Pellicani Bocconi Lacrosse

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

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

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

2022/2023 In and Out

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

See also

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References

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