Women's Soccer

Norwich 2, Bates 1 (Sept. 12)
After a long bus trip, the Bates College women's soccer team were frustrated by a hot goalie and dropped a 2-1 decision to the Norwich University Cadets. The Bobcats outshot their opponents, 16-9, but only sophomore Kate O'Malley scored. The game was tied 1-1 at the half, but Norwich scored the only tally of the second.

Bates (1-1)	1	0	1
Norwich (1-1)	1	1	2

Goals: B, Kate O'Malley; N, Dawn Drown, Julie Robert.
Assists: B, none; N, Kate Hopkins, Jen Robertson
Goalie Saves: B, Susie Arnold, 7; N, Alex Evans, 15.

Middlebury 1, Bates 0 (Sept. 13)
In their first game of the season against a New England ranked opponent, the No. 1 Bates College Bobcats (1-2) fell to the No. 9 Middlebury College Panthers (1-0), 3-0. The Bobcats, who were 11-2-1 in the regular season, have now equaled their regular-season loss total from a year ago.

Bates (1-2)	0	0	0
Middlebury (1-0)	1	2	3

Scoring
M, Amity Wall (unassisted), 37:42; M, Hedda Bertsen (Heather Crofts), 54:22; M, Berntsen (Karen Schaper), 61:39.

Goalkeeping
B, Susie Arnold, 78 Min., 4 SV, 3 GA; B, Katie Hammond, 12 Min., 1 SV, 0 GA; M, Johanna Nikula, 79 Min. , 5 SV, 0 GA; M, Stacey Gorski, 11 Min., 1 SV, 0 GA.

Shots: Bates, 10; Middlebury 15.

Bates 1, Wellesley 0 (Sept. 17)
The Bates College women's soccer team (2-2) snapped its losing streak at two, downing Wellesley College (1-1), 1-0, in Massachusetts. After a scoreless first half, sophomore All-American Kate O'Malley scored her fourth goal of the season, unassisted just over 15 minutes into the second half. O'Malley has now scored four of Bates' five goals this season. The Bobcats were outshot, 17-15, on the day, but junior goalkeeper Susie Arnold made six saves in her first shutout of the season. The Bobcats were ranked 10th in New England headed into the game, Wellesley was No. 6 in the region.

Bates 	0	1	1
Wellesley 	0	0	0

Scoring: B, Kate O'Malley (Colleen McCrave), 60:20.
Goalie Saves: B, Susie Arnold, 6; W, Molly Hellerman, 10.
Shots: B, 15; W, 17.

Men's Soccer

Bates 5, Norwich 0 (Sept. 12)
The Bates College men's soccer team kicked off the 1997 season with an impressive 5-0 win against the Norwich University Cadets. Junior co-captain Chad LaFauci got the scoring started in the 11th minute on an unassisted goal. He was followed 11 minutes later by first-year midfielder Lakota Denton. The Bobcats added three goals in the second half, including one jus over one minute in by junior Eric Trickett on an assist from sophomore Andy Apstein. The defense was strong also, allowing just five shots on goalkeeper Brian Anton '99, who earned his second career shutout.

Bates  (1-0)	2 	3	5
Norwich (0-2)	0	0	0

Scoring: B, Chad LaFauci (unassisted), 11:14; B, Lakota Denton (unassisted), 22:40; B, Eric Trickett (Andy Apstein), 46:32; B, Stephen Fortney (Justin Wang), 62:21; B, Denton (Trickett), 66:30.
Goalies: B, Brian Anton, 5 SV, 0 GA; N, Puertas, 15 SV, 4 GA; N, McDevitt, 6 SV, 1 GA.

Middlebury 2, Bates 0 (Sept. 13)
In a meeting of New England top 10 teams, No. 3 Middlebury downed No. 10 Bates, 2-0, in Vermont. Most of the action took place in the Panthers' end of the field. The Bobcats were outshot 22-4. Junior goalkeeper Brian Anton kept the game close, recording 12 saves, but the Bates offense managed just one shot on goal.

Bates (1-1)	0	0	0
Middlebury (1-0)	2	0	2

Scoring: M, Chris Wenger (Peter Soden), 19:43; M, Paul Chusid(Soden), 39:40.
Goalie Saves: B, Brian Anton, 12; M, Scott Wiecinski, 1.
Shots: M, 22; B, 4.

Field Hockey

Middlebury 5, Bates 0 (Sept. 13)
After getting off to a strong start on Wednesday, the Bobcats (1-1) faced a tough opponent in perrenial power Middlebury (1-0) on their home field and fell, 5-0. The Bobcats had a goal disallowed with 10 minutes left in the first half when junior Amanda Schall was judged to have brought the stick too high on the shot. Bates first-year goalie Peggy Ficks made an astounding 22 saves, but was done in by a Middlebury front line which featured an All-American who scored all five Panther goals.

