Quentin M. Reed - Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

MOUNT OLIVE, N. C. –  Five goals by Pfeiffer midfielder Kyle Barna proved not be enough to overcome the Mount Olive Trojans (11-3, 6-3 CC ) on Wednesday afternoon as the Falcons (7-8, 3-4 CC ) fell by the score of 18-9 at the McDonald Complex.

After one quarter of play the score was tied at 2-2. The Trojans took the early 1-0 lead and then Barna scored his first goal of the game with 8:45 left in a man up chance. The Falcons took a quick lead at 3:45 as Blade Garlow assisted Cody Lamond, but the Mount Olive came right back as Brett Kingston scored to tie it on an unassisted goal to go into the second quarter.

The Falcons had no answer for the Trojans as they scored four unanswered goals in the second quarter.

Mount Olive and Pfeiffer scored a combined 11 goals in the third. Mount Olive struck first, but Barna connected two more times and then Jared Nelson tallied two but it still wasn't enough as the Trojans scored six more times to extend their lead to 13-6.

With the game out of hand, Barna still had a hot hand in the fourth quarter to tack on two more to end his day with ten shots attempted.

The other notable totals for Pfeiffer included Nelson's two goals and two assists and Garlow's three assists and Mike Moorehead with 15 saves.

Jacob Ball (5), Brett Kingston (3), and Luke Dalman each had multiple goal games for the Trojans and goalkeeper Will Urban saved 12.

Pfeiffer will be the No. 5 seed in the Conference Carolinas Tournament and will start play on Tuesday, April 25th as travel to No. 4 seed North Greenville at 4 p.m.