OL Ryan Welch scores on a trick play for a go-ahead conversion as Mercyhurst tops St. Francis 21-20
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Adam Urena and Cameron Barmore connected on two fourth-quarter touchdowns, and offensive lineman Ryan Welch scored on a trick play for a 2-point conversion with 42 seconds left to give Mercyhurst a 21-20 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday.
Mercyhurst trailed 13-0 before settling for an 18-yard field goal with six seconds left in the first half to trail by 10.
Barmore scored from 10-yards out on the first drive of the fourth quarter to tie it at 13-all. St. Francis answered with an eight-play, 86-yard drive ending in a 45-yard pass from Nick Whitfield Jr. to Gavin Thomson.
Mercyhurst returned the ensuing kickoff 13 yards before going on a 12-play drive that ended in a juggling catch by Barmore in the end zone from 29-yards out. On the game-winning play, Barmore caught a pass short of the end zone and pitched it to Welch, who ran it in from about the 5.
Urena was 21 of 33 for 240 yards with two touchdowns for Mercyhurst (4-7). Barmore made eight catches for 129 yards.
Whitfield also passed for two touchdowns and 245 yards for St. Francis (4-7). Thomson also caught two touchdown passes and totaled 157 yards on nine grabs.
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