Bates Bobcats
The Bates Bobcats are the athletic teams of Bates College largely based in Lewiston, Maine and the surrounding areas. The college's official mascot has been the bobcat since 1924, and maintains garnet as its official color. The school sponsors 32 varsity sports (16 men's, 16 women's), most of which compete in the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The school's men's and women's ski teams and men's and women's squash teams compete in Division I. Bates has rivalries with Princeton in Squash and Dartmouth in Skiing and selected hockey bouts. The college also competes with its Maine rivals Bowdoin and Colby in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBB). This is one of the oldest football rivalries in the United States. This consortium is a series of historically highly competitive football games ending in the championship game between the three schools. Bates has won this championship at total of twelve times including 2014, 2015, and in 2016 beat Bowdoin 24–7 after their 21–19 abroad victory over Colby.[3][4] Bates is currently the holder of the winning streak, and has the record for biggest victory in the athletic conference with a 51–0 shutout of Colby College. The three colleges also contest the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta. The college is the all-time leader of the Chase Regatta with a total of 14 composite wins, followed by Colby's 5 wins, concluded with Bowdoin's 2 wins.
Bates Bobcats | |
---|---|
College | Bates College |
Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference |
NCAA |
|
Athletic director | Jason Fein[1] |
Location | Lewiston, Maine |
Varsity teams | 16 men's; 16 women's |
Football stadium | Garcelon Field |
Basketball arena | Alumni Gymnasium |
Baseball stadium | Leahey Baseball Field |
Softball stadium | Lafayette Street Pitch |
Soccer stadium | Russell Street Field |
Lacrosse stadium | Campus Avenue Field |
Mascot | Bobcat |
Colors | Red and gray[2] |
Website | athletics |
Bates maintains 31 varsity teams, and 9 club teams, including sailing, cycling, ice hockey, rugby, and water polo.[5] According to U.S. Rowing, the Women's Rowing Team is ranked first in the NESCAC, and first overall in NCAA Division III Rowing, as of 2016.[6][7] In April 2005, the college's athletic program was ranked in the top 5% of national athletics programs.[8] As of 2018, the college has graduated a total of 12 Olympians, one of whom won the Olympic Gold Medal rowing for Canada.[9] The Bobcats have broken records on the state, regional and national level. In the 2015 season, the women's rowing team was the most decorated rowing team in collegiate racing while also being the first to sweep every major rowing competition in its athletic conference in the history of Division III athletics. The ice hockey team is the first team to win the NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championships four times in a row. In 2015, the men's rowing team had the fastest ascension in rankings of any sport in its athletic conference and was named the NESCAC Rowing Champion.[10] Bates has the 5th highest NESCAC title hold, and holds the top titles in women's and men's rowing. Bates follows Bowdoin's 30 NESCAC titles with its 16, and its followed by Colby's 9 titles.
Men's sports
Men's football
The men's football team competes in the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The football team is led by head coach, Matt Coyne.[11]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 24–7 win over Bowdoin, after their 29–19 victory over Colby. | Won | [12] |
2015 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 31–0 win over Bowdoin, after their 10–9 overtime home victory over Colby. | Won | [13] |
2014 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 10–7 win over Bowdoin, after their 34–28 win over Colby. | Won | [14] |
2012 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 14–6 win over Bowdoin, after their 31–6 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
2002 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 48–28 win over Bowdoin after their 19–14 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1999 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 38–7 win over Bowdoin after an overtime victory of 20–17 with Colby. | Won | [15] |
1986 | CBB Championship | Bates won with 36–0 shutout over Bowdoin, after a 21–6 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1981 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 23–1 win over Bowdoin after their 10–6 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1978 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 24–14 win over Bowdoin after their 27–20 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1974 | CBB Championship | Bates won with an 18–7 win over Bowdoin after a 16–14 victory over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1970 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 21–3 win over Bowdoin after a 14–7 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1968 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 41–14 win over Bowdoin after a 28–12 victory over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1967 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 38–24 victory over Bowdoin after a 38–14 win over Colby. | Won | [15] |
1966 | CBB Championship | Bates won with a 35–13 win over Bowdoin, after a win over 28-7 Colby. | Won | [15] |
1956 | Maine State Series | Bates won five straight games to capture the state title. | Won | [16] |
The Bobcats played Toledo in the 1946 Glass Bowl, losing 21–12.[17]
Men's basketball
