NESCAC Results

Teams are listed in alphabetical order. NESCAC is not a playing conference and does not maintain standings. Results are current as of Monday, September 22.

Football

School       Win     Loss    Pct     Streak
Amherst         1       0       1.000   Won 1
Bates           0       1       .000    Lost 1
Bowdoin         0       1       .000    Lost 1
Colby           0       1       .000    Lost 1
Hamilton        0       1       .000    Lost 1
Middlebury      1       0       1.000   Won 1
Trinity         1       0       1.000   Won 1
Tufts           0       1       .000    Lost 1
Wesleyan        1       0       1.000   Won 1
Williams        1       0       1.000   Won 1


Field Hockey

School       Win     Loss    Pct     Streak
Amherst         4       0       1.000   Won 4
Bates           1       2       .333    Lost 2
Bowdoin         3       1       .750    Lost 1
Colby           2       1       .667    Won 1
Conn. Coll.     1       2       .333    Lost 1
Hamilton        0       4       .000    Lost 4
Middlebury      3       0       1.000   Won 3
Trinity         2       0       1.000   Won 2
Tufts           1       2       1.000   Won 1
Wesleyan        3       0       1.000   Won 3
Williams        1       1       .500    Lost 1


Men's Soccer

School       Win     Loss    Tie     Pct     Streak
Amherst         3       0       1       .875    Tied 1
Bates           2       1       0       .667    Won 1
Bowdoin         3       0       0       1.000   Won 3
Colby           2       1       0       .667    Lost 1
Conn. Coll.     1       1       1       .500    Tied 1
Hamilton        0       1       1       .250    Lost 1
Middlebury      1       1       0       .500    Lost 1
Trinity         2       0       1       .833    Won 2
Tufts           3       0       0       1.000   Won 3
Wesleyan        1       1       0       .500    Lost 1
Williams        2       0       0       1.000   Won 2


Women's Soccer

School       Win     Loss    Tie     Pct     Streak
Amherst         2       1       0       .667    Won 1
Bates           3       2       0       .600    Won 2
Bowdoin         4       0       0       1.000   Won 4
Colby           2       1       0       .667    Won 1
Conn. Coll.     2       2       0       .500    Lost 1
Hamilton        1       1       1       .500    Won 1
Middlebury      1       1       0       .500    Lost 1
Trinity         1       2       0       .333    Lost 1
Tufts           3       1       0       .750    Lost 1
Wesleyan        2       1       0       .667    Lost 1
Williams        2       1       0       .667    Won 2


Women's Volleyball

School       Win     Loss    Pct     Streak
Amherst         7       2       .778    Won 1
Bates           4       6       .400    Won 1
Bowdoin         1       4       .200    Lost 1
Colby           5       6       .455    Lost 2
Conn. Coll.     3       5       .375    Lost 5
Hamilton        2       4       .333    Lost 4
Middlebury      8       1       .889    Won 5
Trinity         2       1       .667    Won 1
Tufts           3       6       .333    Won 1
Wesleyan        2       2       .500    Lost 1
Williams        7       1       .875    Won 1

Men's Cross Country

at Tufts (Sat., Sept. 20)
The Bobcats, ranked fourth in New England, hoped to take out two of the other top 10 teams in the region, Tufts and MIT. After senior co-captain Justin Freeman won the race by nearly 15 seconds, and Mike Danahy '00 finished ninth, the rest of the team was bunched from 15th to 18th places.

Team scores: 1. Tufts, 31; 2. MIT, 44; 3. Bates, 55.

Individual results: 1. Justin Freeman, Bates, 26:57; 2. Mike Parkins, MIT, 27:11; 3. Jason Burke, Tufts, 27:17; 4. Rod Hemmingway, Tufts, 27:26; 5. Chris McGuire, MIT, 27:29; 6. Matt Lyons, Tufts, 27:31; 7. Mark Strauss, MIT, 27:53; 8. Rich Hemmingway, Tufts, 28:06; 9. Michael Danahy, Bates, 28:08; 10. David Patterson, Tufts, 28:14; 15. Chris Lupo, Bates, 29:06; 16. Steve Dutton, Bates, 29:07; 17. Brendan Hahesy, Bates, 29:14; 18. Matt Twiest, Bates, 29:18.

