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 - November 13, 1998
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By CAM DONALDSON |
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Women's Volleyball (22-12) enters the ECAC
Tournament today at Tufts, marking the team's first postseason appearance since
1995. As the third seed, Bates will take on sixth-seeded Trinity (18-15) in the
opening round. Coach Marsha Graef, she of recent "Sports Illustrated" fame,
might consider trading some of her 413 career wins for an ECAC title and a
storybook finish to her 14-year career as a Bobcat Volleyball coach. Bates,
winner of the Trinity Invitational and the State of Maine Championship, has a
2-1 edge on the Bantams in play this season, with both `Cat wins coming as
shutouts. The Bobcats will trot out first-team All-NESCAC players Kate Hagstrom
'01, with a school-record 125 aces this season and Amanda Colby '00, whose
hitting percentage of .451 places her fifth in the nation, as they try to make
up for last week's disappointing performance at NESCAC's. At Colby last
weekend, Bates fell in at sixth place out of eight teams, losing to Trinity in
the consolation finals by a score of 3-1. Ah, how sweet revenge will
be...Men's Cross Country was ranked 25th in NCAA Division III after
finishing 9th/33 at the ECAC Championships last weekend. This Saturday, Bates
will look to ward off the cold weather with a hot finish at New Englands in
Wellesley, Massachusetts...Women's Cross Country hopes to break out of
the Pleistocene this weekend at New Englands after weighing in at 22nd/30 in
the ECAC's...Bates Ultimate Frisbee (a.ka. The Orange Whip) has its last
tournament of the fall this weekend at Hampshire College. The team has a
6-4-1 record this season, highlighted by their performance at Division II New
England sectionals, where they won their pool but lost a close game in the
first round of the single-elimination playoffs.
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