Mount Olive outshot Barton 20-2, but a penalty kick in the 51st minute gave the host Bulldogs the match's only goal and the Trojans dropped a 1-0 Conference Carolinas men's soccer decision Wednesday night in Wilson, N.C.

Mount Olive (3-8-1 overall, 2-4-1 CC) kept the Bulldogs on the defensive much of the contest. Freshman Nick Bernsdorf saved the only other shot on goal by Barton. He got plenty of help from his teammates as well. In the 17th minute, Macon Watkins stripped Arthur Bane of the ball as he broke free for a potential one-on-one chance for the Bulldogs.

Though opportunities were frequent for the Trojans, Mount Olive struggled to get the ball into the net. Barton keeper Vasily Yakimkin turned in several acrobatic saves. Moments before the penalty kick, Yakimkin denied Trojan Alex Rodriguez' shot from 18 yards out. In the 62nd minute, he turned away another Rodriguez shot with a sliding save. Yakimkin finished with 10 saves.

The teams were scoreless when Barton had a corner kick chance at 51:03. During a fight for a loose ball in front of the net, Mount Olive was called for a penalty. Barton's Dante De Luca blasted the ball into the net for the game-winner. De Luca was credited with both shot attempts for the Bulldogs.

Barton (5-6-1, 4-3-0) had a second goal in the 71st minute negated by an offsides.

Mount Olive came close to tying the match numerous times in the final two minutes. Emmanuel Wennah and Kelly Keaton had shots deflected by Yakimkin. Craig Allan's header and an 18-yarder by Tyler Vandevender sailed wide of the mark, and a 25-yarder from Vandevender at the final horn sailed over the goal in the final minute.

The contest marked the third time in the last six matches Mount Olive has attempted at least 20 shot attempts.

The Trojans will try to get back in the win column Monday when Mount Olive travels to Aiken, S.C. to meet Montevallo beginning at 3 p.m.