Bates College's men's basketball team is led by head coach Jon Furbush, and in 2015 he led the team to the semi-finals of the NCAA Division III Basketball Championships. He is the youngest head coach in the history of the team and was named the 2014–15 Maine Coach of the Year by the Maine Men's Basketball Coaches and Writers Association.[18]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Charlie Ryan Classic Championship | Hosted in Waterville, Maine. | Won | [19] |
2015 | Naismith Classic Championship | Hosted in Springfield, Massachusetts. | Won | [19] |
2014 | Babson Invitational | Hosted on the Babson College Campus | Won | [20] |
2014 | Salem State Holiday Classic Championship | Hosted in Salem, Massachusetts. | Won | [21] |
2012 | Chuck Resler Tournament Championship | Hosted in Rochester, Massachusetts. | Won | [22] |
Men's baseball
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | RussMatt Invitational | Second game, win over Babson College hosted at Leahey Baseball Pitch in Lewiston, Maine | Won | [23] |
Men's golf
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | CBB Tournament | At the Martindale C.C. in Auburn, Maine, first out of 3 DIII schools | Won | [24] |
2014 | Maine State Championship | At the Bangor Municipal G.C. in Bangor, Maine | Won | [25] |
2014 | CBB Tournament | At the Waterville G.C. in Waterville, Maine, first out of 3 DIII schools | Won | [25] |
2012 | Sid Farr Invitational | At the Waterville G.C. in Waterville, Maine. Score: 5–5 | Won | [26] |
Men's lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team is led by head coach, Peter Lasagna, who has been head for the past 16 seasons. In 2015, Lasagna won his third NESCAC Coach of the Year and has led the Bobcats to five appearances in the NESCAC Championship.[27] In 2015, the team reported 156 points scored, ranking them 6th in-conference, and 5th overall.[28]
Men's rowing
The Men's Rowing team is headed by Peter Steenstra, who was awarded the 2015 Division III Coach of the Year Award by the College Rowing Coaches Association, after also receiving Men's and Women's Coach of the Year honors from both the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).[29] Alumni, Andrew Byrnes (class of 2005), won the Olympic Gold Medal while rowing for the Canadian National Team, in 2008 in the Beijing Olympics.
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 1st out of 3, in Green, Maine | Won | [30] |
2015 | ECAC/NIRC Regatta | Final: 10–6 | Won | [31] |
2015 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 8–6 | Won | [32] |
2015 | ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship | Lead the athletic conference. | Won | [33] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | Final: 12–1 | Won | [34] |
2015 | NESCAC Men's Rowing Championship | First top ten breakthrough | Won | [35] |
2014 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 7–2 | Won | [36] |
2013 | New England Rowing Championship | In Worcester, Massachusetts | Won | [37] |
2011 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [38] |
2011 | Quinsigamond Regatta | Placed 3rd out of 24 boats | Won | [38] |
2011 | President's Cup Regatta | The college's first President's Cup Regatta win | Won | [39] |
2010 | Quinsigamond Regatta | The first placing at the Quinsigamond Regatta, and first appearance. | Won | [39] |
2010 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [39] |
Men's tennis
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | NCAA Division III Tennis Doubles Championship | Hosted in Claremont, California. The men's team also made it to the finals for singles tennis in 2009. | Won | [40] |
1988 | NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship | The first and most recent conference win for tennis. | Won | [41] |
Men's rugby
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | National Rugby Championship | The team has made it to regionals or nationals all but one year. | Won | [42] |
Men's nordic skiing
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | NCAA Division I Skiing Championship | The college's Nordic Skiing team sent students that were was the highest ranked skiers in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association | 4th | [43] |
Men's cross country
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The conclusion of the streak starting from 1983, was the record streak until William's 00' streak. The fifth consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1986 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The fourth consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1985 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The third consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1984 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The second consecutive win of any NESCAC college. | Won | [44] |
1983 | NESCAC Men's Cross Country Championship | The first overall NESCAC win for men's cross-country. | Won | [44] |
Men's track & field
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | This is the first 7 time back-to-back consecutive win of any college in this competition. | Won | [45] |
2016 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [46] |
2015 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [46] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [46] |
2015 | Maine State Meet | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [47] |
2015 | New England Division III Outdoor Championship | 2nd out of 29 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [46] |
2015 | New England Division III Indoor Championship | 2nd out of 26 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [46] |
2014 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2014 | Maine State Men's Indoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [48] |
2013 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2013 | Tufts Invitational | 1st out of 10 Division III schools. | Won | [49] |
2013 | Maine State Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [50] |
