Against Hartford on Sept. 17, Fucito registered the first and only goal of his collegiate career in a 4-2 Crimson victory.

The goal came after Fucito intercepted a pass from the goalie around the midline. Once he had the ball, Fucito took it in and put his shot under the Hartford keeper for the score.

“I know he’s only scored one goal, but he’s creating havoc in the opponents’ defense which creates opportunities for Matt Hoff and Tony Tornaritis,” Kerr said. “So it gives us a kind of a feeling when the other team has to worry about him because he’s so fast.”

Fucito recognizes where his own strengths lie and how his speed can help him on the field by creating scoring chances for teammates.

“I’ve been playing forward, so I should be scoring,” Fucito said. “I’m smaller, but I tend to use my speed by making runs into the corner or doing a lot of passing and cutting for the ball.”

While this season is still young—Harvard still has yet to play a game within the Ivy League—Fucito still has a lot of time left in the season to begin to fulfill the immense potential his coaches see in him.

“He’s still trying to find the speed of play at the collegiate level,” Kerr said. “The good news from my perspective is that he’s going to get a lot better, and he’s going to move up rather quickly. We haven’t seen the best of him.”

And with the start of the Ivy season just around the corner, that peak performance can’t come soon enough.

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu.