PORTLAND, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College football celebrated their 13 seniors prior to and after the team's season finale against #4 Linfield University on Saturday afternoon. 
 
THE BASICS
#4 Linfield 70, Lewis & Clark 7
(Lewis & Clark 4-5, Northwest Conference 2-5) 
(Linfield 9-0, Northwest Conference 7-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Lewis & Clark recognized the 13 members of their 2022 Senior Class prior to the game: Sam Meinhard, Jonathan Newsome, Isaac Cordova, Reid Fong, Sammy Gonzalez, Adrian Daffy, Jake Bushman, Alex Koga, DJ Smith, Ward Anderson, Aaron Krause, Noah Hobbs and Sage Quandt-Deto. 
 
The Class of 2022 led Lewis & Clark to at least three wins in every season and 11 total victories. The Pioneers won at least two conference games in every season, making it the first time Lewis & Clark has won multiple NWC games in three-straight season from 1989-1993 (5-straight seasons). 
 
Senior quarterback Cruz Montana, who is expected to return for next season, connected with junior Devon Guest for an eight-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7 just over five minutes into the game. 
 
Montana finished the game 7-16 for 104 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Backup quarterbacks JT Willis and Trey Morris also saw action in the game. Willis finished 8-11 for 68 yards and Morris went 2-5 for 10 yards. 
 
Elijah Washington led the Pioneers with four rushes for 41 yards. Huero Lopez tacked on 15 yards on a season-high five carries. 
 
Guest led the Pioneers receivers with three catches for 57 yards. Sean Bodi added two catches for 45 yards and Garrett Lee pulled down three catches for 25 yards. 
 
Justin Hope and Andrew Baum each posted a team-high six tackles. Hope registered four solo tackles and a half-tackle for loss. Auzzie Ankai recorded a team-high five solo tackles and Josh Dozier, Jay'Den Dock and Bushman matched Ankai for third on the team with five tackles. Dock wrapped up his excellent freshman season with a team-best two tackles for loss and the team's lone sack. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Bushman and Meinhard each finished with exactly 100 tackles in their Pioneers careers. Bushman led the Pioneers this season with 54 tackles and Meinhard finished third with 52. Junior Justin Hope, who finished the second second on the team with 53 tackles, heads into his senior season with 99 career tackles. 
• Alex Koga finishes his career second in program history in career points with 116. He ends his career tied for first in program history in career made field goals (18) an fifth in PATS (62). With his extra point in the first quarter, he became only the second kicker in program history to post 50 or more points in two seasons. 
• Ankai registered the first interception of his collegiate career in the contest. 
• The Pioneers finished the season second in the NWC in scoring offense with 32.0 points per game. They also finished fourth in yards per game (380.6), third in rushing yards per game (128.3) and fourth in passing yards per game (252.2). 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
The Pioneers expect to return most of their key pieces on offense and the majority of the team's secondary along with their defensive line and several starting linebackers.