Men’s Hockey Excites the Crowd With Close Win Against WIT

January 17, 2018

Bates’ men’s hockey team started out the second half of their season with a bang at Underhill Arena Saturday, January 13. After losing some key games to end the first half of the season, including a devastating 13-4 loss to Thomas College, the team was back and ready to fight in the first compet...

Cook ’18 Earns All-America Honors To Cap Off Her Last XC Season

Sarah Rothmann

December 11, 2017

December is the time of year when all Fall courses come to a close, capped off with a daunting finals week. A never ending string of exams, papers, and group projects quickly bombard students as deadlines lurk around the corner. Imagine if during the stress of tackling all of the end of semester asse...

Squash Teams Are off to a Strong Start

Max Petrie

December 11, 2017

For the men’s squash team, the season couldn’t be off to a better start.  In four matches, they have gone 4-0, winning three by margins of 9-0 and the last 7-2.  These matches have come against Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Vassar, and Haverford.  As of right now, the team is nationally ...

Women’s Basketball Overcomes Maine-Augusta; Davenport ’18 Scores 1000th Career Point

December 11, 2017

On December 2, the women’s basketball team won an exciting home game against the Moose from the University of Maine at Augusta (Maine-Augusta) 67-58. During this game, Nina Davenport ’18 became the 20th person in Bates women’s basketball history to score 1,000 points during her career at Bates. Re...

Women’s Cross Country Dominates at DIII Regionals Meet

Jack McLarnon, Staff Cartoonist & Writer

November 15, 2017

This Saturday, November 11, the women’s cross country team competed in the NCAA Division III New England Regional Meet in Gorham, Maine on the Gorham Country Club golf course, the home course for the University of Southern Maine. Out of 56 teams, Bates finished in an impressive fifth place, thanks to an ou...

SAAC Raises Money for Hurricane Relief, Future Goals Include Mindfulness Projects and Field Day

November 15, 2017

Varsity, club, and intramural sports are a tremendous aspect of a student-athlete’s experience at Bates. Although participating in competitions and attending regular practices are a significant part of these athletics programs, as student athletes, it is also important to always consider one’s role...

Intramural Sports Offer an Array of Athletic Opportunities for Students

Max Petrie

November 15, 2017

Speaking about maintaining his health through his participation in intramural basketball, Brian Daly ’18 says, "I do it to make up for all the drinking." Ayden Eickhoff ’19 says, "I enjoy playing intramural sports because they create friendly competition in a low-stakes environment." Whatever the r...

Men’s Cross Country Finishes Season Strong at Regionals

November 15, 2017

The men’s cross country team competed at the NCAA Regional Championships in Gorham, Maine on November 11 and came away with a solid fifth place finish. This is the strongest showing that Bates has had at the Regional Championships since 2013. Read More »...

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Team is Optimistic about Upcoming Season

Max Petrie

November 8, 2017

As the Bates men’s and women’s swimming and diving team gets ready to start their season, there is plenty of optimism from the athletes. Coming off of the success in NESCACs last year, they feel that they can do even better with another year of experience. Hope Logan ’18 says, “We would love to...

Bobcats Takes Down Bowdoin to Claim Fourth Straight CBB Title

Gerald Nelson

November 8, 2017

It was a great day to be a Bobcat on Saturday, November 6. The football team beat the Bowdoin Polar Bears 24-17 to capture the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) title for a team-record fourth consecutive year. No team has won four in a row since Colby won five in a row between 1988 and 1992. The senior class...

Men’s and Women’s Nordic Skiing Teams Eagerly Anticipate the Coming Season

November 8, 2017

In last season’s 2017 opener, the men’s and women’s Nordic team had strong performances at the St. Lawrence Carnival, with Forrest Hamilton ’20, from Shelburne, VT, finishing eighth out of 101 for the men’s sprints and Parker McDonald ’18, from Wolcott, CO, coming in 19th out of 109 for the menâ€...

Women’s Basketball Prepares to Play to Their Strengths in Upcoming Season

November 8, 2017

As the fall sports season draws to a close and many athletes hang up their gear, the women’s basketball team is just getting started. With nightly practices beginning November 1, the Bobcats have been sprinting, shooting and dribbling their way across the court in preparation for the upcoming 2017-18 sea...