WILSON, N.C. - The Barton men's soccer team (7-6-3) celebrated Senior Day in style with a 7-1 win over Shaw (2-11) Saturday evening at the Bulldogs Athletic Complex.

Barton senior forward Cole Grove (Brisbane, AUSTRALIA) tallied a hat trick - three goals - and the Bulldogs scored their most goals in the match since a 7-1 victory over Mount Olive on October 16, 2019, at home.

Barton senior forward Andrew Herman (Wake Forest, N.C.) opened the scoring just 3:22 in the match with a score right in front of the net right off a goalkeeper save.

Senior forward Blake Grove (Newstead, AUSTRALIA) and junior forward Bruno Marques (Piracicaba, BRAZIL) added a goal and an assist for the Bulldogs, who held a 17-15 edge in shots taken and remained unbeaten in their last eight matches at 6-0-2.

In goal, graduate student Alejandro Sepulveda (Cali, COLUMBIA) earned the victory for Barton while stopping a pair of shots and Shaw's Christoforos Theokli (Nicosia, CYPRUS) suffered the loss.

Barton is the eighth seed in the Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Championship and will host ninth-seeded Ferrum (6-6-3) in the opening round on Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 p.m.

Shaw hosts Denmark Technical College on Sunday, November 1, in Durham, N.C., starting at 1:00 p.m.