Chiara Pucci

Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Munich, Germany

**2023 ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM**

**2024 ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM**

2024: Team captain … Appeared in 18 matches, starting all 18 … Played the full match in all 18 matches and led the team in minutes played with 1,620 … Tallied six points with three goals on the season, including first career goal against Martist (8/16) … Finished second on the team in shots on goal with 13 shots including a season high three shots on goal against Marist (8/16) … Finished second on the team in points with six … Led the team in goals with three … Second on the team in shots with 27.

2023: Team captain ... Started in all 18 games of her junior season… Played a total of 1605 minutes, the most on the team … Tallied eight shots and three shots on goal… Tallied two assists on the season… Assisted one goal in the 4-1 loss against Lafayette (8/17)… Assisted a goal during the 2-2 tie at Butler (10/19) ... CSC Academic All-District.

2022: Started all 18 games, one of four Pirates to do so … Played every possible minute during her sophomore campaign, leading the Pirates with 1,620 minutes tallied … Recorded an assist in the win over Columbia (9/15) ... Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on September 29 after patrolling a backline that kept two opponents off the scoreboard in a 1-0-1 week for The Hall ... Played the full 90 minutes in both games and she helped the Pirates limit NJIT (8/25) and Saint Joseph's (8/28) to a combined three shots on goal ... Played the full 90 in Seton Hall's 1-0 shutout of Marquette (10/6) ... Had two shots on target against Creighton (10/13).

2021: Played in 14 games and started in 11 for a total of 911 minutes … Was able to get three shots off on goal against DePaul on October 7, Marquette on October 3, and Butler on September 25.

Before Seton Hall: Arrived at Seton Hall with playing experience at the top levels of soccer in both Germany and Italy ... Won a German championship with FC Bayern Munich and last played with FC Ingolstadt ... Capped with Italy's U16, U17 and U19 National Teams ... Helped Italy's U17 squad qualify for the European Championships and helped lead the U16s to a finals appearance against the United States in the 8 Nation's Cup ... Fluent in four languages.