PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Thorns FC defeated the Oregon State Beavers 3-0 on Wednesday night behind a hat trick from forward Nadia Nadim.
The Thorns opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when defender Kat Williamson picked out Nadia Nadim who made no mistake with her finish.
In the 58th minute, Nadim struck again, this time sending a wicked shot off the post and in after Celeste Boureille's attempted pass in the box deflected right to her feet.
Ten minutes later, Nadim completed her hat trick, sending a powerful shot past Oregon State goalkeeper Bella Geist off of a sensational through ball from second half substitute Christine Sinclair.