Roger Williams goalie Lydia Nelson has no chance to make a save as Bates’ Allison Dewey slips through the defense and fires a shot into the back of the net for a first-half goal during Thursday’s game in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — With its offense scuffling the last couple of games and the […]
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College Golf: Sense of state pride at the NCAA DIII Championship
There were several local connections at the 2017 men’s NCAA Division III Golf Championship at the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, this May. St. Joesph’s College and Husson University earned their invitations as a team by winning their respective conferences. The Monks won the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, and the Eagles won […]
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Middlebury tops No. 1 Bates College in NESCAC men’s lacrosse semifinal
LEWISTON — Saturday’s NESCAC men’s lacrosse semifinal game between Middlebury and Bates came down to faceoffs — win the faceoffs, gain possession, score and, hopefully, repeat. Middlebury resoundingly won the faceoff battle, 23-8, and in doing so also won the battle where it mattered most — on the scoreboard. The sixth-seeded Panthers defeated the top-ranked […]
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Men’s Lacrosse: Bates success this has been building the past few years
Bates College lacrosse coaches Peter Lasagna, left, Tom Fournier and Trevar Haefele celebrate their 13-0 regular season after the Bobcats beat Colby 24-10 on Wednesday. To some, to see the Bates men’s lacrosse team as the No. 1 Division III team and currently 14-0 in the nation maybe a surprise. From 2008 to 2012 the […]
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Bates adds three to golf coaching staff
AUBURN — When Robert Flynn retired in 2015 after 18 years at the helm, the Bates College Bobcats were in search for a new golf coach for both their men’s and women’s programs. Flynn, who held multiple roles in the athletic department at Bates including head baseball coach, assistant football coach and the head ski […]
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Rowing: Bates finishes second at NCAA Championships
Led by coxswain Abigail Bierman and stroke Julia Mason, the second varsity eight left no doubt in their dominating performance in the grand final. They rowed to the finish in 6:50.927, about nine seconds ahead of runner-up Wellesley. For the second straight day, the W2V8 led wire-to-wire in their victory. The Bobcats led by about […]