WATERVILLE — With its season on the line, the Bates College men’s lacrosse team defeated Colby College 20-15 on Wednesday afternoon in annual Flahive, McDuffee, Sandler Memorial Game. The win propelled them into the conference tournament for the fourth straight season. Bates (8-7, 4-6 NESCAC) will travel to face top-seeded Wesleyan (12-2, 9-1 NESCAC) for the quarterfinals, […]
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Bates nearing its carbon-neutral goal
John Rasmussen, energy manager at the Bates College facility services, points out a new burner on an old boiler in the Cullen Maintenance Center on Wednesday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — After its first full winter using a new fuel oil created by turning plants into a burnable liquid, Bates College officials say they […]
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College softball: Bates splits doubleheader with Husson
BANGOR — Freshman Caroline Bass tallied five hits over the course of two games, and the Bates softball team split a doubleheader with Husson Monday evening. Olivia Smith tossed a complete game, allowing five runs on seven hits to lead the Eagles to a 10-5 victory in Game 1 of Monday’s doubleheader. Morgan Coleman put […]
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Bates claims seventh straight President’s Cup Regatta
Bates College hosted the 22nd President’s Cup regatta at the school’s boathouse along the Androscoggin River in Greene on Sunday Morning. The women’s 8 teams, above, dominated in their races against rivals Bowdoin and Colby. The Bates team won seven of 10 races Sunday to clinch the President’s Cup for the seventh consecutive year. Visit […]
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College Baseball: Bates sweeps Trinity
HARTFORD, Connecticut — Bates College came back in Game 1 of its doubleheader to defeat Trinity 5-3 in seven innings, and continued the momentum in Game 2 with a 4-3 victory. In the first contest, the Bobcats scored four times in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded, Jack Arend earned a walk […]
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Women's lacrosse: Mammoths stifle Bobcats
Liv Sandford, right, of Bates College, battles Amherst College’s Rebecca Wistreich for a loose ball during Saturday’s lacrosse game at Garcelon Field in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — After allowing a five-goal flurry early in Saturday’s NESCAC women’s lacrosse game against No. 4 Amherst, Bates virtually shut down the Mammoths for the final 50 […]
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College softball: Bowdoin slugs to doubleheader sweep of Bates
Bates shortstop Tori Fitzgerald makes a diving catch on a short blooper to the infield during Saturday’s softball game against Bowdoin. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Bowdoin made sure to make the most of its hits during a NESCAC softball doubleheader against Bates on Saturday. That was something the Polar Bears failed to do Friday […]
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College roundup: Bates softball beats Bowdoin for first time since 2012
BRUNSWICK — The Bates College softball team scored six times in the fifth inning and held on to top NESCAC East rival Bowdoin by a score fo 6-4 in college softball action Friday afternoon. The win is Bates’ first over Bowdoin since 2012. Trailing 3-0, the Bobcats (16-10) got to work against Bowdoin starter Kate […]
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Buxton throws no-hitter as Bates sweeps UMF
LEWISTON — Payton Buxton tossed Bates College’s second softball no-hitter of the season Tuesday in an 8-1 victory over the University of Maine atFarmington in Game 2 of the doubleheader Tuesday at Lafayette Street Field. Buxton struck out five and walked one. The lone run she allowed came in the top of third as Alyssa Dillan scored […]
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Bates College plans to build new science building by 2021
LEWISTON — Bates College is moving ahead with plans for a new three-story science building on Campus Avenue that it plans to open by the start of the 2021 fall semester. The building, between Bardwell and Nichols streets, will have classrooms, study and meeting spaces and research and teaching labs, the college said. The new […]