Bates (1-1)	0	0	0
Middlebury (1-0)	2	3	5

Scoring Summary: M, 1, Heidi Howard, 9:19; M, 1, Howard (Nina Johnson), 8:22; M, 2, Howard (Katie Whittlesey), 20:31; M, 2, Howard, 15:46; M, 2, Howard, 11:13.
Goalkeeping: B, Peggy Ficks, 59 Min, 22 SV, 5 GA; B, Wendy Zimmerman, 11 Min., 5 SV, 0 GA; M, Laura Parmalee, 35 Min, 5 SV, 0 GA; M, Shannon Macauley, 35 Min., 3 SV, 0 GA.
Shots: Bates 19, Middlebury 33.

Golf

Terrier Invitational at Samoset Golf Course (Sept. 11)
The Bobcats finished fourth of eight teams, as sophomore Nick Brunero took third place.

Team Results: UMaine-Farmington, 316; Bowdoin, 327; Colby, 333; Bates, 334; Thomas, 337; Husson, 341; Maine Maritime, 345; Southern Maine, 359.

Individual Results: Darren Goeke, Thomas, 76; Jon Moody, UMF, 77; >Nick Brunero, Bates, 78; Nate Davis, UMF, 79; Jay Lashar, UMF, 79.

Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury (Sept. 13-14)
The Bobcats finished in the middle of the pack at one of the biggest tournaments of the season, the Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury, Vt. Their score of 658 was good for 15th place, just three strokes out of 11th place. Senior captain Tim Sargent was the top finisher, tying for 18th place with a score of 156, ten strokes behind the leader.

Team scores: 1. Skidmore, 598; 2. Bentley, 611; 3. Umass-Lowell, 612; 4. Williams, 617; T5. Vermont, 634; T5. St. Anselm, 634; 7. Amherst, 637; T8. Babson, 638; T8. Salem St., 638; 10. Middlebury, 639; 15. Bates, 658.

Bates Scores: T18. Tim Sargent, 76 80 156; T50. Nick Brunero, 79 85 164; T68. Pete LaCasse, 86 83 169; T68. Peter Coleman, 85 84 169; T99. Matt Delehanty, 87 92 179. Totals (Top 4 Finishers): 326 332 658.

Men's Cross Country

at Boston College (Sept. 12)
The Bates College Men's Cross Country team officially open its season at Franklin Park on Saturday with a tough opening meet against division I powers, Boston College, The University of Connecticut and The University of New Hampshire. Despite placing fourth in the meet there were many bright spots for the Bobcats. Boston College won the meet by edging out UConn 32 to 38. UNH followed with 67 and Bates tallied 97.

Weather conditions at race time significantly effected many people's performance. The Temperature hovered in the low 80's with very high levels of humidity. Justin Freeman '97 battled the conditions and the competition and led the Bobcats with an outstanding individual performance, placing 3rd overall with a time of 25:11. Mike Danahy '00 ran second for the Bobcats and finished 21st overall with a time of 26:57. Not far behind was Matt Twiest '00 and Brendan Hahesy '00 who placed 23rd and 24th with times of 27:06 and 27:13 respectively. For Hahesy the performance also represented a lifetime personal best. Closing out the scoring for Bates was John McGrath '00 who placed 27th at 27:34.

Team scores: Boston College, 32; Univ. of Connecticut, 38; Univ. of New Hampshire, 67; Bates College, 97.

Bates times: 3. Justin Freeman, 25:11; 21. Mike Danahy, 26:57; 23. Matt Twiest, 27:06; 24. Brendan Hahesy, 27:13; 27. Brian McGrath, 27:34.

Women's Cross Country

Smith Invitational, Sept. 13, 1997
The women's cross country took four of the top seven spots at Smith to win the 5K Smith Triangular. Junior All-American Adelia Myrick and senior co-captain Abby Phelps took third and fourth place to pace the Bobcats, while senior co-captain Kim Walker and first-year runner Kristine Oelberger came in sixth and seventh. Erika Cohen '98 had a strong race finishing seventh for the team with teammates Tracy Lyford '00 and Ellen Humphrey '01 finishing within a second of Cohen. All three finished in the top 20 in the 45 person race. Jess Young '99, running in her first ever cross country race, finshed in 10th place; teammate Lauren Nally '99 finished in 12th.

Team scores: Bates, 30; Tufts, 39; Smith, 55.

Individual scorers: 3. Adelia Myrick, 19:49; 4. Abby Phelps, 20:20; 6. Kim Walker, 20:59; 7. Kristine Oelberger, 21:08; 10. Jessica Young , 21:25.

Did You Know...

The Bates football records for individual receiving yards in a single game (257, Chris Plante '94, 1991) and completions in a single game (24, Jim Murphy '69, 1968) were both set in games against Trinity, Bates' opponent this week.