LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.—Sophomore Mason Hill finished tied for 16^th to lead Lewis & Clark College men's golf on Sunday and Monday at the 2025 Northwest Conference Fall Classic. 
 
THE BASICS
 
Men's Golf – 7^th out of 9 Teams - +38 (606: 295-311)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Hill and junior Luke Blankinship placed inside the top-25 to pace the Pioneers across the two-day tournament. Lewis & Clark hosted the event at the Lake Oswego Country Club. 
 
As a team, Lewis & Clark finished the first 18 holes tied for fifth with a score of +11 (295). They shot a 311 (+38) on Monday to fade to seventh - after posting the highest team score of any of the top-seven teams. 
 
Hill tied for third on the team on Sunday with a 77 (+6). The sophomore shaved five strokes off his score to pace the team with a 72 (+1) on Day Two. His two-day score of 149 (+7) put him in a tie for 16^th in the field of 45 golfers. 
 
Blankinship placed tied for 23^rd overall with a score of 151 (+9). Blankinship ended Day One tied for fifth in the field and second on the team with an even-par round of 71. He notched an 80 (+9) on Monday to finish with a 151.
 
Sophomore Joonho Moon wrapped up play on Sunday tied for third in the field with his round of 70 (-1). He carded an 83 (+12) on Monday. Moon wrapped up the tournament tied for 30^th with a score of 153 (+11).  
 
Junior Kenji Pickeral placed in the top-three on the team on both days. The junior opened the weekend with a 77 (+6) to tie Hill for third on the team. He came back on Monday with a 76 (+5) to finish second on the team. He carded a 153 (+11) to place tied for 30^th overall. 
 
Senior Millen Mistry earned a spot at an NWC Conference event for the first time since the 2023 NWC Championship. He notched an 81 (+10) on Sunday. Mistry came back with an 85 (+14) on Day Two to finish in 44^th place with a 166 (+24). 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Hill moved up 15 spots from the end of Round One to the conclusion of the event on Monday. 
• Whitman University's Mason Remington won the individual title 140 (-2) by one stroke over Willamette University's Brock Olson (141, -1). Remington posted an eagle on the par 5 18^th hole to turn a one-stroke deficit into a one-stroke win. 
• Blankinship finished tied for second in the field with his average of 4.75 (-2) on Par 5s and tied for 9^th(3.20, +2) on Par 4s. 
• Moon and Hill tied for the team lead with a 4.22 average (+4) on Par 4s. 
• Defending NWC Champions Willamette won the team title with a score of 577 (+9). Whitman College (586, +18) placed second and Linfield University (593, +25) took third. Pacific Lutheran (594, +26), Whitworth (596, +28), George Fox (602, +34) and Lewis & Clark (606, +38) all finished within 12 strokes of each other. 
• Moon's round of -1 (70) on Sunday was the lowest round of his career at an NWC Tournament event. He shot a 74 (+2) in Round One at last year's NWC Championship. The -1 score is tied for the lowest by a Pioneer at an NWC event since at least 2015. 

 
WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Both golf teams wrapped up their Fall season with the NWC Fall Classic. They will return to action in February when the team begins their Spring season.