Episode 4 of America East Online Features Magarity Profile - AmericaEast.com

Episode 4 of America East Online Features Magarity Profile - AmericaEast.com

In the fourth episode of "America East Online", the show returns to the America East office for a look at the latest news and stories from around the 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 show kicks off with a look back at the successful fall sports season. The UMBC men's soccer team which won the America East crown in penalty kicks, defeated Princeton in the first round of the NCAA tourney before tying William & Mary in the second round. The Stony Brook women's cross country team also finished a successful fall season with a seventh-place finish at NCAAs and Holly and Lucy Van Dalen each earned All-America status. In the episode, interviews with UMBC head soccer coach Pete Caringi and Boston University women's soccer head coach Nancy Feldman help profile the great success that both programs had on the soccer field this season. The achievements in cross-country, field hockey and volleyball are also profiled.

With four new head coaches working the sidelines this season in men's and women's basketball, the show begins the first of a four-part series of profiling the first-year coaches. This week, America East Online learns more about New Hampshire women's basketball coach Maureen Magarity, including a look at her background growing up in a coaching family.

In the student-athlete profile this week, America East Online host Max Mandel sits down with UMBC point guard Chris De La Rosa. In this segment, De La Rosa discusses how he ended up at UMBC after starting his career at Siena, and also what it took for him to be an America East All-Academic Team selection.

The episode wraps up with the Best of U. series. This Best of U. takes a look at the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team and their work with Mustache Madness. Stony Brook lacrosse player Kevin Crowley discusses how the team became involved in Mustache Madness, as well as the great response from the Stony Brook community.

The show, hosted by America East's Max Mandel, will be available on Wednesdays at least every other week throughout the academic year, including weekly during 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