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On This Day, 2015: FG by Baron with 4.4 Seconds Left Gives Bentley 30-28 Senior Day Win over LIU Post; 3 TD Catches for Calvanese

On November 7, 2015, less than a half minute after a TD pass and two-point conversion put LIU Post in front by one, Bentley senior Michael Baron sent a 31-yard field goal through the uprights with :04.4 to play to give the Falcons a stunning 30-28 Senior Day victory in Northeast-10 Conference football.

Bentley (5-5, 5-4 NE-10) entered the game's final six minutes with a 13-point lead but fell behind 28-27 when Pioneer junior QB Jeff Kidd threw his fourth TD pass of the afternoon and followed with a two-point conversion pass with 30.5 seconds left.

The ensuing kickoff was pushed back to the 20 as the result of an unsportsmanlike conduct call on LIU Post and a 24-yard return from freshman Drew Mahoney resulted in Bentley taking over at its own 43 with 24 seconds to play.

A pair of short completions from junior QB CJ Scarpa to senior Chris Calvanese moved the ball over midfield, with Calvanese going out of bounds on each to top the clock. Following an incompletion that took the time down to 12 seconds, the two teamed up again on a 31-yarder with Calvanese again getting out of bounds, this time at the Pioneer 14 with 7.5 seconds left.

Coach Bill Kavanaugh brought on Baron, who had missed a 35-yarder from the left hash mark minutes earlier, and this time, also from the left side, he delivered with his 29th career field goal.

Calvanese had a career game for the Falcons as he caught 10 passes for 154 yards and three TDs, including a 42-yarder from senior slot receiver Chris Walsh on a trick play with 5:03 left in the first for the game's first touchdown. The other two were from Scarpa, who finished 24 of 34 for 228 yards in his first career start.

The only scoring of the third came on a two-yard run by junior Martin Bannerman that made it 27-14. That was just a 27-yard drive, set up by a fumble recovery by junior Shane Wellman on a mishandled punt.

LIU Post made it a one-possession game with 5:41 left, Kidd combining with sophomore James Higgins on a 13-yard scoring pass on the 17th play of the drive.

LIU Post's go-ahead drive (13 plays, 80 yards over 2:35) featured a 42-yard completion to sophomore Kyle Ward to convert a 4th-and-19 (it was 2nd-and-32 two plays earlier).  That produced a first down at the Falcon 19 and Kidd finished it with his 27th TD pass of the season, this one of eight yards to junior Mike Williams. The visitors went for two and Kidd found Higgins in the back of the end zone to give his team its only lead of the day, 28-27.

Bentley, which set a season-high for points, totaled 426 yards of offense with 23 first downs. In addition to Calvanese and Scarpa, the Falcons received strong performances from Mahoney, Bannerman and tight end Alex Farkes. Mahoney had 204 all-purpose yards (137 kickoffs, 42 rushing, 25 receiving), Bannerman rushed for 83 in 25 carries, and Farkes pulled in seven passes for 73 yards.