EUGENE, Ore.  – Junior Caleb Premo produced Bushnell's first hat trick in six years on Friday, leading the Beacons to a 4-0 victory over Walla Walla University in the penultimate game of the season.
 
The Beacons (7-7-3, 3-7-2) had lost four straight games coming in and pick up their first win since October 4. They did it on the strength of a 21-6 advantage in shot attempts. The Bushnell defense went 90 minutes without allowing the Wolves (1-11, 1-11) a single shot-on-goal.
 
Head Coach Joao Ehlers said, "We were pleased to see a lot of movement up front today. Premo has been working hard and this game highlights his improvements throughout the season."
 
The Beacons scored three of their goals in quick succession in the first half, scoring all three in a ten minute period. Danny Rojas got the team on the board in the 29th minute, heading the ball in off a side-of-the-box free kick from David Melo for his sixth goal of the season.
 
Then it was time for Premo to get to work, scoring his first goal in the 36th minute on a give-and-go combo pass from Rojas and Jorge Lopez. Just three minutes later he scored again, on another through-ball from Rojas, chipping the keeper for the 3-0 lead.
 
His fourth goal came early in the second half, this time off a pass from Javier Gutierrez.
 
Premo is now tied with Rojas for the season lead at 6, and he moves past Victor Irechukwu into second-place on Bushnell's all-time scoring list with 15 goals. His hat-trick was the first since Irechukwu's record-setting four-goal game in 2018, and it is just the fourth three-goal game in school history.
 
Bushnell will close the 2024 season on Sunday when they face Rocky Mountain at 2:30 pm.