The Bates Bobcast

This week we are celebrating the Bates football team knocking off previously unbeaten Wesleyan, field hockey’s best start since 1983, and an absolutely thrilling win for men’s soccer over Bowdoin on the new Russell Street Field turf. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:09 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

16:12 -- Ryan Lynskey '27 (NESCAC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Male Bobcat of the Week) and Peter Simplicio '25 (Member of the Bates football offensive line, named to the D3football.com Team of the Week).

28:20 -- Marcos Ruiz '27 (NESCAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week).

35:53 -- Anna Cote '25, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

43:16 -- Sebastian Iacovitti '26, Men's Soccer.

53:19 -- Sean Resnick '28, Men's Golf.

This week we introduce you to new Bates Deputy Director of Athletics Will Rothermel!

Plus, the women’s soccer team broke in the new Russell Street Field turf with a 2-0 win over Maine Maritime, the volleyball team is off to a 2-0 start in NESCAC play, and the cross country teams are both state champions. All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

8:45 -- Phoebe Pohl '25, Women's Cross Country. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

15:21 -- Andrew Mottur '25, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

28:21 -- Skye Higashihara '28, Volleyball. (NESCAC Player of the Week)

38:04 -- Eleanor Martin '28, Women's Soccer. (First goal on the new Russell Street turf!)

43:10 -- Will Rothermel, Bates College Deputy Director of Athletics.

This week we introduce you to new Bates women’s tennis head coach Deepak Sharma. He and men’s tennis head coach Paul Gastonguay '89 join the show to fill us in on the start of a new era in Bates tennis.

Plus, we preview the men’s golf season with their senior captains, and a look back on a week of Bates athletics that had a consistent theme: defense. The week included another play that ended up on ESPN!

All that and more....

Interviews this episode:

1:16 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

12:09 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

19:55 -- Ruby Reimann '25, Goalkeeper and Team Captain, Women's Soccer. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

32:54 -- George Nassar '28, Goalkeeper, Men's Soccer. (Made SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day for his penalty kick save against UNE!)

41:45 -- Will Phillips '25 and Freddie Curtis '25, Men's Golf Captains. (Season Preview)

55:27 -- Paul Gastonguay '89 (Head Coach, Men's Tennis) and Deepak Sharma (Head Coach, Women's Tennis).

This week we are celebrating a perfect home week for Bates fall sports. Men’s soccer is 3-0, women’s soccer is 2-0, No. 7 nationally ranked field hockey is 2-0, and our volleyball team is 3-0! Plus, women’s golf won the Husson Invitational.

And this week, we’re previewing the Bates football season, which kicks off this Saturday at Amherst.

All that…on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:27 -- Rachel Suh '27 (Female Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Player of the Week) and Isabelle Bernal '28, Women's Soccer.

12:08 -- Benny Bogyo '27, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

19:26 -- Haley Dwight '27, Field Hockey.

27:56 -- Sofia Castiglioni '27 and Skye Higashihara '28, Volleyball.

36:12 -- Isabelle Meltzer '28 and Sarah Wicks '28, Women's Golf.

48:07 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football. (Season Preview)

At last… it is game week for a majority of Bates fall sports! After previewing women’s soccer, volleyball, and cross country last week, this week we turn our attention to the No. 9 nationally ranked field hockey team, men’s soccer, and women’s golf. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:07 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey.

9:02 -- Ben Brewster, Head Coach, Men's Soccer.

13:02 -- Abby Spector, Director of Women's Golf.

We are back for the 10th season of the Bates Bobcast! In this episode, we’ll preview the volleyball, cross country, and women’s soccer seasons. With volleyball’s “First Serve” scrimmage and the cross country Alumni Meet both happening this weekend! That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:05 -- Emily Hayes (head coach) and Ami Evans '26 (team captain), volleyball.

9:32 -- Danny Feldman, head coach, cross country.

20:43 -- Joe Vari, head coach, women's soccer.

It’s the season finale of the Bobcast!

On this week’s episode, we catch up with three-time All-American and Bates nominee for the D3 Commissioners Association Male Athlete of the Year Award, Ned Farrington. Plus, we chat with the Bates nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year, women’s swimming 14-time All-American Grace Wenger.

Rowing head coach Peter Steenstra recaps the IRA National Championship Regatta, and Bates Director of Athletics Jason Fein puts a bow on the year that was, in Bates athletics.

Interviews this episode:

1:15 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

18:41 -- Ned Farrington '24, Bates nominee for D3CA Male Athlete of the Year.

29:50 -- Grace Wenger '24, Bates nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year.

36:25 -- Jason Fein, Bates Director of Athletics.

We’re previewing the 2024 IRA National Championship, as the men’s rowing team is sending a program-record three crews to the regatta.

Plus, we look back at yet another All-America performance for Bates men’s track and field’s Ned Farrington, as assistant coach Alison Leonard '10 joins the show to recap the NCAA Championships. That’s this week, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

0:44 - Alison Leonard '10, Assistant Coach, Cross Country and Track & Field.

10:47 -- Micah Shimizu '26, Men's Rowing Varsity Four Coxswain.

With commencement set for this Sunday, we’re celebrating Senior Week on the Bobcast!

Hear from the three seniors who hosted the inaugural CATSBY Awards, plus a preview of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with distance coach Danny Feldman. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:12 -- Danny Feldman, Head Cross Country and Distance Coach. (NCAA Track and Field Championships preview)

13:18 -- Tad Koenigsbauer '24, Men's Squash, Senior Week interview.

22:51 -- Cole De Magistris '24 (Football), Ella Blum '24 (Field Hockey), Simon McCormick '24 (Men's Basketball), CASTBY Awards hosts.

After a week away for our inaugural CATSBY awards, the Bobcast is back! This week we’re recapping the National Invitational Rowing Championship with head coach Peter Steenstra and men’s first varsity eight coxswain Izzy Beck. Plus, track and field athletes have one more chance to qualify for NCAAs this Thursday at MIT, but one of them is already safely in. And we introduce you to Orange Whip, the Bates men’s club Ultimate team. They’re headed to nationals for the first time ever. That’s this week on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:19 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing.

12:29 -- Izzy Beck '25, First Varsity Eight Coxswain, Men's Rowing. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

23:51 -- Ned Farrington '24, Men's Track and Field Captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

36:06 -- Chrissy Aman '24, Women's Track and Field.

42:15 -- Daniel Snider '25, Ben Morse '24, Nat Bushley '24, and Eric Treyz '25, Orange Whip (Men's Ultimate) captains.