United States Military Academy Men's Lacrosse

Alberici enters his 12th season at the helm of the Army lacrosse program in 2017. Following in the footsteps of some of the biggest names in the history of the sport, Alberici roams the same sideline where Hall of Fame legends such as Jack Emmer, Ace Adams, Dick Edell and F. Morris Touchstone, once tread. A former assistant to Emmer, Alberici returned to the banks of the Hudson River after a nine-year stint as an assistant coach at Duke where he helped the Blue Devils tighten their grip as one of the nations premier lacrosse programs. Alberici became the 10th head coach in Armys storied 90-year history in 2006, and was tasked to fill the big shoes left by his mentor, Emmer, who retired as college lacrosses all-time winningest coach in 2005. Alberici led Army to its first-ever Patriot League tournament title in 2010, defeating Navy, 11-8, in the championship contest. The Black Knights, who compiled a 6-0 conference record during the regular season for the first time that spring, went on to upset No. 2-ranked Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Alberici helped mold Garrett Thul 13 into the national Rookie of the Year in 2010 as the attackman set plebe records in goals and points. Thul joined Jeremy Boltus 11 - Armys most recent first team All-American - and 2013 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year John Glesener as three of Albericis most prized recruits as of late. When it comes to Alberici producing successful cadet-athletes both on the field and in the classroom, the numbers speak for themselves. In 11 years at the Academy, his players have earned a total of 21 All-American certificates. Alberici has also mentored eight Patriot League major award winners (Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Rookie of the Year), 73 Patriot League Honor Roll recipients, five Academic All-Americans, four Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year and two Senior CLASS Award winners (Brendan Buckley, 2013; Andrew Maisano, 2010). In addition, 12 of his players have been selected in the Major League Lacrosse draft. Alberici and the Black Knights continued their success in league play in 2016 with another visit to the Patriot League title game. Army remains the only team in league history to make all 12 Patriot League Tournament semifinal rounds. Alberici led the Black Knights to another 10-win season in 2016, which was the third time in his Army career he had reached double-digit wins. The Black Knights reached the Patriot League championship game for the second straight year after dominating Navy in a 9-3 win, holding the Mids to their lowest goal total in the series since 1947. He tutored three first team All-Patriot League performers and two second teamers. Austin Schultz was honored for his work in the classroom as he was named the Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Schultz and Jimbo Moore were both selected as USILA Scholar All-Americans as well. In 2015, the Black Knights made an incredible run  to the championship game with a 12-11 win in the final seconds at Loyola in the Patriot League Quarterfinals. Army West Point was down five with less than 12 minutes remaining and pulled off the win. The Black Knights went on to knock off top-seeded Navy on its home field to reach the title game against Colgate. Army West Point reached 10 wins for the second time unter Alberici and saw John Glesener, Sam Somers and Austin Schultz garner All-America honors from the USILA. Somers was named the 2015 Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year after leading the conference in goals against average. The Black Knights also put 19 players on the Patriot League Honor Roll A big reason for the overall record of 9-5 in 2014 was the defensive side of the field as the Black Knights were the top-ranked defensive unit in 2014, allowing 7.21 goals per game. Army faced three ranked teams during 2014 and all three games were decided by one goal, including games on the road against No. 2 Loyola and No. 5 Notre Dame. The Black Knights defeated Navy for the sixth-straight year as well. Alberici was named Patriot League Coach of the Year, while John Glesener and Sam Somers were first team All-Patriot League and voted as All-America selections. Twelve players were selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll as well. In addition to the postseason honors, Pat Hart played in the North/South Game at the end of the season. As he has done every season at West Point, Alberici engineered a Patriot League Tournament berth for his Black Knights, who finished the year with an 8-6 mark. Army faced five nationally ranked teams and defeated Navy for a fifth-straight time in 2013. While Thul shattered Armys goal-scoring record in his final season, the Flemington, N.J. native also picked up All-America honors for a third time. Glesener and fellow senior Brendan Buckley were also named. With Buckley anchoring, the Black Knights ranked third in the nation in scoring defense, yielding 7.79 goals per game, at years end. Albericis emphasis on molding the true student-athlete was never more evident than in 2013. Ten players earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll plaudits, while Buckley produced a laundry list of postseason academic and athletic awards to include Patriot League Defensive Player of Year, USILA Academic All-America, Capital One Overall Academic All-American of the Year, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the 2013 Senior CLASS Award. Thanks to the recent success of Buckley, Alberici has now mentored four of the Patriot Leagues last five Scholar-Athlete of the Year winners. In addition to Buckleys success, Thul became the third lacrosse player to win the prestigious Army Athletic Association Trophy, awarded annually to the top graduating male and female athletes. Drafted by the Hamilton Nationals of the MLL, Thul also embarked on his rookie NLL season with the Philadelphia Wings in 2013-14. Army