Vermont Coach Gear McBride And Hartford's Doherty Profiled In America East Online

Vermont Coach Gear McBride And Hartford's Doherty Profiled In America East Online

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In this edition of "America East Online", the show profiles the latest stories and achievements of the America East Conference. America East Online is a 20-minute web-only show which features all nine of the conference's campuses and highlights athletics, academics and leadership.

The episode begins with a look back at an outstanding 2010 field hockey season. Interviews with New Hampshire head coach Robin Balducci, Albany head coach Phil Sykes, and Maine head coach Josette Babineau provide insight into what made this season so successful and why the future of field hockey in the America East is so bright.

With four new head coaches working the sidelines this season in men's and women's basketball, the show continues its four-part series of profiling the first-year coaches. This week, "America East Online" speaks with Vermont head coach Lori Gear McBride about her passion for the coaching profession and why the opportunity to coach at UVM proved to be so enticing.

The student-athlete profile this week features "America East Online" host Max Mandel in an interview with Hartford Hawks sophomore forward Ruthanne Doherty, who played a key role in the success of the 2009-10 NCAA at-large women's basketball team. In the interview, Doherty discusses the decision to leave Richmond, Va. to attend school in Hartford and the challenges of being only the second engineering major in Hartford women's basketball history.

The episode concludes with the Best Of U. series. This Best of U. profiles the Albany student athletes who worked with the Adopt-A-Family Foundation. Lacrosse defender Matt Novosal and track and field hurdler/sprinter Rebecca Kelly discuss their involvement in Adopt-A-Family and the impact this experience will have on them in the future.

The show, hosted by Mandel, will be available every Wednesday throughout the basketball season. Fans can watch the web show at the America East Zone on AmericaEast.com, as well as on the league's social media web sites such as YouTube and Facebook.