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Pellicani Bocconi Lacrosse

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Pellicani Bocconi Lacrosse
Founded2009
LeagueCampionato Italiano Maschile FIGL
Based inMilan
StadiumCS "Forza e Corraggio"
Colors
Head coachDavid Abbott
ManagerRoberto Antonioli
Championships6
MascotGigi Pellicano
WebsitePagina Ufficiale dei Pellicani Bocconi Lacrosse

Pellicani Bocconi Lacrosse (officially Bocconi Sport Team SSD - Sezione Lacrosse) is an Italian lacrosse team founded in Milan, Italy in 2009.

History

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Lacrosse was introduced in Bocconi University by a few students who had played lacrosse before in England and Hong Kong. In 2011, the team won second place at its first appearance in Coppa Italia. The arrival of American player/coach Scott Offerman helped transform the previously strictly amateur team into a more rigorous athletic organization.

Season-by-Season

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In 2011/12 Bocconi Lacrosse won the Italian National Championship and we arrived 2nd in Coppa Italia. Its coach won the "Coach of the Year" award and "Best Season Attackman" award.

In 2012/13, Bocconi Lacrosse won again the Italian National Championship beating Red Hawks Merate 17–3 in the final match. Bocconi Lacrosse completed the perfect season, winning all the matches. In September 2013 Bocconi Lacrosse won its first Italian National Cup beating Roma Leones 6–5 in the finale.

In 2013/14, Bocconi Lacrosse ended up first in the League without losing a single game and with goal difference +120. The team has also won the Coppa Italia 2014 in Prato.

In 2014/15, Bocconi Lacrosse ended up first in the League without losing a single game again. The team has also won the Coppa Italia 2015 in Torino. In April 2015, the team has won their only international title, the Zombies Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, having a perfect score (5-0) and beating the Poznan Hussars in the Finals.

In 2015/16, Bocconi Lacrosse ended up first in the League without losing a single game for four years straight. In September 2016, the team ended up 7th at the Ken Galluccio Cup, repeating the success of the previous year. In October 2016, the team won its fourth straight Coppa Italia, which was held in Milan, beating Red Hawks Merate in the finals 9–5.

In the 2016/17 season, for the 5th year in a row, Bocconi Lacrosse won the League without losing one single game thus qualifying again for the Ken Galluccio Cup. In September of that year the team finished 8th and finished the season winning its 5th straight Coppa Italia.

The two following seasons, after the historical core of the team retired, the Pelicans saw a massive restructuring of the team, and through the management of Matteo Scotti, Enrico Mazzullo and finally of Roberto Antonioli, managed to bring back a competitive team for the 2019/20 season.

During the 2019/20 season, the renewed ensemble started off the championship with a 4-0 stint that was only stopped by the annulment of the Championship itself due to the rise and spread of COVID-19. Also, the subsequent season was annulled by the Italian Federation.

After the 2-year break a trimmed-down team got into the 2021/22 season, and after a shaky start, managed to finish second with the mixed Roma/Merate/Torino team winning the Championship in the last match. The team bounced back in June, winning its 6th Coppa Italia.

In 2022/23, the Pelicans reached both the Championship and Coppa Italia finals, bringing home only two silver medals during what is known as the "cursed month".

Roster 2022/2023

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No. Position Player
00 Italy FOGO/LSM Riccardo Gennari (C)
4 Quebec AT Jack Vincent (C)
5 United States AT Noah Harney
6 Italy MF Simone Ferrante
7 Italy AT Matteo Scotti
8 Italy MF/FOGO Michelangelo Brusamarello
9 Brazil MF Luca Rizzioli
10 Italy DF Fabio Del Coco
11 Italy DF Roberto Antonioli (C)
12 Germany MF Luca Keller (C)
13 Quebec FOGO/MF Alexis St-Jean
14 Taiwan DF Richard Dashiell Chang
15 Italy AT Pietro Garibbo
16 United States MF David Abbott (C)
No. Position Player
17 Germany MF Felix Klinkenberg
18 Italy MF Lorenzo Alessandra
19 Italy DF Giovanni Fossati
20 United States DF Carlos Panaiyotopoulos
21 Germany G/MF Marius Kraus
22 Canada DF/LSM Steven Pelliccione
23 Slovakia MF Vaclav Klein
32 Quebec DF Declan McCool
33 Italy AT Federico Galperti
42 United Kingdom MF Daniel Richards
44 Canada G David Pelliccione
45 United States AT Jonathon Gonzalez
69 Italy MF Richard Aldeghi
99 Latvia MF Georgs Lukass Rozins

2022/2023 In and Out

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No. Position Player
Italy OUT Enrico Mazzullo
Italy OUT Pietro Carabellese
Italy OUT Lorenzo Balzarini
Romania OUT Marc Bodea
Italy OUT Stefano Rovelli
Hungary OUT Milan Alexy
Italy OUT Giovanni Maria Meggiolaro
United States OUT Filippo Bosco
United States OUT Hunter Morris
United States OUT Mackenzie Ballman
Italy OUT Filippo Corso
Corsica OUT Jean-Yves Santini
Switzerland OUT Loris Cera
United States OUT Rei Asami
No. Position Player
Italy IN Michelangelo Brusamarello
Germany IN Marius Kraus
Germany IN Felix Klinkenberg
United States IN Carlos Panaiyotopoulos
United States IN Noah Harney
Slovakia IN Vaclav Klein
Canada IN Steven Pelliccione
Italy IN Lorenzo Alessandra
Taiwan IN Richard Dashiell Chang
Quebec IN Declan McCool

See also

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References

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