2013 | New England Division III Indoor Championship | 2nd out of 26 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [50] |
2013 | New England Division III Outdoor Championship | 2nd out of 26 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [50] |
2013 | ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 59 Division III schools. | Won | [50] |
2012 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 8 Division III schools. | Won | [51] |
2012 | New England Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 26 Division III schools. | Won | [52] |
2012 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2012 | NESCAC Men's Track & Field Championship | The 12 years that transpired between the college's first win is the longest time a college has won a title, after its first win, in the NESCAC. | Won | [53] |
2012 | ECAC Division III Indoor Championship | 1st out of 62 Division III schools. | Won | [54] |
2012 | ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 59 Division III schools. | Won | [55] |
2011 | Maine State Men's Indoor Championship | 1st out of 4 Division III schools. | Won | [56] |
2011 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [45] |
2011 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2011 | Bates Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2011 | Colby Invitational | 1st out of 5 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2011 | NESCAC Men's Track & Field Championship | 2nd out of 11 Division III schools in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. | 2nd place | [57] |
2011 | ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship | 1st out of 59 Division III schools. | Won | [57] |
2010 | Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | This was the highest scoring championship game in its history (300-2 aggr. score.) | Won | [45] |
2010 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [58] |
2000 | NESCAC Men's Track & Field Championship | The college's first NESCAC title for track& field. | Won | [53] |
Men's squash
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | NESCAC Men's Squash Championship | The competition has been won by Trinity College for every year it has been in the athletic conference, competing against Williams College for first spot. In 2016, breaking the pattern, Bates defeated Williams and secured the second place after a loss to Trinity. | 2nd place | [59] |
2015 | National Squash Championship | The winning student being the first in the history of the athletic conference, to be named the All American all four years he played for the college. | Won | [60] |
2015 | DIII Men's Individual Squash Championship | The first national squash title for the college. | Won | [61] |
2015 | Boston Round robin | vs. Stanford University held at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Score: 9 – 0; vs. Wesleyan University, Score: 9 – 0 | Won | [62] |
2015 | Pioneer Valley Invitational | vs. Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Score: 8–1 | Won | [62] |
2014 | CSA Individual Squash Championship | vs. Columbia University, at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey. Score: 3–2 | Won | [63] |
2013 | CSA Team Squash Championship | vs. Williams College, at Northeastern University, in Boston. Score: 6–3 | Won | [64] |
2012 | Boston Round robin | vs. Wesleyan University, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. Score: 5–4 | Won | [65] |
2011 | CSA Team Squash Championship | vs. Brown University, at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey. Score: 7–2 | Won | [66] |
Women's sports
Women's rowing
The Women's Rowing team is headed by Peter Steenstra, who was awarded the 2015 Division III Coach of the Year Award by the College Rowing Coaches Association, after also receiving Men's and Women's Coach of the Year honors from both the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).[29] The women's rowing team is the first rowing team to sweep every major rowing competition in its athletic conference in the history of Division III athletics, a feat completed in 2015. According to U.S. Rowing, the Women's Rowing Team is ranked 1st in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, and 1st overall in NCAA Division III Rowing, as of 2016.[67]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 21 boats | 2nd place | - |
2016 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 1st out of 3, in Green, Maine | Won | [30] |
2015 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | At the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. | Won | [68] |
2015 | NESCAC Women's Rowing Championship | This is the first consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [35] |
2015 | New England Rowing Championship | Final: 7–1 | Won | [69] |
2015 | ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship | Lead the athletic conference. | Won | [33] |
2015 | President's Cup Regatta | Final: 11–1 | Won | [69] |
2015 | Head of the Charles Regatta | 1st out of 30 teams | Won | [69] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | Final: 12–1 | Won | [69] |
2014 | NESCAC Women's Rowing Championship | The college's first rowing championship. | Won | [70] |
2014 | Head of the Charles Regatta | 1st out of 30 teams | Won | [71] |
2014 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 8–0 | Won | [36] |
2014 | New England Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 28 boats | 2nd place | [36] |
2014 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Indianapolis at Eagle Creek Park | Won | [36] |
2013 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 28 boats | 2nd place | [72] |
2012 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 6 boats | 2nd place | [73] |
2011 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [38] |
