
Florida Launch (and Saint Andrew’s Grad) Matt Bellando – The Love Of The Game
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, Florida Launch, Launch/MLL/NLL/Women’s Pro.
Author’s Note: We’ll be starting to get in the mood for some Florida Launch action soon! Looks like Training Camp is in mid-May and before we know it the Launch will be looking to get back to the MLL playoffs! Launch attackman Matt Bellando, also a graduate of Saint Andrew’s and current Assistant Coach at the Palm Beach Atlantic Men’s program, is one of the leading point scorers in the history of the state of Florida.via the Launch web site As with most people born in Miami, FL, lacrosse was far from the first sport you wanted to play. Growing up, I would play baseball, hockey, and wrestling, but never even thought of lacrosse. Hockey turned out to be the biggest sport in my childhood. I played forward and was a part of both a roller and ice hockey travel team that achieved great national success. I was never looking to play any other sports outside of the rink from when I was four till when I hung up my skates at 15 years old. It was not until one random day in 7th grade that my dad brought home a Brine Ripper, my first lacrosse stick, and introduced me to a game I had never heard. My brother, dad, and I played in the backyard that day, and the rest is history; The game hooked me. My dad signed me up for a camp that next week with Lenny Coy, and after the first day, he told my dad that I could have a great future in this sport. I guess he was right!


Author’s 2nd Note: Matt is being a little modest here. A number of us also remember his 3G/1A performance for Stony Brook in the NCAA Tournament against Johns Hopkins too . . .