CENTRAL, S.C. (April 16) – After producing a season-high 23 hits with three homers, the Trojans completed the series sweep at Southern Wesleyan with a 19-7 victory on Sunday afternoon in Conference Carolinas action.

With the win, the University of Mount Olive baseball team improves to 28-10 this season behind a 15-8 mark in conference play. After this weekend's results, the Trojans sit third in the conference standings with two league series left in the regular season. Meanwhile, Southern Wesleyan falls to 13-29 overall with a 7-17 mark in league action.

The Trojans registered a season-high 23 hits with eight players posting a multiple-hit performance, including four individuals that tallied at least three hits. Senior Jack Casbarro went 4-for-6 at the plate with one RBI, two runs scored, and two stolen bases. Sophomore Cooper George totaled three hits, one RBI, and four runs scored, while senior Joshua Jones finished 3-for-5 with two RBI, and one run scored. Junior Zach Zoltoski went 3-for-6 with three RBI, two runs scored, and one stolen base.

Senior JT Stone delivered a multi-homer performance with three RBI, and two runs scored, while graduate student Landon Choboy also blasted a homer with two RBI, and two runs scored.

The Warriors leaped ahead in the bottom of the first inning with three runs on three hits, including a two-run single through the left side, 3-0. Mount Olive answered in the top of the second with back-to-back singles by Jones and junior Mike Kenney with two outs before Zoltoski laced an RBI single to center field to cut the deficit to 2-1. During the next at-bat, Kenney scored during a rundown at second, as Zoltoski also managed to steal, 2-2. Junior Dylan Jeffries followed with an RBI double down the left-field line before teammate Vito Patierno laced an RBI single up the middle, 4-3. Southern Wesleyan managed to reclaim the lead after scoring a run in the third and fourth frames to take a 5-4 edge.

In the top of the fifth, the Trojans scored four runs on three hits, highlighted by a two-run homer by Stone, his fourth of the season, to regain the lead at 8-5. After a scoreless sixth, UMO scored on a passed ball and a solo homer by Stone, his second of the game, in the seventh to hold a 10-5 advantage. In the top of the eighth, Jones registered a two-run single to left field, as Mount Olive took a commanding 12-5 lead. The Trojans blew the game open in the top of the ninth after registering seven runs on six hits. Casbarro delivered an RBI single in the infield before Choboy launched a two-run homer to left field, his third of the year, to take a 15-5 lead. Later in the frame, Zoltoski and Patierno each produced a two-run single to extend the advantage to 19-5. The Warriors managed to score a pair of runs in the bottom half, as UMO recorded a 19-7 win.

Senior Cole Newgaard earned the win (1-0) after yielding two earned runs on four hits with three strikeouts in 3.0 innings pitched in relief. Junior Andrew Ledbetter tossed 3.0 scoreless innings of relief with only one hit surrendered, while teammate Hayden Myrick tallied three strikeouts in 1.0 inning pitched.

Mount Olive returns to action on Tuesday, April 18, when it faces No. 5 ranked Newberry in a single nine-inning contest at Carolina Bank Field in Florence, South Carolina, at 3 p.m.