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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

Protti ’22 Named NESCAC Player of the Week, First Men’s Soccer Player Since 2012

Protti ’22 Named NESCAC Player of the Week, First Men’s Soccer Player Since 2012

September 17, 2019

Following his stellar two-goal performance in a 3-1 victory against Hamilton on September 7th, Luke Protti ’22 was named NESCAC Men’s Soccer Player of the Week. This game was just Protti’s fifth...

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Claws Out ‘Cats! No. 20 Men’s Cross Country pounces on three NESCAC rivals

September 17, 2019

The men’s cross country team dominated the Bates Super XC Shootout Invitational held at Pineland Farms on Sept. 16. Bates took five of the top six places in the race, overwhelmingly taking first wth...

Bates Rowing Cruises Towards Postseason

May 1, 2019

The Bates Men’s and Women’s Rowing teams continued their excellent run of results over the weekend, with both teams posting multiple wins at Holy Cross and the President’s Cup Regatta. With both...

Merrill’s War on Space Continues

May 1, 2019

As part of an initiative to revamp sports medicine at Bates and better support student-athletes’ well-being, the Athletic Department has decided to repurpose the second and last on-campus convertible...

Run Like the Wind

May 1, 2019

Men's track and field endures weather for NESCACs This Saturday, April 27, the Bates men’s track and field team traveled to Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont to compete in the New England...

Bates Tennis Optimizes Short-Term for Success

May 1, 2019

Being a student athlete at a rigorous institution such as Bates is already a struggle in itself. It sometimes feels as if balancing sleep, studying, practice, and eating can be an impossible feat. Now...

Women’s Track and Field Gains Momentum

May 1, 2019

On a Saturday afternoon that featured torrential rain and 20mph gusts of wind, the Bates women’s track and field team squared off against conference rivals for a shot at NESCAC supremacy. The Bobcats...

Student-Athlete Profile: Kirsten Pelletier ’20

May 1, 2019

Kirsten Pelletier ’20 has been one of the most talented softball players on campus since she arrived in the fall of 2016. She has pitched in nearly every game (66 of 86) that she possibly could have,...

Andrea Russo ‘19 Breaks Bates Career Hits Record

Andrea Russo ‘19 Breaks Bates Career Hits Record

April 3, 2019

“It’s such structure and then chaos.” This is how the sole senior on the Bates softball team, Andrea “Dre” Russo ’19 described her sport. “It’s routine, but anything can happen...pitches...

Jim Sylvia ‘84 Assists Baseball, Athletics Design Turf Field

Jim Sylvia ‘84 Assists Baseball, Athletics Design Turf Field

April 3, 2019

Graduating from Bates in May of 1984 was not the end for Jim Sylvia, a four-time letter winner for the baseball team and a proud member of the Bobcat community for four years. While some of his classmates...

Bates Women’s Swimming Finishes 20th at NCAAs

Bates Women’s Swimming Finishes 20th at NCAAs

April 3, 2019

Over the course of March 20-23, nine members of the Bates Women’s Swimming and Diving team travelled to Greensboro, N.C. to compete in the NCAA DIII National Championships. For a small school like Bates,...

Women’s Lacrosse Doubles Winning Streak

Women’s Lacrosse Doubles Winning Streak

April 3, 2019

Last Saturday, the Women’s Lacrosse team took on Williams in back-and-forth action that saw the Bobcats eventually pulling away with a 13-11 victory. This marked the second consecutive Bobcat win and...

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