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CJ Smith
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Football

Lewis & Clark hands Macalester first defeat

Box Score
Macalester jumped out to a 10-0 lead over Lewis & Clark, but the Pioneers tallied the game's next 41 points to hand the Scots their first setback of the season, a 41-17 defeat in Portland, Ore.  L&C moves to 3-0 on the year and Mac falls to 3-1.

Clark Bledsoe (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla. / Episcopal) was successful on 20 of 30 passing attempts.  C.J. Smith (Jr., Ashland, Wis.) hauled in seven receptions for 66 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown.  Macalester's other TD came on a T. Joe Loiselle (Sr., Chippewa Falls, Wis.) 1-yard run to open the scoring.  Auburn Jimenez (Jr., East Los Angeles, Calif. / St. John Bosco) kicked a 24-yard field goal to put Mac on top 10-0 less than two minutes into the second quarter.

Linebacker Levi Brown (Jr., Winona, Minn. / Rushford-Peterson) registered 12 tackles, including 2 ½ for loss of yardage, to lead the Macalester defense.

Keith Welch threw for a pair of touchdowns, going  24-for-35 for 312 yards and no interceptions, and ran for two touchdowns to spark the Lewis & Clark (Ore.) attack.

Macalester was denied its first 4-0 start since 1898.

Photo above: C.J. Smith caught seven passes for 66 yards and a touchdown.

Scoring by quarter
Macalester 7 – 3 – 0 – 7 – 17
Lewis & Clark 0 – 13 – 21 – 7 – 41

Scoring Summary:
MAC - T. Joe Loiselle 1 run (Auburn Jimenez kick)
MAC - Jimenez 24 FB
L&C – Keith Welch 1 run (Simon Monley kick)
L&C – Evan Stanbro 38 pass from Welch (kick failed
L&C – Curtis Shirey 6 run (Monley kick)
L&C – Welch 2 run (Monley kick)
L&C – Nico Ohland 25 pass from Welch(Monley kick)
L&C – Josh Cena 56 int. return (Simon kick)
MAC - C.J. Smith 11 pass from Samson Bialostok (Jimenez kick)
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