showed improvement from a 7-8 showing during a 2012 campaign that saw the Black Knights face seven nationally ranked opponents and reach No. 20 themselves. Armys 6-5 overtime win at then-No. 15 Bucknell halted the Bisons eight-game win streak. While the victory in Lewisburg, Pa., provided plenty of highlights, the apex of Armys season came courtesy of a 9-6 win over rival Navy on national television to clinch a Patriot League Tournament berth. Tim Henderson `12 garnered Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honors following his final season. He went on to help the Long Island Lizards make a run in the MLL playoffs and joined Thul in earning All-America honors in 2012. Henderson and Thul headlined a group of five Black Knights to capture 2012 All-Patriot League honors. Following Armys 2012 Patriot League Tournament appearance, Alberici served as the North Team head coach at the annual USILA/Lax World North-South Senior All-Star game where he mentored Henderson, Devin Lynch `12 and Larry LoRusso `12 one last time. In 2011, Alberici recorded his 50th victory at Army and mentored one of the most prolific feeders in the programs storied history. Jeremy Boltus 11 finished second on Armys all-time points (214) and assists (124) lists. The team captain became the second player in Army history to be one of five national finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, presented annually to the top player in college lacrosse, and the first Black Knight since 2005 to be named first team All-America. Boltus went on win the Army Athletic Association Award as his class top male athlete and to enjoy a breakout campaign with the MLLs Hamilton Nationals. He led all rookies in scoring, nabbed MLL Rookie of the Year accolades and now plays for the Denver Outlaws. With the tandem of Thul and Boltus firing on all cylinders, Albericis sixth season at the helm saw the Black Knights defeat rival Navy at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the first time since 1997. The 14-9 comeback victory marked a third straight win over the Mids and fourth victory for the Class of 2011. Army, nationally ranked at the time, also clinched a Patriot League Tournament berth that afternoon and effectively eliminated Navy from the four-team playoff for the first time in conference history. Army went on to finish the season with a 9-6 overall mark and ranked as high as No. 7 in the country. The Black Knights totaled five All-America certificates, three MLL draftees and produced a second team Academic All-America honoree. Alberici was named the 2008 Patriot League Coach of the Year after leading Army to a 9-6 record, including a 5-1 conference mark which was good enough to clinch the Patriot League regular season title and top seed for the postseason tournament, hosted at Michie Stadium. Five Black Knights garnered All-Patriot League honors, including senior Adam Fullerton `08, who won his second-straight conference Goalkeeper of the Year award on his way to third-team All-America honors. Ranked as high as No. 8 during the season, Army finished the season No. 19 in the final USILA National Coaches Poll on the heels of a scoring defense that only allowed 7.13 goals per game, to rank sixth nationally. In 2007, Alberici guided the Black Knights through a roller coaster season, highlighted by a 6-1 start and an upset of No. 2 Syracuse in the Carrier Dome that marked the first time the Orange had ever lost at home in February. Ranked as high as No. 8 in the national polls during the campaign, the Black Knights would go on to qualify for their third-straight Patriot League Tournament to finish the season. His stalwart defense allowed just four opponents to score over 10 goals en route to a 7.80 goals against average that ranked 10th in the country. Alberici also watched four of his players garner all-conference honors. In his first season as head coach, Alberici led the Black Knights to their second-straight appearance in the Patriot League Tournament Championship game. Two of his players - attackman John Walker `06 and defenseman Matt Luyster `06 - capped their Army careers with Honorable Mention All-America honors while leading the squad to its ninth-straight season with at least eight victories against one of the toughest schedules in the country. Albericis tenure at Duke coincided with the Blue Devils rise to national prominence, which culminated in their magical run to the Division I title contest in 2005, a game in which they fell 9-8 to top-ranked Johns Hopkins. Ranked second in the nation behind the Blue Jays for much of the spring, Duke forged a remarkable 17-3 ledger and established an NCAA record for victories in a single season. Two of Dukes losses were one-goal defeats at the hands of Johns Hopkins, including an 11-10 double-overtime loss at JHUs Homewood Field in early April. Albericis duties at Duke included recruiting director, assisting with the daily administration of the program, serving as the Blue Devils defensive coordinator and coaching the teams goalkeepers. After serving as offensive coordinator and working with Dukes man-up offense during his first eight years, he assumed the roles of defensive coordinator and coach of the man-down defense during his final season. He was promoted to associate head coach in 1999. During Albericis nine years on head coach Mike Presslers staff, the Blue Devils forged a sparkling 96-47 (.671) record, made seven appearances in the NCAA Tournament - including a run of six-straight postseason trips between 1997 and 2002 - and captured a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference titles (2001 and 2002). The Blue Devils reached the Final Four for the first time in 1997, Albericis initial year in Durham, before embarking on their remarkable postseason run in 2005. Under Albericis watchful eye, Duke ranked second in the nation in scoring defense, surrendering just 6.91 goals per game. Alberici spent the 1995 and 1996 seasons at West Point as an assistant coach, and helped