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SEATTLE - Megan Lindsay scored her first college hat trick, completing it with 35 seconds left in the game to spark 14th-ranked Seattle Pacific's 4-0 defeat of Northwest Nazarene in a GNAC game at Interbay Stadium Saturday.

The win moved the defending league champion Falcons (8-2-0, 5-1-0) back into first place, one point ahead of Montana State Billings (7-1-2, 4-0-2).

Lindsay's hat trick was the first by a Falcon since Sept. 25, 2010 when Hannah Masson scored three in a 6-0 victory at Western Oregon.

Lindsay put SPU on the board just 3:45 into the game. NNU goalkeeper Tanya Zickefoose came out to kick the ball away from a charging Kellie Zakrzewski, but did not get a good clearance on it.

Lindsay ran onto it from the right wing side and first-timed a 40-yarder that floated into the right side before Zickefoose could get back into her net.

Thomas made it 2-0 with only 3:38 gone in the second half. She took a pass from Zakrzewski and, from 30 yards in front, fired a shot that bounced off the underside of the crossbar and dropped in behind the goal line.

Lindsay got her second score of the day seven minutes later when freshman midfielder Riley Dopps sent a ball toward the upper left side of the penalty area. Lindsay ran onto it in the box and let fly from 15 yards away with a shot that went into the back right corner at 55:56.

She completed the hat trick at 89:25, taking a feed from freshman midfielder Arden Matro, and firing into the back right corner from just inside the top of the box.

Zickefoose registered four saves for the Crusaders, who were outshot by a 20-6 margin.

Natalie Harold and Brooke Yokers shared in the shutout, SPU's sixth of the year. Harold stopped one shot before departing in the 56th minute.