Draft 1:

Bates Beats UNE in Tight Match

By: Evan Glynos

Biddeford, ME– On Wednesday October 15th, The Bates College Bobcats faced off against University of New England’s Nor’easters at Blue Bolt Field. The field hockey matchup between these two colleges is always a close matchup but the Nor’easters have fallen short in the past seven matchups. Making it eight years straight in the overtime loss 3-2 on the 15th.

Going into this matchup Bates was ranked the number six team in the nation from NFHCA coaches poll. UNE is coming off a season best win streak of six straight. The game was scoreless in the first half.

At minute 36:23 of the game Bates Elena Agosti netted the first score of the game giving the Bobcats a 1-0 lead in the game. And the scoring began from there.

In the 48th minute of the game UNE’s senior Makena Valentine tied up the game netting her eighth goal of the season. Bates responded with a goal from Rose Gordon at 53:45 of the game making it 2-1 Bobcats.

UNE tied the game up in an unassisted goal from second year player Abby Stevens, making the score 2-2. The score would remain tied at the end of regulation.

“We as a team were excited to go into overtime against a team like Bates,” Head Coach of UNE Danielle Collins stated. UNE is 2-0 in overtime contests this season and were looking to make it 3-0. 

Bates fresh off a two game losing streak powered back in overtime netting a goal at minute 65:15, by Brooke Maloney-Kolenberg her seventh of the season. Moloney-Kolenberg received a penalty corner insert at the top of the arc, was able to dodged one defender in a move to her right, and threaded a shot between sticks and bodies into the left side of the net to clinch it.

“It was a hard fought game by both teams UNE has been playing unbelievable this season,” stated Bates Head coach Dani Kogut.

Kogut in her 12th season with Bates has now beaten the Nor’easters in eight matchups. And leads the Bobcats to their hopeful playoff run.

Une continues its hopes for a conference championship run as they sit in fourth place of their conference.

“I think we played great as a team, we really came together in the second half,” stated Valentine after netting the first goal for the Nor’easters.

“I was very proud of how the team played tonight even though it did not go the way we wanted, I think it was a step in the right direction for the team,” Collins stated.

UNE 9-6 on the season looks to get back on the winning side as they travel to Wenham, MA to face off against conference opponent Gordon College who is 1-14, on October 18th.

Draft 2:

Bates Beats UNE in Another Tight Match

By: Evan Glynos

Biddeford, ME– On Wednesday October 15th, The Bates College Bobcats faced off against University of New England’s Nor’easters at Blue Bolt Field. The field hockey matchup between these two colleges is always a close game but the Nor’easters have fallen short in the past seven meetings, making it eight years straight in the overtime loss 3-2 on the 15th.

Going into this contest Bates was ranked the number six team in the nation from NFHCA coaches poll. UNE is coming off a season best win streak of six straight. The game was scoreless in the first half.

At minute 36:23 Bates player Elena Agosti netted the first score of the game giving the Bobcats a 1-0 lead in the game.

In the 48th minute UNE’s senior Makena Valentine tied up the match by netting her eighth goal of the season. Bates responded with a goal from Rose Gordon at 53:45 in the contest making it 2-1 Bobcats.

“I think we played great as a team, we really came together in the second half,” stated Valentine after netting the first goal for the Nor’easters.

UNE tied the game up in an unassisted goal from second year player Abby Stevens, making the score 2-2. The score would remain tied at the end of regulation.

“We as a team were excited to go into overtime against a team like Bates,” Head Coach of UNE Danielle Collins stated. UNE is 2-0 in overtime contests this season and were looking to make it 3-0.

Bates fresh off a two game losing streak powered back in overtime netting a goal at minute 65:15, by Brooke Maloney-Kolenberg her seventh of the season. Moloney-Kolenberg received a penalty corner insert at the top of the circle, was able to dodge one defender in a move to her right, and threaded a shot between sticks and bodies into the left side of the net to clinch it.

“It was a hard fought game by both teams UNE has been playing unbelievable this season,” stated Bates Head coach Dani Kogut.

Kogut in her 12th season with Bates has now beaten the Nor’easters in eight meetings, and leads the Bobcats to their hopeful playoff run, as they sit in second in their conference.

UNE continues its hopes for a conference championship run as they sit in fourth place in the Conference of New England. The Nor’easters play four more regular season games against two ranked opponents.

“I was very proud of how the team played tonight even though it did not go the way we wanted, I think it was a step in the right direction for the team,” Collins stated.

UNE 9-6 on the season looks to get back on the winning side nearing the end of their season, as they travel to Wenham, MA to face off against conference opponent Gordon College who is 1-14, on October 18th.

Reflection:

My overall experience of this project was really interesting as I had never done a true sports report of a game. What went well for me was being able to capture the quotes from both of the head coaches. I think that really helped me be able to tell a story. Some areas I could improve on is being able to understand correct terms for the game I would be covering and doing more research of the rules before attending. What surprised me about the work of a sports reporter is that it is very fast paced and can be stressful. I think this was beneficial to me because I like being in fast paced environments and having to work fast on things. Overall I thought this was a really fun and interesting project to do because in the past I had never even attended a field hockey game and it was a cool experience to go to one.