Junior Nicole Corriero stole the show in both games of the Harvard women’s hockey team’s season-opening weekend, posting 16 points in two days of play against Union.

No. 3 Harvard (2-0 0, 2-0-0 ECAC) posted back-to-back shutouts over Union (2-4-1, 0-2-0), 13-0 and 11-0.

Corriero’s six goals on Friday night broke the previous school record of five, which had been shared by Dianne Hurley ’84, A.J. Mleczko ’97-’99, Tammy Shewchuk ’01, and her 10 points tied the mark set by Jennifer Botterill ’03.

“It was kind of surreal,” Corriero said. “Everything was falling into place. I want to use it as a way to jump start the season.”

In the absence of co-captain defenseman Angela Ruggiero and sophomore forward Julie Chu, who are representing the United States in the Four Nations Cup in Sweden, the Crimson received a stellar team effort in addition to Corriero’s offensive tear.

Sophomore center Jennifer Raimondi ended the weekend with four goals—including a hat trick in Friday’s game—and three assists, while fellow sophomore defenseman Jennifer Skinner posted a goal and five assists.

Harvard 11 Union 0

Keeping focused after a blowout the night before, Harvard posted a repeat dominant performance. In a lopsided game of attack, the Crimson’s offensive arsenal outshot the Dutchwomen 55-9.

“[Keeping up the intensity] is the hardest thing to do,” junior winger Kat Sweet said. “We pretend every game is a clean slate. We go into each period thinking it’s 0-0.”

After her ten-point performance the night before, Corriero posted a hat trick in the first period and added three assists on Saturday to provide the motivation to get the Crimson rolling.

Harvard set out to prove to the hockey world that even without two of its top goal scorers, it has a dominating team.

“I know a lot of people think that beyond our Olympians [Chu and Ruggiero], we don’t have a lot of potential,” Corriero said. “The offensive pressure wasn’t placed on any single player’s shoulders. We do have a lot of depth. We have a lot of firepower.”

In addition to the play of Raimondi and Skinner, sophomore forward Carrie Schroyer posted three assists in the win.

The play of the freshmen forwards impressed the veterans. Caitlin Cahow assisted on a Jennifer Sifers goal, the second assist and second goal, respectively, in only the second game for these two first-year skaters.

Cahow’s first collegiate goal in the second period stretched the Crimson lead to 7-0.