GOLDEN, Colo. - Reese McDermott's hat trick and Laura Butler's record-setting playmaking powered a 5-0 Colorado School of Mines shutout over Midwestern State on Saturday.

McDermott scored the 17th hat trick in program history in natural fashion, putting the Orediggers (2-0-0) ahead 3-0 before Paola Rubi and Afton Rasco added late strikes. Laura Butler assisted three of those goals to tie the program single-game record.

The Mustangs (0-2-0) had scoring chances in the game, but were checked by the Orediggers' second straight shutout as Emma Carstens made three saves.

McDermott put the Orediggers ahead in the 22nd minute, finishing off a slide to her right off passes from Butler and Ellise Putnam, highlighting a half that saw Mines unlucky to not be ahead more leading 9-4 on shots.

McDermott finished her hat trick with two goals in the span of four minutes early in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Butler sprung McDermott behind the defense for an easy finish, but McDermott had to fight for her third goal as a long punt from Carstens found its way through the midfield, and she completed a solo run into the box through multiple defenders to convert in the 57th minute. 

Rubi blasted in from 20 yards off a corner two minutes later - Butler's third helper of the afternoon - and Rasco punctuated the win with a strike from the top of the box off Eliot Edwards' assist in the 86th minute.

NOTABLES
- McDermott is the eighth different player in program history to achieve a hat trick. Her three-spot was the first by an Oredigger since Hannah Rowan did it against Western Colorado in 2019. 
- Butler tied the program single-match assists record held by Megan Woodworth (2010) and teammate Jordan Barnhart (2019). She has four assists and a goal in two games to start the season. 
- Rubi's goal was her second in as many games, while Rasco, a freshman, tallied for the first time in her collegiate career.
- The Oredigger defense notched consecutive shutouts to start a season for the first time since 2018.
- The match marked the return of Cloey Seltzer, Brooke Patterson, and captain Meg Zimmerman, from injury; both Zimmerman and Seltzer suffered season-ending injuries early in the fall 2021 season, while Patterson had not appeared since the spring of 2021.
- The Orediggers' 9-0 goal margin is their most through two games in program history. Mines defeated Texas Woman's Thursday 4-0 in the season opener.
- Mines improved to 5-1 all-time against Midwestern State. The two last met in the 2021 NCAA First Round, where Mines rallied to win 3-2 in overtime.
- The Orediggers extended their home unbeaten streak to 21 matches (17-0-4) dating back to the 2019 season, the second-longest such streak in program history. 

NEXT UP
The Orediggers visit Angelo State Thursday in a non-conference match.