GASTONIA, N.C. – The opening day of the 2025 Conference Carolinas Baseball Championship saw Emmanuel University and the University of Mount Olive win their play-in games to advance to the double elimination portion of the bracket.
In the opening game, eighth seed Emmanuel used two home runs to defeat ninth seed Shorter University 9-5. Landon Mokris hit the first home run, before Hayden Beall later lifted a grand slam in the fourth inning. The Lions scored eight runs in the fourth to take a 9-2 lead. Shorter ripped three home runs, including a three-run blast in the eighth inning from Will Fincher. The Hawks added another run in the ninth, but couldn’t get any closer as Emmanuel took the contest 9-6.
Emmanuel will face top seed Francis Marion University at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Tenth seed King University opened the scoring in the second inning on a home run from Nathan Borchardt. However, the seventh-seeded Trojans came back with six runs in the bottom of the inning. Lane McLean highlighted the outburst that gave Mount Olive a 6-1 lead with a two-run double. King came back with four runs in the third, one on a Jacob Eargle double, two on a Michael Starrs home run and Borchardt followed with another long ball. Mount Olive added another run in the bottom of the inning to extend their lead to 7-5. The Trojans added two runs in the third and King added one in the ninth on a Daniel Hicks home run, but that was all Mount Olive allowed as the Trojans took the contest 9-6.
Mount Olive advances to take on second seed Young Harris College at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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2025 Conference Carolinas Baseball Championship
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Play-in Round – Wednesday, April 30
Game 1: No. 8 Emmanuel defeats No. 9 Shorter, 9-6
BOX SCORE
Game 2: No. 7 Mount Olive defeats No. 10 King, 9-6
BOX SCORE
First Round - Thursday, May 1
Game 3: No. 1 Francis Marion vs. N0. 8 Emmanuel, 11:00 a.m.
Game 4: No. 4 North Greenville vs. No. 5 UNC Pembroke, 1:00 p.m. (at Sims Legion Park)
Game 5: No. 2 Young Harris vs. No. 7 Young Harris, 3:00 p.m.
Game 6: No. 3 Belmont Abbey vs. No. 6 Barton, 7:00 p.m.
Second Round - Friday, May 2
Game 7: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 11:00 a.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 1:00 p.m. (at Sims Legion Park)
Game 9: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 3:00 p.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 5, 7:00 p.m.
Semifinal Round - Saturday, May 3
Game 11: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, 11:00 a.m.
Game 12: Loser Game 10 vs. Winner Game 7, 11:00 a.m. (at Sims Legion Park)
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 3:00 p.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 7:00 p.m.
Championship - Sunday, May 4
Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 13, 1:00 p.m.
Game 16: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15, 4:00 p.m.
Championship – Monday, May 5 (If Necessary)
Game 17 – Loser Game 16 vs. Winner Game 15, 1:00 p.m.