Bates College’s Anna Cote was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association’s Division III All-American second team Tuesday.

Cote, an Auburn native and St. Dom’s graduate, scored 12 goals and added three assists for the Bobcats during her junior season this year.

Cote was also named a First Team All-Region selection by the NFHCA and a First Team All-NESCAC selection.

Cote’s older sister Paige, a senior this season, was named an NFHCA third team All-American last year. The sisters are the fifth and sixth All-Americans in program history.

MEN’S BASKETBALL
BATES’ BEGIN II EARNS DUAL HONORS: Marc Begin of Bates College earned Maine Men’s Basketball Coaches and Writers Association’s Maine Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors Tuesday as he helped the Bobcats to a 99-92 win over Colby in their lone contest of the week on Saturday.

Begin had 38 points in that contest, to go along with five rebounds, four assists and two steals.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
UMF’S DOW SHARES WEEKLY AWARD: Jessica Dow of University of Maine at Farmington garnered co-rookie of the week honors from the Maine Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Tuesday.

Dow filled the stat sheet with a 15-point effort and grabbed 13 boards while dishing out nine assists, recording three steals and two blocks in the Beavers’ 90-59 win over Lesley University on Friday. That performance also earned her North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Week honors Monday — the second time she’s won that award this season.

Dow, of Saco, is averaging a team high 13.1 points per game while also bringing in 6.1 rebounds and dishing out 3.2 assists per game.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK
GOLDBERG, JALBERT RECEIVE RECOGNITION: University of Southern Maine teammates Kiana Goldberg and Olivia Jalbert each were honored by the Little East Conference with weekly awards Monday.

Goldberg, a Lisbon grad, was named the LEC Track Rookie of the Week after a successful first collegiate meet. Goldberg won the 55-meter hurdles at Saturday’s USM Alumni Open in a time of 8.49, which is already fifth-fastest in program history. She was also on the Huskies’ winning 4×400-meter relay team.

Jalbert, a senior from Auburn and an Edward Little grad, was tabbed the conference’s Field Athlete of the Week. She won the high jump (1.57 meters) and was second in the long jump (5.14 meters) at Saturday’s meet.

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