The Belmont Abbey softball team, playing its first home doubleheader since February 26, was swept in a Conference Carolinas doubleheader by the visiting Mount Olive College Trojans by scores of 2-0 and 5-0. The Abbey is now 7-15 overall and 2-4 in Conference Carolinas, while Mount Olive moves to 14-17 overall and 3-1 in Conference Carolinas. Today's games were Strike Out Cancer Day, as the Abbey Softball program collected donations for the Kay Yow Fund. The Abbey wore pink jersies during today's games.

"Today was just disappointing," Head Coach Ellie Hanover said. "There is not much you can say. Mount Olive came ready to play. We did not play up to our potential. Our pitchers threw well and our offense couldn't get started. You can't win many games when you don't score runs. We definitely have the talent to do better. I hope that we get back on track soon."

In the opener, the Trojans scored first in the top of the second, getting the only run they would need. Robbin Kennedy led off with a double and moved to third on a groundout by Aubrey Reinhard. After Courtney Bell was hit by a pitch, Katie Moore singled home Kennedy for the game's first run.

Neither team threatened again until the sixth when Mount Olive added an insurance run. Alyssa Bradshaw led off with a single and Bell came in to pinch run. Moore moved Bell to second on a groundout, and Katie Smith sacrificed her to third. Centerfielder Anna Munizza then ripped a single to score Bell to widen the lead to 2-0.

Mount Olive went down in order in the top of the seventh, and the Abbey threatened to tie the game in the bottom of the ininng. Kristin Ware entered the game in relief of Carly White and gave up a leadoff pinch hit single to Kinsey McClure, who was then replaced by Kelly Schweizer. Carol-Anne Sherrill followed with a single to right, moving Schweizer to second. Becca Rothrock, representing the go-ahead run, hit a sharp ground ball to third, where Smith stepped on third to cancel Schweizer and then fired across the diamond to cut down Rothrock for a double play. A strikeout ended the game.

White earned the win in six scoreless innings, giving up just one hit and striking out one. Ware picked up the save. Sami Michaelis took the loss. She yielded two runs on seven hits in seven innings, fanning two.

In game two, the contest was scoreless until Mount Olive plated one in the fourth as Kelly Minshew led off with a double to left center, was sacrificed to third by Danille Mitchell, and scored on a single by Kennedy.

Two innings later, the margin grew to 3-0 as Kennedy and Reinhard produced RBI singles. One inning later, Mount Olive closed the scoring with two runs, taking advantage of two Abbey errors to make the score 5-0. The Abbey went down in order in the bottom of the seventh.

Sarah Saunders earned the win in a complete game effort, tossing a three-hit shutout with five strikeouts and one walk. Emily Self was charged with the loss. She allowed five runs, three earned, on eight hits in seven innings.