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BYU soccer: Hatch's hat trick leads to upset of defending champ Penn State

Ashley Hatch's second career hat trick pushed No. 14 BYU past defending national champion No. 5 Penn State on Friday on the road.

"Coming off some great practices this week, it was an incredible performance against an excellent program," BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said. "We played our game right from the beginning and were rewarded for it."

After not scoring until the 77th minute against Washington State and being shut out against Nebraska, BYU took just five and a half minutes to get on the board against Penn State. Paige Hunt Barker took away a pass from Nittany Lion goalkeeper and quickly connected with Elena Medeiros who played a through ball that Hatch booted in from just outside the penalty spot in the sixth minute.