Daniella "Ella" Matteucci (born August 2, 1993) is a Canadian ice hockey and baseball player, currently playing with the Team Sonnet of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She played ice hockey with the

Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey The Clarkson Golden Knights women's hockey team is an NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Clarkson University in rural Potsdam, New York. The Golden Knights have been a member of ECAC Hockey since 2004, and play home games in Cheel Are ...

program and the

Markham Thunder The Markham Thunder was a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). From 1998 through 2017, the franchise was known as the Brampton Thunder and Brampton Canadettes-Thunder before relocating from Brampton, O ...

of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). As a member of the Canadian women's national baseball team, she won a silver medal at the

2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...

Playing career

Hockey

At the

2011 Canada Winter Games The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Friday, 11 February 2011, to Sunday, 27 February 2011. Bids Four bids (all from Nova Scotia, as it was that province's turn) were made for the games, and eventually Halifax was ...

, she was the captain of Team British Columbia. Of note, she would help her high school team, the Notre Dame Hounds, capture the

2011 Esso Cup The 2011 Esso Cup was Canada's third annual national women's midget hockey championship, played April 17–23, 2011 at the Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, Alberta. The Notre Dame Hounds defeated the Edmonton Thunder 5-2 in the gold medal ...

, the premier Canadian championship for midget AAA women’s hockey clubs. The final score was a 4–3 shootout against the St. Albert Slash. Matteucci logged two assists in the game, assisting on a first period goal by Taylor Woods and a goal by Jennifer More in the third period. She joined the professional hockey team, the Markham Thunder, for the

2018–19 CWHL season The 2018–19 CWHL season was the 12th and final season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Offseason *July 16: The CWHL contracted the Vanke Rays' membership after one season to focus solely on the Kunlun Red Star team in China. *July 19: Jay ...

, the CWHL's final season before folding in May 2019.

Baseball

In her senior year of high school, she pitched a no-hitter for the Notre Dame Hounds boys’ team; Matteucci was the only girl on the team. At the

2014 Women's Baseball World Cup The 2014 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition being held in Miyazaki, Japan from 1 September – 7 September 2014. Teams The following 8 teams appeared at the tournament. Round 1 Group A Group B ...

in Miyazaki, Japan, Matteucci pitched against the Japanese team, allowing seven runs.

Career statistics

NCAA

Awards and honours

* 2014 NCAA Frozen Four national championship

Personal

She graduated from Clarkson University in May 2015 with a degree in history and a minor in business.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matteucci, Ella 1993 births Living people Athol Murray College of Notre Dame alumni Baseball people from British Columbia Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Ice hockey people from British Columbia Canadian female baseball players Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey players Clarkson University alumni Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in baseball Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players