A first career hat-trick for Kieffer Moore saw him become Torquay United's top scorer for the 2016-17 season and help the Gulls to record their first league win since early October 2016 against Solihull Moors.
Moore, who joined United on loan from Forest Green Rovers and scored on his debut for his hometown club against Wrexham last Saturday, opened the scoring on 30 minutes when latched onto a ball from fellow loan signing Jamie Reid and comfortably slotted home.
In the second half, Moore completed his brace the hour mark when he nodded home a cross from Dan Sparkes into an unguarded net from eight-yards, which moved him level on three goals with Reid, Nathan Blissett and Giancarlo Gallifuoco for the campaign.
Sparkes was once again the provider for Moore in the 71st minute when his precision cross from the left wing, as Moore dived at full stretch to power home from six-yards to become the first Gulls' player to score a treble since Elliot Benyon in the FA Cup second round against Stockport County in the 2009-10 season.
The challenge now for Torquay manager Kevin Nicholson is to build on this result in United's next two fixtures away at Tranmere Rovers and Dagenham & Redbridge, not to mention to try to keep the Torquay-born Moore at Plainmoor beyond his initial 28-day loan stint.
