Carly White tossed a four-hit shutout and Beth Overman went 4-for-4 as Mount Olive opened its season with a 4-0 win over Barton in the Swamp Fox Softball Classic Saturday at Florence, S.C. The Trojans concluded day one of the tournament with a 10-2 victory over Wheeling Jesuit. Freshman pitcher Madison Johnston picked up the win in her collegiate debut.
White (1-0) thwarted a Barton threat in the top of the fourth as the Bulldogs put runners on first and second with nobody out. White got out of the jam on a 5-3 double play and a pop out to the catcher.
Mount Olive (2-0) provided a pair of insurance runs for White in the bottom of the sixth against Barton. Rebekah McDaniel led off with a double and scored on Megan Ready's bunt single past the pitcher. Ready was thrown out at second, but Danielle Mitchell followed with a triple off the right field fence and scored on a passed ball.
White finished with four strikeouts and only one walk. The Mount Olive-Barton game does not count towards the Conference Carolinas standings.
Details were not available for the Trojans' win over Wheeling Jesuit.
Mount Olive concludes tournament play with two more games Sunday. The Trojans take on Wheeling Jesuit again at 3 p.m., then face tournament host Francis Marion at 5 p.m.