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Kekama Cosma ranges to his left getting ready to make a tackle
Claudia Loeber
14
Lewis and Clark LCFB 2-3 , 1-1
47
Winner Linfield LIN 4-1 , 2-0
Lewis and Clark LCFB
2-3 , 1-1
14
Final
47
Linfield LIN
4-1 , 2-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
LCFB Lewis and Clark 14 0 0 0 14
LIN Linfield 13 10 7 17 47

Game Recap: Football | | Seth Orensky

Football Puts Up Strong Showing But #19/23 Linfield Pulls Away Late

First year Kekama Cosma made seven solo tackles and a career-high eight tackles

McMINNVILLE, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College football jumped out to a 14-7 lead but #19/23 Linfield University proved to be too much, as the Wildcats earned a 47-14 Northwest Conference victory on Saturday afternoon at Maxwell Field. 
 
THE BASICS
 
#19/23 Linfield 47, Lewis & Clark 14
(Lewis & Clark 2-3, NWC 1-1) 
(Linfield 4-1, NWC 2-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Senior quarterback Trey Morris earned the start and threw one touchdown pass and led the Pioneers in passing and rushing yards against the stout Wildcats defense. Morris finished the game 14-23 for 93 yards and added a team-high 50 rushing yards on eight attempts. 
 
Senior Devon Guest paced the team's receivers with six catches for 43 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore tight end Julius Walker tacked on two catches for 42 yards and a touchdown. Garrett Lee (two for 11 yards), Ben Burnham (three for nine yards) and Jordan Lahusky (two for six yards) all added multiple catches. 
 
Lahusky tacked on four rushes for 17 yards. Sophomore Chili Stephens added eight rushes for 18 yards. 
 
Defensively, sophomore Sean Mathews posted a career and game-high nine tackles (two solo). First year Kekama Cosma notched a game-high seven solo tackles and eight total stops. Mitchell Sarmento (four solo, six total), Daryl Scott (five solo) and Conner Hilberg (five solo) all posted five or more tackles. Hilberg added the Pioneers lone sack of the game for a loss of five yards. Junior Josh Arcayena posted a forced fumble and graduate student Wil Powell II notched a fumble recovery. Junior Jack Warren tacked on a blocked point-after-attempt. 
 
After giving up a Linfield touchdown on the Wildcats first drive of the game, Lewis & Clark struck for back-to-back scores to take the lead. 
 
The Pioneers relied heavily on Morris during a 11-play, 83-yard drive. The fifth-year quarterback ran three times for 25 yards and went 4-5 in the air to help the Pioneers tie it up. On third and four from the Linfield 29, Morris connected with Burnham for a four-yard gain. Morris ran for 11 yards on the next play and then a Stephens seven-yard rush brought the ball inside the Wildcats 10. Morris found Guest cutting across the middle for a seven-yard touchdown pass to tie the score at 7-7 with 6:53 to go in the first quarter. 
 
On the ensuing kickoff, Brady Crenshaw returned the ball out to the 24-yard line before Arcayena forced the ball out. Powell II dove on top of the ball at the 27-yard line to give Lewis & Clark the ball back. 
 
It took one play for Lewis & Clark to take the lead. Morris handed the ball off to Stephens who faked running it to the right side before floating a pass to Walker at the five-yard line and the sophomore was able to walk it in for a 14-7 lead. It was the Pioneers second touchdown in 15 seconds.
 
The Pioneers would hold tough for the rest of the first half and make things difficult on Linfield. The hosts scored on their next possession to cut the deficit to 14-13 but Warren blocked the PAT to keep Lewis & Clark in the lead. 
 
On the Wildcats next possession, Lewis & Clark posted three-straight stops inside the red zone to force a turnover on downs. Hilberg made the stop on second and three, Sarmento made a solo tackle on third and one and Sarmento and senior Justin Hope combined to force the turnover on fourth and one. 
 
Linfield grabbed the lead on a QB keeper from Luke McNabb to make it 20-14 with 6:09 to go before halftime. They threatened to double their lead late in the half when they had a first and goal from the six. After a five-yard pass on second down, Cosma came up with a stuff on third down and the Wildcats were whistled for an ineligible receiver down field on a potential touchdown on fourth down. Linfield ultimately kicked a field goal to go up 23-14 at halftime. 
 
The Pioneers forced a punt on Linfield's first drive of the second half but the Wildcats would score on each of their final four drives (three touchdowns, one field goal) to pull away. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • The Pioneers have led Linfield in each of their past two matchups. Last season, Lahusky returned the opening kickoff of the game for an 85-yard kickoff return touchdown. 
  • Burnham went over 100 career catches on Saturday (102) and is now sitting on 1,495 career yards. 
  • Hoang moved into fourth place in program history for career points (99). He is now 18-18 this year on PATs and 59-60 for his career. 
  • Mathews has posted career-highs in tackles against Linfield in both of his first two seasons. Last season he recorded four of his 13 tackles against the Wildcats. Thirteen of his career 24 tackles have come against Linfield. His nine tackles are tied for the most by a Pioneer this season. 
  • First year punter Damon Perez had a breakout game as he posted career-highs with seven punts for 297 yards and a 42.4 average. He added a career-long punt of 52 yards. His previous career long punt had been 34 yards. 
WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will host Pacific University for Homecoming on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Pioneers will be looking to avenge a 34-24 non-conference loss to the Boxers from earlier this season. 
 
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