Women's Cross Country

UMass-Dartmouth Invitational (Sat., Sept. 20)
Junior Adelia Myrick was second overall and the top Div. III finisher as the Bobcats finished fourth of 20 teams at UMass Dartmouth. Senior Abby Phelps placed 11th.

Team scores: Trinity, 67; Southern Conn., 76; Springfield, 80; Bates, 129; MIT, 131; Coast Guard, 138.

Bates individual times: 2. Adelia Myrick, 18:29; 11. Abby Phelps, 19:03; 32. Kim Walker, 19:51; 43. Lauren Nally, 20:18; 44. Ellen Humphrey, 20:19; 49. Kristen Oelberger, 20:23.

Field Hockey

Trinity 2, Bates 1, (Sat., Sept. 20)
In their second straight game with a 1996 postseason qualifier, coach Stacey Watts' field hockey team (1-2) lost a difficult 2-1 decsion to Trinity (2-0). The Bantams' only two goals came on penalty strokes, while first-year forward Carlin Aloe redirected home a shot from just inside the circle off the stick of junior Rosie Lenehan with less than a minute remaining in the first half to tie the game at one. First-year goalkeeper Peggy Ficks had another outstanding game in goal, allowing just the the two penalty stroke to get past, while making 27 saves.

Trinity (2-0)   1       1       2
Bates   (1-2)   1       0       1

Scoring summary: T1, Kate Leonard, 27:19; B1, Carlin Aloe (Rosie Lenehan) 0:50; T2, Amanda Tucker, 9:24.

Goalie saves: B, Peggy Ficks, 27; T, Kristen Skedd, 5.

Bates 1, Stonehill 0 (Thurs., Sept. 25)
Coach Stacey Watts got an outstanding performance from her defense as the Bobcats posted a 1-0 shutout over Division II Stonehill College Thursday. Junior Rosie Lenehan scored the only goal of the game at the 25 minute mark of the second half. First-year goalkeeper Peggy Ficks made 16 saves for her second career shutout.

Football

Trinity 31, Bates 6 (Sat., Sept. 20)
Trinity (1-0) head football coach Don Miller equaled the New England Division III record with his 168th career win with a 31 6 triumph over Bates (0-1) today. Miller, in his 31st season as Bantam coach, ties Amherst coach James Ostendarp. Trinity was paced by junior running back Sherman Francis, who had 215 yards of total offense. He rushed for 132 yards on 21 carries and caught two passes for 83 yards. He scored two touchdowns, including a 66-yard reception. Bates scored its only touchdown on a quarterback scramble by sophomore Matt Bazirgan in the last minute of play.

Trinity (1-0)   14      10      0       7       31
Bates   (0-1)    0       0      0       6        6

Scoring summary:
Trinity: Sherman Francis, 5-yard run (Andy Reimer kick), 6:54 into 1st quarter.
Trinity: Francis, 66-yard pass from Joe Mulaney (Reimer kick), 13:47 1st.
Trinity: Mullaney, 1-yard run (Reimer kick), 6:31 2nd.
Trinity: Reimer, 27-yard FG, 14:59 2nd.
Trinity: Doug Borgerson, 28-yard interception return (Reimer kick), 0:10 4th.
Bates: Matt Bazrigan, 4-yard run (kick blocked), 14:26 4th.

Golf

Bowdoin Invitational at Brunswick G.C. (Sat.-Sun., Sept. 21-22)
The Bobcats had an outstanding opening day at the Brunswick Golf Club, firing a team score of 348, putting them just five strokes off the lead. Senior captain Tim Sargent led the way, shooting an 84, tying him for second place after one round. Sophomore Jeff Snyder and junior Peter Coleman, who shot 86 and 87 respectively on Sunday, joined Sargent as one of only three sets of teammates to shoot sub-90 rounds on the opening day. Unfortuantely, Monday's results were not as forgiving, and the Bobcats droped five places in the standings. Sargent's 176 overall score tied him for 11th place, while Coleman's 179 was good for 14th.

Team results: 1. St. Anselm, 698; 2. Maine-Farmington, 699; 3. Tufts, 713; 4. Thomas, 714; 5. Bates, 723; 6. Bowdoin (White), 725; 7. Colby, 729; 8. Husson, 734; 9. Southern Maine, 738; 10. Brandeis, 742; 11. Maine Maritime, 745; 12. MIT, 754; 13. Bowdoin (Black), 764.