2011 | Head of the Charles Regatta | Placed 2nd out of 29 boats | 2nd place | [38] |
2011 | Quinsigamond Regatta | Placed 1st out of 39 boats | Won | [38] |
2011 | NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Placed 2nd out of 6 boats | 2nd place | [39] |
2011 | President's Cup Regatta | The college's first President's Cup Regatta win | Won | [39] |
2010 | CBB Chase Regatta | Final: 1/2 | Won | [39] |
2010 | Quinsigamond Regatta | The college's first Quinsigamond Regatta win | Won | [39] |
Women's track & field
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 4 Division III schools. | Won | [74] |
2016 | Maine State Meet | 1st out of 6 Division III schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | Won | [74] |
2015 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [74] |
2015 | USM Invitational | 2nd out of 10 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [74] |
2015 | Aloha Relays | 2nd out of 8 Division III schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | 2nd place | [74] |
2015 | Maine State Meet | 1st out of 6 Division III schools, at Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. | Won | [75] |
2014 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [76] |
2014 | USM Invitational | 2nd out of 11 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [76] |
2015 | Snowflake Classic | 2nd out of 24 DIII schools, at Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. | 2nd place | [77] |
2014 | Maine State Indoor Championship | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [76] |
2013 | Bates' Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [78] |
2013 | Maine State Championship | 2nd out of 6 DIII schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | 2nd place | [79] |
2013 | Aloha Relays | 2nd out of 7 Division III schools, at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. | 2nd place | [79] |
2013 | Fitchburg State Meet | 1st out of 11 Division III schools, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. | Won | [79] |
2012 | Colby Invitational | 2nd out of 5 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [80] |
2012 | Maine State Indoor Championship | 2nd out of 6 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [80] |
2011 | Colby Invitational | 2nd out of 5 Division III schools. | 2nd place | [81] |
2010 | USM Invitational | 1st out of 6 Division III schools. | Won | [82] |
Women's squash
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Walker Cup | vs. Amherst College, in New Haven, Connecticut. Score: 5–4 | Won | [83] |
2015 | Boston Round robin | vs. Wesleyan University, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Score: 6–3 | Won | [84] |
Women's soccer
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | NESCAC Women's Soccer Championship | 4-2 win over Tufts with 2 uses of OT | Won | [85] |
Women's basketball
The 2004 women's basketball team was ranked first in the United States for most of February 2005 and finished the year ranked number six by the USA Today/ESPN Today 25 National Coaches' Poll.[86] The women's basketball team earned the top seed in the NESCAC in 2005, and competed in the finals with Bowdoin for three consecutive years until 2008.[87]
Women's cross country
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Bowdoin Invitational | At Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, 1st out of 7 | Won | [88] |
2013 | Roy Griak Invitational | 2nd out of 29 Division III schools, in St. Paul, Minnesota. | 2nd place | [89] |
2013 | Maine State Championship | 1st out of 10 Division III schools, in Waterville, Maine. | Won | [89] |
2012 | RPI Invitational | 1st out of 12 Division III schools, in Troy, New York. | Won | [90] |
2012 | Maine State Championship | 1st out of 10 Division III schools, at the Narragansett School in Gotham, Maine | Won | [90] |
2010 | Codfish Bowl | 1st out of 21 Division III schools, in Franklin Park, Boston | Won | [91] |
Club sports
Volleyball
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | The winning streak is tied with Williams College for four consecutive wins. | Won | [92] |
1992 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | Won | [92] | |
1991 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | Won | [92] | |
1990 | NESCAC Volleyball Championship | The first overall NESCAC win for volleyball. | Won | [92] |
Ice hockey
As of 2016, the men's club ice hockey team is ranked #5 in the Northeast, and #25 overall in the NESCHA rankings.[93]
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The win marks the fourth consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [94] |
2009 | NECHA Cup | The second win of the cup for the college. | Won | [94] |
2008 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The win marks the third consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [94] |
2008 | NECHA Cup | The first win of the cup by the college. | Won | [94] |
2007 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The win marks the second consecutive win of the championship. | Won | [94] |
2006 | NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championship | The first time the college has ever won an ice hockey championship. | Won | [94] |
Sailing team
The college's sailing team is based at the Taylor Pond Yacht Club, in Auburn, Maine. The team sails in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) conference with its main competitors being Bowdoin, Tufts, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among the other 40+ schools in the conference.[95] The team regularly competes at the largest collegiate keelboat regatta in the Western Hemisphere, the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (IOR) held at Larchmont Yacht Club by the Storm Trysail Foundation. The team regularly updates their website and their social media platforms.
