A 'Jake trick' carries UConn to victory over Harvard

The Huskies got three goals from players named Jake as they won their first game back from break.

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Daniel Connolly
December 31, 2023

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When Jake Richard gave UConn a lead just 40 seconds into the game on Sunday vs. Harvard, head coach Mike Cavanaugh had a strange reaction. Instead of being excited about the quick goal, he thought about what could go wrong.

“That always scares me when you score on the first shift of the game because I think sometimes guys think it's going to be easy,” he explained.

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