"It was a disappointing day for us but again like our previous games we are creating chances but just can't put the ball into the net," said Academy coach John Owens.
"We had a young team out and having Laurence ruled out during the warm-up was a blow for us. He is our tallest centre half and Barnsley scored the only goal of the game with a header from a cross.
"We had some good individual moments but we can't buy a goal at the moment and we are paying dearly for it, but we just have to keep at it and hopefully the goals will start to come."