CLINTON, N.Y. — Samantha Srinivasan drained 16 points and made nine rebounds to lead Hamilton College to a 62-53 victory over Bates in women’s basketball action Friday evening. Freshman forward Taylor McVeigh scored a career-high 15 points and grabbed six rebounds off the bench to lead the Bobcats (7-15), while sophomore guards Melanie Binkhorst and […]
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Bates' basketball teams fall to Williams; Maine men's hockey team also loses
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Willams College, the No. 4 ranked team in Division III basketball, pulled away in the second half to defeat Bates College 79-68 in a NESCAC men’s basketball contest. James Heskett led the Ephs (12-3, 3-1 NESCAC) with 23 points while Bobby Casey had 19 points and Mike Greenman had 11 points. Jeff Spellman […]
College football: Cosgrove excited to be at Colby
Former University of Maine head football coach Jack Cosgrove speaks with media during a news conference at Colby College on Monday. Cosgrove is the new football coach for Colby. (Staff Photo by David Leaming/Kennebec Journal) WATERVILLE — The coach who acknowledged being battered by the grind of his old job couldn’t help but smile as […]
Bates College's football season ends with loss to Hamilton
CLINTON, N.Y. — Special teams struggled especially in the Bates College football team’s 35-14 loss to Hamilton in both teams’ season finale Saturday. Hamilton’s Sam Robinson returned the second-half kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown to break a 7-7 tie and kick off a third-quarter onslaught during which the Continentals outscored the Bobcats 21-0. Hamilton’s […]
College football: Bates beats Bowdoin, claims fourth straight CBB title
Bates College players celebrate after defeating Bowdoin College in Lewiston on Saturday, securing a fourth consecutive CBB title. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) LEWISTON — The Bates College football team claimed its fourth consecutive CBB title by defeating Bowdoin 24-17 at Garcelon Field on Saturday. It’s the first time Bates has won four straight Colby-Bates-Bowdoin titles, […]
Bates football lets halftime lead slip away against Wesleyan
MIDDLETON, Conn. — The Bates College football team held a halftime lead for the first time this season Saturday. The second half didn’t go quite so well for the Bobcats, though, as they fell 41-23 to Wesleyan. Grant DeWald kicked a career-long 43-yard field goal to put Bates up 23-21 with 26 seconds left in […]
Men’s lacrosse: Wesleyan rallies to win NESCAC title
LEWISTON — Harry Stanton scored the game-winning goal with 4:58 to go as second-seeded Wesleyan rallied to defeat sixth-seeded Middlebury, 9-8, to win the NESCAC men’s lacrosse championship game at Bates College on Sunday. Wesleyan trailed for most of the game but held Middlebury to just two second-half goals and outscored the Panthers 3-0 in […]
Bates men’s lacrosse remains unbeaten, holds off Tufts in NESCAC battle
MEDFORD, Mass. — Two of the top Division III men’s lacrosse teams in the country squared off Tuesday with playoff implications aplenty. Bates College, the newly minted No. 2 team in the country, bolted out to a five-goal lead at the half and stretched the advantage to seven before Tufts University roared back in the […]
College football: Bates falls to Wesleyan
For the third straight week, the Wesleyan University football team held its opponent to single digits as the Cardinals held back Bates in 28-7 win at Garcelon Field on Saturday afternoon. The win is Wesleyan’s 11th in a row over Bates, and the Cardinals (3-1) are now 31-4 all time against the Bobcats (1-3). Neither […]
Bates adds three to golf coaching staff
AUBURN — When Robert Flynn retired in 2015 after 18 years at the helm, the Bates College Bobcats were in search for a new golf coach for both their men’s and women’s programs. Flynn, who held multiple roles in the athletic department at Bates including head baseball coach, assistant football coach and the head ski […]