the Black Knights to a 10-5 showing and an NCAA appearance in 1996. Army won its final five games that season, including victories over Hofstra, Navy and Rutgers, to earn the Academys 12th postseason berth. A 1991 graduate of Alfred University, Alberici was a two-time lacrosse All-American in 1990 and 1991 and also garnered Academic All-America accolades as a senior. A four-year starter at attack, he set six school scoring records and led the Saxons to winning seasons in 1989, 1990 and 1991. A three-time team captain, Alberici led the entire nation, including all three divisions, in assists as a junior, garnering 78 helpers in 17 contests for a 4.6 assist per-game average. In 2001, Alberici was inducted into Alfreds Hall of Fame. Following graduation, Alberici remained at his alma mater for two years in the role of graduate assistant coach, earning his masters degree in education in 1993. He accepted his first head coaching assignment soon thereafter when he was named to the top post at SUNY Oneonta. In 1994, the Dragons forged an 8-6 record and established a single-season school record for victories, earning Alberici Empire Lacrosse League Coach of the Year laurels. It was on the heels of that spectacular season that Alberici made the move to West Point. A native of Auburn, N.Y., Alberici was inducted into the Auburn High School Hall of Fame in 2008, joining his older brother, John and father, Gino, as enshrinees. In his present role as the face of Armys storied program, Alberici has assumed control of a club that remains intertwined with the rich history of collegiate lacrosse. In 98 seasons, the Black Knights have amassed 759 victories, trailing only Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and Navy in all-time wins at the Division I level. Army has produced eight national champions, while 12 men associated with the program (eight players and four coaches) have been enshrined in the National Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame. Alberici served a term as an assistant coach for the U.S. National Lacrosse Team at the 2010 World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England, helping the Americans to the gold medal. In 2007, he was also appointed to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Board of Directors, the sports national governing body. Currently, Alberici serves on multiple lacrosse committees around the country. He is a member of the Tewaarton Award selection committee, the USILA National Poll and Assistant Coach of the Year panel. He also serves on the US Lacrosse National Team coach selection committee. Alberici and his wife, Petra, reside at West Point with their son, Maximus, and daughter, Isabella.

Georgalas, a former first team All-Ivy League, honorable mention All-America selection and later five-year assistant coach at Cornell University, joined Army West Points lacrosse staff as an assistant coach in August 2011.      In his five seasons at the Academy, Georgalas has proved to be a valuable asset to the coaching staff both on the field and recruiting trail. He is primarily responsible for coordinating the Black Knights offense as well as overseeing the man-down defense and goalkeepers.      Since his arrival at West Point, Georgalas has played an integral role in helping shape the Black Knights offense, which averages better than 10 goals per game consistently.      In addition to his offensive duties, he has worked as the faceoff specialist coach in the past and Georgalas watched Derek Sipperly 12 garner second team All-Patriot League plaudits and the No. 2 spot on Army West Points single-season face-off wins list with 171. More recently, Alex Daly, during his sophomore season was one of the leagues breakout stars at the x after a stellar rookie campaign. A first team All-Patriot League performer, Daly finished the season ranked 10th in the nation with a 58.6 face-off win percentage.      During his time as the goalkeeper coach, Georgalas mentored two-time Honorable Mention All-American and three-time All-Patriot League goalkeeper Sam Somers 15. Somers led the country in goals against average in 2013 and 2014 and was named Patriot League Goalie of the Year in 2015.He tutored AJ Barretto in 2016 and he became the first rookie to start the opening game of a season since Rick Aguilar in 1991. Barretto was among the Patriot League leaders in goals against average and save percentage in his first year.      Georgalas spent five years as an assistant coach at his alma mater Cornell University. During his nine years with the Big Red as both a player and assistant coach, Cornell posted a 102-37 record, won outright or shared eight Ivy League titles and made three Final Four appearances, including a run to the National Championship in 2009. During his five years on the sidelines, he helped Cornell post at least 11 wins each season, including a 15-1 showing in 2007.      Georgalas tackled a bevy of responsibilities during his time as an assistant coach, broadening his skills in all areas. On the field, Georgalas was in charge of face-offs and substitutions, while assisting in all facets of the defensive unit. He also served as the staffs recruiting coordinator.      As a player, Georgalas headed up the Big Red defense in 2005 and served as a team captain during his final two seasons During his senior season, Georgalas helped Cornell to an 11-3 overall record, completing a perfect 6-0 Ivy League season and its first outright Ivy title since 1987. The 2005 squad then advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second-straight season where they fell to eventual national runner-up Duke.      He was selected to compete for the North team in the 64th annual North-South Classic, and was drafted by the New Jersey Pride in the fifth round of the 2005 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.      Georgalas father, Ted, has been a volunteer assistant coach on Armys sidelines over the last six seasons. He and his wife, Dawn, reside in New Windsor, N.Y.