Omar Nuno, Octavio Murillo and Esten Schroeder will all tell their children about Friday night, Oct. 2, at University Soccer Stadium. Then their kids will tell their friends. And eventually they'll tell their own kids.
 
True story.
 
Nuno netted the Chico State men's soccer team's first hat trick since 2008, Murillo scored the goal every striker goes to bed dreaming about (check the video), and Schroeder tacked on his first collegiate tally in the Wildcats' thrill-filled 5-2 win against Cal State East Bay.
 
Nuno scored three times before 30 minutes were gone in becoming the program's 19^th player to record a hat trick and the first since Benjamin Moukoko did it on Sept. 17, 2008.
 
Other notable names on that list include former MLS MVP Chris Wondolowski, Columbia Records recording artist Mat Kearney and a number of members of the Chico State Athletics Hall of Fame, including Ben Pollock, who will be inducted a week from Saturday.
 
Nuno, a junior transfer from Santa Rosa Junior College, now has seven goals in his first eight matches as a Wildcat.

Wildcat Hat Tricks
Omar Nuno – 10/2/15
Benjamin Moukoko – 9/17/08
Spencer Stanton – 10/3/04
Chris Wondolowski – 10/20/01
Arturo Barragan – 10/26/99
Arturo Barragan – 9/7/99
Matt Roberson – 10/30/98
Mat Kearney – 9/24/97
Kely Jacobsen – 11/2/94
Kevin Eagleston – 11/7/92
Michael Cruickshank – 10/27/92
Michael Cruickshank – 10/2/89
Kurt Lundberg – 0/27/89
Fritz Libby – 0/27/89
Scott Wulferdinger – 0/27/89
Ben Pollock – 9/24/88
Otey Cannon – 1971
Otey Cannon – 10/11/71
Fernando Espinar – 1968

He opened the scoring in the seventh minute, assisted by Matt Hurlow, who had two helpers on the night and leads the team with three. Hurlow worked the ball down the right flank before slipping a pass across the top of the 18-yard box to Nuno, who was settling into a space between two defenders. He took a touch to his right and hammered a shot to the left of the goalkeeper, who had no chance to react.
 
A penalty kick drew Cal State East Bay (2-8-0, 1-5-0 CCAA) even in the 18^th minute before Nuno struck again, set up by the pass of the night off the boot of Jesus Ramos.
 
Ramos dribbled with pace from the midline to the top of the box, weaving through the heart of the East Bay midfield, before chipping a cheeky pass over the backpedaling back line into the space between those defenders and the and goalkeeper. Nuno found a narrow gap between the defenders to squeeze through and threaded a rocket past the charging keeper.
 
The 26^th-minute strike proved to be the match winner. Nuno had his hat trick less than five minutes later.
 
Schroeder set things in motion with a cross to Hurlow in the box. He played it back to Nuno who was in nearly the same spot that produced his first goal. He scored it in a similar fashion as well, with a blast that left he goalkeeper without enough time to react.
 
Cal State East Bay kept the match tight by scoring on a free kick in the 38^th minute, however, and the Wildcats went to the half with a 3-2 edge.
 
The scoring barrage subsided for a bit before Murillo subbed in the 59^th minute. Twice he missed high from distance before finding the range with an exquisite strike in the 65^th minute.
 
The senior was in space in the middle of the pitch when a 50-50 ball bounced his way. He took one touch with his left foot to steer the ball to his liking from out of the air, and then slammed the bouncing ball with topspin from at least five yards beyond the top of the circle at top of the 18-yard box.
 

The ball rose and then dipped violently, first flying over a defender in Murillo's path and then slipping through the tiny window between the goalkeeper's hand and the crossbar, finally sliding along the top netting and slipping down the back.
 
The crowd went crazy and Murillo's teammates were over the moon for their esteemed senior teammate.
 
Schroeder put a bow on the night with a beautiful goal in its own right. The freshman won the ball behind the midfield stripe and deftly dribbled around a pair of defenders with pace, creating a 3-on-1 counter attack. Schroeder had Dylan Wakefield on his left, Rajaee DeLane to his right, and one defender to beat.
 
He slipped a pass to Wakefield, putting him in 1-on-1 versus the goalkeeper. The sprawling keeper pushed Wakefield's shot wide, but a resolute Schroeder was there to knock it into the open net.
 
Chico State, which was playing just its second home match, improved to 4-3-1 overall and 2-1-0 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Wildcats will attempt to keep the momentum going against a very good Stanislaus State squad when the teams meet at University Soccer Stadium Sunday at 2 p.m.