The Mount Olive Trojans are the athletic teams that represent the
University of Mount Olive, located in
Mount Olive, North Carolina
Mount Olive is a town in Duplin and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,198. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is home to the M ...
, in
NCAA
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Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. UMO's sports teams are known as the Trojans; their colors are green and white. The Trojans participate as a member of
Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a List of NCAA conferences, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ...
at the
NCAA Division II
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level in 18 sports:
Varsity sports
Championships
In 2008, Mount Olive won the NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship. The Trojans posted a 58–6 record that year, winning the Conference Carolinas and NCAA II South Atlantic Regional titles. The Trojans defeated Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 6–5 in the first round of the National Finals and Ashland (Ohio) 18–7 in the second round. Mount Olive defeated Central Missouri 5–3 in the semifinal round and claimed its first-ever national championship with a 6–2 victory over Ouachita Baptist in the title game. The national championship game was televised live on CBS College Sports. The National Finals took place in
Sauget, Illinois.
Mount Olive teams have made 30 NCAA Division II tournament appearances.
Mount Olive teams have won a combined 39 Conference Carolinas regular season and/or tournament championships.
Mount Olive was the recipient of the 2011–12 Joby Hawn Cup, awarded to the top athletics program in Conference Carolinas. In addition to the overall award, Mount Olive also captured the Men's Sports Hawn Cup and the Women's Sports Hawn Cup.
Team (1)
Individual sports
Lacrosse
Men's and women's lacrosse have been added as the college's newest teams and will begin competing in spring 2013.
Basketball
In 2005, the Trojan men's basketball team won the NCAA II East Regional and advanced to the Elite 8 in
Grand Forks, North Dakota
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