Year | Competition | Record | Result | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | New England Dinghy Tournament (NEISA Club Team Championship) | 1st place | [96] | |
2004 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Hamilton College | 2nd place | [97] |
2003 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Bowdoin College | 2nd place | [97] |
2002 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Amherst College | 2nd place | [97] |
2001 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Williams College | 2nd place | [97] |
2000 | NCAA National Sailing Championship | Second to Amherst College | 2nd place | [97] |
Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium
Olympians
As of 2018, the college has graduated a total of 12 Olympians, one of whom won the Olympic Gold Medal rowing for Canada.[98]
Years | Competition | Record | Country | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 – present | Dinos Lefkaritis | N/A | Cyprus | [98] |
2014 – present | Emily Bamford | Quarterfinals | Australia | [98] |
2012 – present | Andrew Byrnes | Gold | Canada | [98] |
2010 – present | Hayley Johnson | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
2006 –present | Justin Freeman | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
2000–2005 | Mike Ferry | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1988–1995 | Nancy Fiddler | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1926–1933 | Arnold Adams | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1932–1939 | Art Sager | N/A | United States | [98] |
1924–1920 | Ray Buker | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
1912–1920 | Harlan Holden | Quarterfinals | Sweden | [98] |
1912–1920 | Vaughn Blanchard | Quarterfinals | United States | [98] |
Athletic facilities
Athletics facility | Capacity | Sport | Year | Notes | Cite |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alumni Gymnasium | 1,200 | Basketball, Volleyball | 1928 | The Alumni Gymnasium is 34,000 square feet. | [99] |
Merrill Gymnasium | N/A | Track & Field | 1980 | The field house has a 200-meter track which encloses four tennis and volleyball courts. | [100] |
Russell Street Track & Field | N/A | Track & Field, Soccer | 2001 | The track has an eight-lane European bi-radial track with a 10-lane straightaway. | [101] |
Bates Squash Center | N/A | Squash | 2004 | The center features five international-sized courts. | [102] |
Wallach Tennis Center | 500 | Tennis | 2000 | The center is used for men's and women's tennis. | [103] |
Campus Avenue Field | N/A | Field hockey, Lacrosse | 2000 | The Campus Avenue has internal lighting structures allowing play day or night. | [104] |
Garcelon Field | 3,000 | Soccer, Football | 2010 | The field was originally constructed in 1899, and is one of the oldest football pitches in the United States; it had a major renovation in 2010. | [105] |
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building | N/A | Multi-purpose | 1927 | Informally known as the "Gray Cage", the building is the second largest athletic facility on campus, which has a batting cage and room for a full infield baseball practice. | [106] |
Davis Fitness Center | N/A | Fitness | 1926 | Full service weight room located beneath UnderhiIll Ice Arena. | [107] |
Leahey Baseball Pitch | N/A | Baseball | 2003 | Outdoor baseball field. | [108] |
Lafayette Street Pitch | N/A | Softball | 2001 | Outdoor softball field. | [109] |
Underhill Arena Ice Rink | N/A | Ice hockey | 1995 | The ice rink features "a 200-by-85-foot ice surface." | [110] |
Rowing Boathouse | N/A | Rowing | 1988 | Houses women's and men's rowing teams. | [111] |
Tarbell Pool | 300 | Swimming & Diving | 1980 | The pool features "eight lanes and an underwater window, and can be configured into 25-meter or 25-yard lane lengths." | [112] |
Sailing Boathouse | N/A | Sailing | 2003 | The boat houses the college's 13 Dinghy fleet. | [97] |
References
- "Jason Fein named director of athletics at Bates College". April 7, 2017.
