BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s soccer team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament last season. This year, the Polar Bears, under second-year coach Brianne Weaver, want more. So far, so good as Bowdoin improved to 3-0 with a 1-0 conference win over rival Bates College on Wednesday at Pickard […]
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College Baseball: One comeback not quite enough for Bobcats
Tufts freshman southpaw Tim Superko snuffed Bates’bid for another seventh-inning rally for a 4-2 win in Game 2 that earned the Jumbos the right to host the four-team tournament. But even though the Bobcats fell shy of their goal to host, a split with the top-ranked team in the conference gives them something to build […]
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Celtics stun, cage Bobcats
BOSTON (AP) — Avery Bradley scored 22 points, Phil Pressey had a career-high 13 assists and the Boston Celtics held off a late surge by the Charlotte Bobcats for a 106-103 win that snapped a nine-game losing streak on Friday night. Boston led 104-103 before Jared Sullinger made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left. […]
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College Baseball: Bobcats, Polar Bears split doubleheader in South Portland
With Casco Bay serving as its backdrop, Bates’ bullpen stemmed the scoring tide to give the Bobcats a 13-7 win in the seven-inning opener. Bowdoin’s Jay Loughlin responded by leading a quartet of seniors that quieted Bates’ bats for the nine-inning nightcap, 6-2, at Southern Maine Community College. Bates cleanup hitter Kevin Davis had the […]
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College Baseball: Bobcats have unity, talent to take on NESCAC
LEWISTON — Bates coach Mike Leonard isn’t surprised his team has picked itself up from an 0-6 start to start the season and won five of its last six. Unfortunately, the Bobcats have faced much deeper off-the-field adversity. The deaths of classmate John Durkin and Kobe Huynh, a 14-year-old Auburn Middle School student they had […]
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College lacrosse: Bobcats rally comes up short in home-opener
LEWISTON — In terms of quantity of shots, Bates couldn’t have asked for more in its lacrosse home opener Saturday against a possession-oriented team like NESCAC rival Trinity. The Bobcats outshot the Bantams, 58-27 (26-16 on goal), but goalkeeper Mickey Zaverucha stood tall in net, turning aside 19 to secure Trinity’s first win of the […]
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College lacrosse: Cappellini, Bobcats make noise in second half
Cappellini drew iron on a possible game-tying shot at halftime, but nothing but net on three second-half goals to lead Bates College’s nine-goal outburst in a 12-8 win over Wesleyan University in a New England Small College Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse clash Saturday at Garcelon Field. Cappellini, a sophomore, finished with a game-high five goals […]
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Bates College mourns death of junior John Durkin
The Bates College community is reeling, mourning the death of one of its students. John Durkin, 21, of Rye Beach, N.H., died Thursday in Rome while on an exchange program through Trinity College of Connecticut. He had last been seen around 2:30 a.m. Thursday in Campo de’ Fiori, a historic square lined with pubs popular […]
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College women’s basketball: Hancock sparks Trinity
LEWISTON — It didn’t take long for the Bates College women’s basketball team to see a different opponent in the second half Friday night. Trinity came out in the second stanza and was a much more energized and intense team after a slow first half. And there was little the Bobcats could do about it. […]
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Bates Men’s Basketball: Matarazzo puts the pressure on
LEWISTON — Luke Matarazzo’s coach describes his senior captain’s defensive makeup as part pit bull, part illusionist. The characterization brings up a jarring image of a cross between a bald rapper and a Las Vegas headliner. But the Bates guard has a full head of hair and doesn’t dream of seeing his name in lights […]