LEWISTON — Bates College held its annual “Bobcat Ventures” competition on April 1. The entrepreneur contest is funded and judged by Bates alumnae. Students who enter are coached ahead of time to make a two-minute pitch for their business venture idea. The judging panel then questions them. Last summer a Bates junior, Ali Rabideau, was […]
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2017 Bates Rec. Girls’ Lacrosse Clinic
LEWISTON — The Bates women’s lacrosse team will be hosting a girls’ lacrosse clinic on April 20 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Garcelon Field. It’s free for 6th-8th graders while 9th-12th graders, the cost is $5. All levels and positions are welcomed. Players will be seperated by experience during the clinic and goalie instructions. Please come […]
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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 […]
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College Softball: Bates lets lead slip, splits with Thomas
Bates catcher Tori Fitzgerald tags out Thomas College’s Kayla Bess as she tries to score during the first of Monday afternoon’s double header in Lewiston.After gobbling up a grounder by Thomas College batter Lauren Farina, left, Bates third baseman Julia Panepinto fires to first base for a force out during the first game of Monday’s […]
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Campus Notes: Bates lacrosse moves up to top of rankings
Now there is only one left with zero. The Bates College lacrosse team is the only remaining undefeated men’s lacrosse team in NCAA Division III after Tufts and Salisbury suffered their first setbacks of the season last week. Thanks to those losses, the Bobcats have moved up in a couple of polls. They jump from […]
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Bates College’s Beaudet makes the transition to college track and field from Edward Little
Anna Beaudet of Bates College graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn. LEWISTON — After a winter season battling sickness and just plain getting her bearings, former Edward Little track and field standout Anna Beaudet is finally finding her groove this spring as a freshman at Bates College. “It’s been (going) really well,” Beaudet […]
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Campus notes: Bates College chooses new athletic director
Jason Fein has been hired as the new director of athletics at Bates College in Lewiston. Fein will take over the post on July 1. His hiring is the culmination of a national search that began around the time current athletic director Kevin McHugh announced last August that he will step down June 30. “I […]
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College baseball: Bates sweeps Bowdoin
WATERVILLE — Three games that could have gone either way. Things went the way of Bates College in all three as the Bobcats swept a New England Small College Athletic Conference Eastern Division doubleheader on Saturday at Colby College, 4-3 in nine innings in the opener, and 6-3 in the seven-inning nightcap. Added to Bates’ […]
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Men’s lacrosse: Bates holds off Middlebury’s comeback attempt
Late in the game, Bates’ Charlie Fay attempts to get through Middlebury’s Clay Hunt (right) and Ben Catt deep in Middlebury’s end of the field. LEWISTON — Bates College men’s lacrosse coach Peter Lasagna called Saturday’s 15-12 win at Garcelon Field over fellow NESCAC opponent Middlebury College a “scary win.” Why so scary? With Bates […]
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Women’s lacrosse: Bates’ rally comes up just short
Bates College’s Caroline Kerrigan (4) sets to shoot on Bowdoin College keeper Kayli Weiss during their game at Garcelon Field on the campus of bates Colege in Lewiston on Wednesday. Kerrigan scored Bates’ first goal on the play. LEWISTON — The Bates College women’s lacrosse team came up just short Wednesday, missing an opportunity to […]