MEDFORD, Mass. — The No. 1 team in the country is unbeaten no more. Behind five goals from Falmouth’s Charlie Fay, Bates College upended top-ranked Tufts University 12-8 Tuesday in NESCAC men’s lacrosse action. Jack Allard added four goals and Jack Strain added two more for the Bobcats (7-4, 4-4 NESCAC), who launched 24 shots […]
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College basketball: Bates women’s coach Murphy retires
LEWISTON — One of the most most recognizeable faces of Bates College Athletics is turning in his whistle and clipboard in favor of retirement as this school years winds down. Jim Murphy, who has guided the women’s basketball team at Bates for 21 years, and who also coached the women’s soccer team for 16 seasons, […]
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Women’s lacrosse: Bobcats cage Camels in final home game
LEWISTON — Junior Moriah Greenstein scored four goals and senior Emma Getsinger added three more as the Bates women’s lacrosse team downed Connecticut College 15-8 Saturday in NESCAC action at Garcelon Field. Four players scored multiple goals for the Bobcats (6-7, 2-6 NESCAC). Lacey Hale led the Camels (2-8, 0-6) with two goals. The game […]
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Moser, Samuelson to receive honorary Bates degrees
LEWISTON — Auburn-based furniture-maker Thomas Moser and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson will be two of the four people receiving honorary degrees from Bates College at its commencement in May. The other two receiving degrees at the 149th commencement ceremonies May 31 are: • Manjul Bhargava, winner of the 2014 Fields Medal for mathematics […]
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Women’s college lacrosse: Bates falls short against Trinity
The Bobcats were down by as many as five goals in the first half but closed the gap to within one early in the second at Garcelon Field. “We got the early goal in the second half,” Bates coach Brett Allen said. “It was 6-5 in the first 30 seconds, and we had it going. […]
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NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament: Bates battles back but bows to Trinity, 79-62
WELLESLEY, Mass. — Thirty-three percent shooting proficiency didn’t get it done for Bates against Trinity during the regular season. Twenty-nine percent surely wasn’t enough to boost the Bobcats past the Bantams in the third round of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament. Thrown for a loop by an 11-minute, 36-second field goal drought Friday evening, […]
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Men’s basketball: Last-minute choice paid off for Safford, Bates
If that is true, count the dynamic between point guard Graham Safford and coach Jon Furbush of Bates College men’s basketball among the best in the galaxy. After four years together, the past three with Safford rarely leaving the floor, Furbush doesn’t even require hand signals or eye contact most of the time. “It’s amazing. […]
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Men’s basketball: Bates’ road to Final Four goes through Boston
LEWISTON — It is uncharted territory, but Bates men’s basketball won’t be dealing with unknown quantities in the NCAA Division III sectional round this weekend. The Bobcats collide with NESCAC rival Trinity (Conn.) at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Staake Gymnasium on the campus of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Bates and Trinity have met 44 […]
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College roundup: Bates wins again in D3 tourney, 68-59 over Stockton in OT
How sweet it is! Bates College men’s basketball advanced to the NCAA Division III men’s basketball Sweet 16 for the first time in school history Saturday night, beating host Stockton of Galloway, N.J., 68-59 in overtime. The Bobcats (21-6) knocked out St. Vincent on Friday. They’ll move on to face a more familiar foe, NESCAC […]
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NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament: Bates strikes down St. Vincent, 92-80
Decades in the making, the first NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament appearance for Bates College continues for at least another day. Bates recovered from a slow start Friday night and rolled to a 92-80 first-round victory over St. Vincent College at Stockton Sports Center in Galloway, N.J. Senior guard Graham Safford of Hampden was […]