Mattia Petricca head shot

Mattia Petricca

  • Award
    Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/3/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Soccer
  • School
    Rockhurst
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Defender
  • Hometown
    Rome, Italy
  • High School
    Don Bosco
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mattia Petricca, Rockhurst
Jr. | D | Rome, Italy

Major: Exercise Science
Team Results: 1-0 W vs. Missouri S&T (10/31) | 0-0 T vs. #15 Lincoln (11/2)
  • Helped the Hawks to a 1-0-1 week in GLVC play with a 1-0 win over Truman State and a 0-0 tie with #15 Lincoln
  • Played all 180 minutes at center back
  • Allowed Missouri S&T to have three shots on goal and held Lincoln to two shots on goal
  • Marshalled a backline that kept Lincoln scoreless for the first time this season
  • Earns first career Defensive Player of the Week Award
  • Last Hawks' Defensive Player of the Week Award: Franco Briani Brunoro (9/15/25)