- Bates Bobcats Athletics Brand Identity Guide (PDF). May 1, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- "2016-17 Football Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Football secures second consecutive CBB championship with win over Bowdoin – The Bates Student". The Bates Student. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "California Takes the Top – Barry and Bates Hold in USRowing/CRCA Week Five Poll". www.usrowing.org. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Women's rowing team dominates the New England Rowing Championships | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Bates ranked in top 5 percent of national athletics programs News Bates College". www.bates.edu. April 14, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Bobcat Olympians | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Bates Men, Women Sweep NESCAC Rowing Championships – NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Football Coaching Staff | Athletics | Bates College". gobatesbobcats.com. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- "2016-17 Football Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- "Football secures second consecutive CBB championship with win over Bowdoin – The Bates Student". The Bates Student. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- "Football preview: Bates begins defense of its CBB title at Colby | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "History of Bowdoin Football – Bowdoin". athletics.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "November 1956: A State Series victory for football | 150 Years | Bates College". www.bates.edu. March 22, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- Levin, Adam (October 2, 1996). "70 Years Ago, The Glass Bowl Slipper Fit the Bates Football Team". Bates Magazine (Fall 1996 ed.). Retrieved January 15, 2017 – via bates.edu.
- "Men's Basketball Coaching Staff | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Men's Basketball 2013-14 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Men's Basketball 2010-11 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "2015-16 Bates Baseball Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "2015-16 Bates Golf Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Golf 2014-15 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Golf 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Lacrosse Coaching Staff | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Rowing Coaching Staff | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "2015-16 Bates Rowing Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Rowing 2014-15 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2014-15 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2014-15 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2014-15 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Bates Men, Women Sweep NESCAC Rowing Championships – NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2013-14 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Rowing 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Rowing 2010-11 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "CMS Athletics". www.cmsathletics.org. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Institutional Characteristics" (PDF).
- "EISA Skiing". Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Bates wins seventh straight Maine State Men's Outdoor Championship | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2015 Men's Track & Field Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2015 Men's Track & Field Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2013-14 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2010-11 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2010-11 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Track & Field 2009-10 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Shot by shot, an inside look at Bates squash champ Ahmed Abdel Khalek's road to victory | News | Bates College". www.bates.edu. March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- "Bates' Abdel Khalek Wins 2015 Men's Individual Championship | College Squash Association". collegesquashassociation.com. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "2015-16 Men's Squash Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2014-15 Bates Men's Squash Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Squash 2013-14 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Squash 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Men's Squash 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "California Takes the Top – Barry and Bates Hold in USRowing/CRCA Week Five Poll". www.usrowing.org. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- "Bates College wins 2015 NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Women's rowing team dominates the New England Rowing Championships | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- "Women's rowing wins six All-NESCAC honors; Steenstra repeats as Coach of the Year | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2014-15 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Rowing 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "2015-16 Women's Track & Field Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2015 Women's Track & Field Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2013-14 Women's Track and Field Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2013-14 Women's Track and Field Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Track and Field 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Track and Field 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Track and Field 2011-12 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Track & Field 2010-11 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Track & Field 2009-10 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "No. 19 women's squash rallies to top No. 17 Amherst 5-4 and win the Walker Cup | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "2015-16 Women's Squash Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "Women's Basketball at Bates" (PDF).
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "2015-16 Bates Women's Cross Country Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Cross Country 2013-14 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Cross Country 2012-13 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "Women's Cross Country 2010-11 Schedule | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- "NESCAC". www.nescac.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- "League Standings Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association (NECHA) – Pointstreak Sites". pointstreaksites.com. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- "Bates College Men's Ice Hockey The Official Website". www.bateshockey.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- "Bates College Sailing Constitution" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2015.
- "NE Fall Tournament | Fall 2018". ICSA Real-Time Regatta Results. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- "Bates Boathouse | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Bobcat Olympians | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Alumni Gymnasium | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Merrill Indoor Gymnasium | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Russell Street Track | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Bates Squash Center | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Wallach Tennis Center | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Campus Avenue Field | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Garcelon Field | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Davis Fitness Center | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Leahey Field | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Lafayette Street Softball Diamond | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Underhill Arena | Athletics | Bates College". athletics.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Rowing Boathouse | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- "Tarbell Pool | Campus Tour | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2016.