Bates results: Tim Sargent, 84 92 176; Pete Coleman, 87 92 179; Jeff Snyder, 86 95 181; Matt Delehanty, 91 97 188; Percy Stith, 100 96 196; Total, 348 375 723.

Men's Soccer

Bates 3, Plymouth State 2, OT (Sat., Sept. 20)
The Bates College men's soccer team (2-1) needed overtime to defeat No. 6 in New England Plymouth State College (3-2), 3-2. With the game tied at one at halftime, the Panthers came out quickly in the second, knocking home a header off a corner kick just over six minutes in. Play went back and forth the rest of the second half, until junior forward Eric Trickett headed home his second goal of the game on a nifty cross from sophomore midfielder Andy Apstein. The game was decided seven minutes into overtime when first-year midfielder Lakota Denton notched his third goal of the season on a penalty kick.

Plymouth State (3-2)    1       1       0       0       2
Bates          (2-1)    1       1       1       0       3

Scoring Summary: PSC, Brett Scaccia (Danny Gilbertson), 19:21; B, Eric Trickett (Lakota Denton), 22:42; PSC, Gilbertson (Milton Medeiras), 51:47; B, Trickett (Andy Apstein), 91:01; B, Denton, 97:13.

Goalie Saves: B, Brian Anton, 2; PSC, Magnus Karlson, 5.

Bates 5, Husson 1 (Wed., Sept. 24)
The Bates College men's soccer team won its second straight home non-conference game behind a first-half hat trick from first-year midfielder Lakota Denton. All three goals were headed in off a crossing pass. The first goal came in the 23rd minute of play from junior co-captain Chad LaFauci. The second was six minutes later from junior forward Eric Trickett The third was in the 38th minute from fellow first-year player Brian Stevens, who recorded his first collegiate point. Denton had his first collegiate hat trick and now leads the team with six goals and 13 points. LaFauci went on to record two more assists in the second half, one a beautiful downfield lead pass to sophomore Andy Apstein, the second a scrum in front of the net whch was blasted home by senior JK Werner.

Husson (4-3)    0       1       1
Bates  (3-1)    3       2       5

Scoring Summary: B, Lakota Denton (Chad LaFauci), 23:41; B, Denton (Eric Trickett), 29:45; B, Denton (Brian Stevens), 38:30; H, Kevin Burton (Joey Melanson), 54:52; B, Andy Apstein (LaFauci), 70:03; B, JK Werner (LaFauci), 89:20.

Women's Soccer

Bates 5, Trinity 0 (Sat., Sept. 20)

The Bates College (3-2) women's soccer team returned to its 1996 form with a convincing 5-0 win over Trinity (1-2). With time winding down on a scoreless first half, sophomores Kelly Heath and Kate O'Malley scored a minute apart in the final five minutes. After assisting O'malley's goal, junior Colleen McCrave (Walpole, Mass.) added two goals of her wn in the second half.

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

Scoring Summary: B, Kelly Heath (Kate O'Malley), 42:56; B, O'Malley

(Colleen McCrave), 43:53; B, McCrave (Jolene Thurston), 52:05; B, McCrave

(Thurston), 54:51; B, Katie Dodson (Kara Bristow), 67:07.

Goalie Stats: B; Susie Arnold, 68 Min, 2 SV; B, Katie Hammond, 22 Min, 1

SV; T, Michele Forte, 90 Min, 19 SV, 5 GA.

Women's Volleyball

Bates Round Robin (Fri.-Sat., Sept. 19-20)
Marsha Graef's volleyball team (4-6) finished right in the middle of the Bates Round Robin tournament, defeating Rowan University and Colby, and falling to Middlebury and Gordon. First-year setter Kate Hagstrom earned her second straght All-Tournament honors. Middlebury went 4-0 to win the title.

Bates def. Rowan, 15-9, 14-16, 15-6, 15-12
Middlebury def. Bates, 15-10, 15-2, 15-11
Gordon def. Bates, 15-12, 15-7, 15-9
Bates def. Colby, 4-15, 15-8, 15-8, 15-5

Univ. of New England at Bates (Wed., Sept. 24)
Bates (5-6) defeated UNE (1-7). Match scores were 15-8, 15-0, 15-12.