Matt Bellando - 2016 Men's Lacrosse - LIU Post


#2 Matt Bellando

Position: Attack
Height: 5-4
Class: Senior
Hometown: Miami, Fla.
Previous School: Saint Andrew's School (Stony Brook)

2016: All-ECC Second Team … ECAC All-Star Second Team … ECC Championship Most Outstanding Player … ECC Player of the Week (Mar. 7) … appeared in all 16 games (15 starts) … led the team in goals (48) … was second on the team in points (62) … had a six-point outburst in consecutive wins against St. Thomas Aquinas (Mar. 2), Roberts Wesleyan (Mar. 5) and Georgian Court (Mar. 8) … collected seven points (5 G, 2 A) in a 19-5 victory over Post (Mar. 30) … registered five points (3 G, 2 A) in a 15-5 triumph at No. 5 NYIT (Apr. 9) … had five points (4 G, 1 A), including the deciding goal, in a 10-9 win versus No. 13 Mercy (Apr. 23) … netted four goals and caused three turnovers in an 18-3 rout of UDC (Apr. 30) … scored five goals on seven shots in a 12-11 triumph over No. 7 NYIT in the ECC Championship (May 7) … added a pair of goals in an NCAA Division II National Quarterfinal at No. 3 Merrimack (May 14).

2015: All-ECC Honorable Mention … ECC Player of the Week (Feb. 23) ... started all 17 games ... tied for first on the team with 44 goals ... his 44 goals were second-best in the East Coast Conference ... led the ECC with three man-down goals ... ranked second on the team in points (58) and tied for second with 72 shots on goal ... also collected 32 ground balls and caused nine turnovers ... scored 17 goals and totaled 24 points in his first four games as a Pioneer ... hit the back of the net five times in the team's 12-8 season-opening victory over Queens (N.C.) on Feb. 14 ... tallied nine points (6G, 3A) in a 15-6 win against Saint Leo (Feb. 27) ... scooped up a season-high six ground balls in the squad's 19-5 defeat of Dominican (N.Y.) (Mar. 28) ... recorded hat tricks in five consecutive contests from Apr. 11-May 2, including three goals in a 14-9 ECC Championship triumph versus NYIT on May 2.

Prior to LIU Post: Transfer from Stony Brook University, where he registered 32 points (27 G, 5 A) in two seasons and helped the Seawolves to an America East Championship in 2012 .... three-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American (2008, 2009 & 2010) at Saint Andrew's School ... three-time Palm Beach Post Boy's Lacrosse Player of the Year (2008, 2009 & 2010) ... two-time Florida Daily Farmer Player of the Year (2009 & 2010) ... 2010 Palm Beach Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year ... 2010 ESPN All-Rise Second-Team Honoree ... 2010 LaxPower.com All-East Region First-Team Selection ... invited to the U.S. Lacrosse 97 Senior Showcase ... 2009 LaxPower.com Mid-Atlantic First-Team Honoree ... helped the Scots to three FHSAA Championships ... tallied a career 308 goals and 134 assists for a total of 442 points ... broke Florida's single-season high school goal record in 2009 with 101 ... shattered Florida's single-game high school goal record in 2009 with nine ... played freshman year at Coral Reef High School ... named to All-Dade County First-Team.

Personal: Has one brother, Joseph ... son of Alan and Maria Bellando ... enjoys wakeboarding, cooking and hockey ... father, Alan, played collegiate baseball at SUNY Rockland from 1980-81 ... mother, Maria, is an IFBB Fitness Professional ... brother, Joseph, played collegiate lacrosse at University of Florida from 2009-11 ... his greatest aspiration is his grandfather, Claude Bellando ... aspires to play professional lacrosse, coach or work in the NHL ... majoring in sociology with a minor in sports management.

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