She scored 3 goals in just over 3 minutes. Now she’s Boise State’s career best.

During a stretch of 3 minutes and 11 seconds, Boise State forward Raimee Sherle made history.

Sherle notched one of the fastest hat tricks in NCAA history and simultaneously set the Broncos’ program record for career goals in a 3-0 shutout of UNLV on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas.

But just as quickly as she scored those goals, Sherle turned the attention to her teammates.

“I don’t feel like I should have all of the attention. It’s my team,” Sherle said. “It’s not just me. I have amazing teammates who make me look so good.”

Boise State’s standout forward has 37 career goals, becoming the fastest player to reach the mark in Mountain West history. The conference record for career goals is 41, and it isn’t likely to stand much longer.

“It’s never been done before. What superlative could you choose? You would be correct with all of them,” Boise State coach Jim Thomas said. “It’s never been done before, and she’s done it a year and a half sooner than the next person. It’s hard to wrap your head around.”

The fastest hat trick in NCAA history was scored in 2:02 by women’s soccer legend Abby Wambach.

“It’s unreal. I blacked out for some of the goals. I didn’t know what was happening. It all happened so fast, but when I found my opportunities, I took them,” Sherle said. “... My team is so great and so supportive and they were so happy for me. One of my teammates started crying she was so happy for me.”

Junior forward Kristina Serres was the one with the tears. Serres, who is Sherle’s close friend, and junior midfielder Emily Curry each assisted on one of Sherle’s goals. The third was unassisted.

“I think when you see someone get rolling, you’re expecting a change from an opponent. They didn’t change, and we kept hunting it down,” Thomas said. “The key thing for people to know is that was a planned situation. We had been playing in a different tactical setup for the first half to get to that point, and not exerting too much of Raimee and our forwards’ energies.

“... It’s a hundred degrees down here right now. ... We wanted to unleash her right at the start (of the second half), and boy did she get rolling really, really quick.”

Sherle found the back of the net at 46:55, 48:40 and 50:06. She now has 12 goals this season, which would rank first in the nation, one ahead of Mississippi Valley’s Laadi Issaka.

“We were sitting on the bench at the end of the game and she’s just kind of got this grin on her face,” Thomas said. “I’m sitting next to her and I just said to her, ‘That was history.’ And she goes, ‘I just can’t believe it’s come to me that way. I can’t believe it’s happened like that.’”

Thirty-seven career goals and counting?

Believe it.

See Sherle and the Broncos (8-2-0, 2-0-0 MW) for yourself at 4 p.m. Friday against Colorado State at the Boas Soccer Complex in Boise.

This story was originally published September 23, 2018 at 6:09 PM.