No. 4 Seed Mount Olive Wins 2016 Conference Carolinas Baseball Championship
BURLINGTON, N.C. - The University of Mount Olive Trojans notched a 10-5 win over No. 6 seeded Pfeiffer University to win the 2016 Conference Carolinas Baseball Championship on Sunday (May 1) night. The Trojans earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II baseball tournament with the win.
2016 Baseball All-Tournament Team:
Joe Johnson, Erskine
Ben Williams, Barton
Weston Clarke, Belmont Abbey
Cody McKenzie, Pfeiffer
Hunter Jobe, Pfeiffer
Tanner Mathis, Pfeiffer
Zak Orrison, Mount Olive
Brandon Day, Mount Olive
Brett Lang, Mount Olive
Austin Hutchinson, Mount Olive
2016 Baseball Tournament MVP:
Bruce Zimmerman, Mount Olive
2016 Conference Carolinas Baseball Champion
University of Mount Olive
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 12 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Converse College, Emmanuel College, Erskine College, King University, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, University of Mount Olive, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Southern Wesleyan University. Emmanuel College and Southern Wesleyan University are currently completing the NCAA Membership Process and will be fully competing in league championships in the near future.