Word: jakes
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...certainly appeared to be true. Despite being outshot in the first and losing all six first-quarter faceoffs—Harvard won just five of the 26 faceoffs in the game—the Crimson jumped out to an early 3-0 lead thanks to tallies by sophomore midfielder Jake Samuelson and sophomore defensive midfielder Peter Doyle sandwiched around a score by Johnson...
...Stags responded fiercely, pumping three goals past captain Jake McKenna in under four minutes to tie the score. However, Johnson once again proved that he belonged in the starting lineup, as he snagged the rebound of a McBride shot and made the score 5-4, setting the stage for the excitement late in the half...
...able to see them well, because of how the defense was playing their offense, forcing them to go down the side, not allowing passes across the center,” said Johnson of McKenna. “When Jake can see the shot coming he’s very good at shutting it down, and that’s why he’s such a leader and one of the best players on our team...
...Mind contains multiple, parallel tales of family crisis with Jake (Patrick McCaffrey), a stubborn, malicious paranoiac with a bad memory as their uniting element. As the play begins, he has badly beaten his wife, Beth (Nichole Shalhoub), and run off, thinking that he’s killed her. However, a doleful Beth has survived and is recuperating with the help of her brother, Mike (Tor Hillhouse). Also in the mix are Jake’s clearheaded siblings (Jodi Dick and Kaolin Bass) and a trio of daffy parents (Francesca Carlin, Tug Coker, and Laura Nordin...
...blame for the show’s flaws can probably be placed with director Robert Walsh, who was ultimately responsible for making sure that the show was as comprehensible and convincing as possible. But the lead performance from McCaffrey, whose Jake could have used some toughening did not help; McCaffrey diluted the role with too much tenderness, and in the process he turned Jake into a petulant bore. The play’s three elderly characters were likewise lacking in interpretation; each of the three actors had occasional moments of comic vigor, yet they did not have the presence required...