Andrew Belica returns for his fifth season on the sidelines with Mike Carbery.
During the 2020 shortened season, the Hawks experienced great success going 3-1 in their four games played. Seniors James Chadwick and Edward Mathias finished in the Top 12 nationally in scoring at 7.75 and 6.50 points per game respectively. The Hawks were dominant on both sides of the field, finishing 2nd in the NEAC in goals per game (15.00), while finishing 3rd in goals against average (11.00). The 2020 squad was on the verge of being in NEAC title contention, while Mathias was on pace to break every significant career scoring record in program history before getting shut down for the season.
The Hawks were equally was impressive in the classroom, as they earned the 2020 AMCC Team Peak Performer Award for having the highest cumulative grade-point average (3.037) of all men's lacrosse programs in the AMCC.
Since October 2014, Belica has served as the director of player personal and as an instructional coach in the Buffalo Lacrosse Academy, educating developing athletes specifically on the indoor lacrosse game while guiding fellow coaches in order to perform a synergetic practice.
During that same time frame, Belica also served as the Nichols School junior varsity co-head coach (January, 2016 – May, 2016) and as an assistant coach for two seasons at Medaille College (2014 and 2015).
Belica played a role in four of the Mavericks’ six-year post-season run in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) play-offs. The Orchard Park High School product wrapped up his career at Medaille in 2013, making a three-year run as a player and then added his fourth year as an assistant coach in 2014. Belica posted 146 points (80 goals/66 assists) and grabbed 66 ground balls in 43 games for the Mavs. In his only season at Alfred University, he tallied 11 goals and 24 assists for the Saxons.
Belica earned his bachelor’s of science degree in sports management from Medaille in 2015 and a second bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in business administration (2016).
