and diving.

This week we’re reflecting on an outstanding season for Bates field hockey, as they won the NESCAC for the first time and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second straight year.

Plus, not one, not two, but three Bates cross country runners are headed to the NCAA Championships, and both basketball teams got off to strong starts. And with it being International Student Week, we chat with one of the most valuable members of the Bates football team….who doesn’t even play. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:35 -- Mayoral Proclamation Recognizing Bates Field Hockey.

4:33 -- Leah White '27, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

13:07 -- Jack Crum '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

19:25 -- Ava James '26, Women's Basketball. (Maine Co-Player of the Week)

25:32 -- Babacar Pouye '27, Men's Basketball. (NESCAC Player of the Week and Maine Co-Player of the Week)

32:04 -- Seonmin Jeong '26, Football team manager and Basketball official scorekeeper.

41:26 -- Nadiia Usenko, Head Coach, Squash (Season Preview)

The No. 4 nationally ranked Bobcats are the 2025 NESCAC field hockey champions! We talk with the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year and the back-to-back NESCAC Player of the Week on this week's episode of the Bobcast. Plus, we wrap up the Bates football season and get winter sports previews started with basketball and swimming!

Interviews this episode:

2:25 -- Haley Dwight '27 (NESCAC Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Year) and Ava Donohue '28 (NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week + Female Bobcat of the Week)

14:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

22:50 -- Connor Hennessey '29, Quarterback, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

29:02 -- Jon Furbush '05, Head Coach, Men's Basketball.

36:44 -- Alison Montgomery, Head Coach, Women's Basketball.

49:05 -- Peter Casares, Head Coach, Swimming and Diving.

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with the legendary Bates men’s track and field and cross country coach Walt Slovenski, as we interview his son Peter Slovenski about Walt’s remarkable career at Bates. Plus, the field hockey team won a NESCAC quarterfinal thriller over Hamilton in a shootout Saturday at Campus Ave. Field and we preview the NESCAC tournament with volleyball head coach Carissa Bradford. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:38 -- Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey Goalie. (NESCAC Player of the Week & Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:59 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:25 -- Lucy Paynter '26, Women's Cross Country captain.

30:37 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

37:28 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball.

43:33 -- Peter Slovenski, Son of Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Walt Slovenski.

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with inductee Sherry Deschaine, who had a hand in coaching almost every women’s sport during her time as a Bobcat. Plus, we introduce you to our two new rowing assistant coaches, one of whom is a familiar face here at Bates. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:17 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football

9:38 -- Carmel Crunk '28, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

18:33 -- Anaïs Reneaum '28, Middle Hitter, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

26:31 -- Hannah Fitts '20 and Greta O'Hara, Rowing assistant coaches.

47:32 -- Sherry Deschaine, Pioneering women's head coach for a combined 50-plus sports seasons, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.