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...Sophomore year, with the return of the Olympians and other bigger offensive contributors, there wasn’t as much of a need [for individual production] because we were getting it from so many players,” Corriero said. “My numbers dropped because I took on a more defensive role and wasn’t put into as many of the situations that result in goals, like the power play and last minute of games...
Though she would finish with 39 points on 17 goals and 22 assists—good for fourth on the team behind the Olympic trio—Corriero struggled to adjust to her new subordinate role early in the season, accelerating the precipitous decline in her output. Only when she embraced the defensive responsibility which had been placed upon her did her play and offensive numbers rise to their previous levels—and her game to the highest tier, bridging her transition from that of the freshman offensive sparkplug to the junior bona fide star...
...have good numbers my freshman year, but I wasn’t a complete player,” Corriero said...
With Botterill’s graduation, Corriero itched for an opportunity to reclaim her role as an offensive focal point. Knowing she’d be looked to immediately for production, Corriero spent her summer as a rising junior simply preparing, reclaiming the attacker’s mentality she had shifted away from the year before while holding fast to her mature defensive game. Unlike freshman year, there would be no surprise, no period of coming to grips with her own talent...
...knew I was going to be expected to and that I wanted to take on that more offensive role,” Corriero said. “I shot pucks all summer and I trained specifically so I’d be ready to take on that role again. It wasn’t hard in that sense. But just getting into that groove again was a little different at first...