2021 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

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2021 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
Virginia Cavaliers text logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record36–27 (18–18 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Pitching coachDrew Dickinson (2nd season)
Home stadium Davenport Field
Seasons
←  2020
2022  →
2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Notre Dame  x‍‍‍y25–10 .71434–13 .723
No. 4 NC State  ‍‍‍y19–14 .57637–19 .661
Florida State  ‍‍‍y20–16 .55631–24 .564
Louisville  ‍‍‍16–16 .50028–22 .560
Clemson  ‍‍‍16–20 .44425–27 .481
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍10–22 .31320–27 .426
Boston College  ‍‍‍10–23 .30321–28 .429
Coastal
Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y21–15 .58331–25 .554
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y20–15 .57133–21 .611
Virginia  ‍‍‍y18–18 .50036–27 .571
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y18–18 .50028–27 .509
Duke  ‍‍‡‍y16–17 .48533–22 .600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍16–17 .48523–20 .535
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍16–20 .44427–25 .519
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 1, 2021 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers played their home games at Davenport Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Brian O'Connor, in his 18th season at Virginia.

Contents

Virginia qualified for the College World Series for the first time since the 2015 national championship season, where they finished 1–2.

Background

Roster

Game log

Legend
 UVA win
 UVA loss
 Postponement/cancellation
(10)Extra innings
*Non-conference game
BoldUVA team member
†Make-Up Game
2021 Virginia Cavaliers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (13–14)
Postseason (0–0)
NCAA Columbia Regional (0–0)
DateOpponentRankSite/StadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordNCCAT Record
June 4at (2) No. 16 South Carolina
Regional First Round		(3) Founders Park
Columbia, South Carolina 		L 3–4Bosnic (4–2)Abbott (8–6)Lloyd (2)5,44429–240–1
June 5vs. (1) No. 11 Old Dominion or (4) Jacksonville
Regional Losers First Round		(3)Founders Park

Columbia Regional

Columbia Regional Teams
(1) Old Dominion Monarchs(2) South Carolina Gamecocks(3) Virginia Cavaliers(4) Jacksonville Dolphins
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1Old Dominion4
4Jacksonville3
1Old Dominion2
2South Carolina1
2Virginia3
3South Carolina4
1Old Dominion33
3Virginia8410
Lower round 1Lower final
2South Carolina2
4Jacksonville83Virginia3
3Virginia13

College World Series

2021 College World Series Teams
NC State Wolfpack(9) Stanford Cardinal(5) Arizona Wildcats(4) Vanderbilt CommodoresVirginia Cavaliers(3) Tennessee Volunteers(7) Mississippi State Bulldogs(2) Texas Longhorns
First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
NC State 10
9 Stanford 4
NC State1
4 Vanderbilt 0
5 Arizona 6
4 Vanderbilt 712
NC State 1 –
Bracket 1
4 Vanderbilt3– [upper-alpha 1]
9 Stanford14
5 Arizona 5
9 Stanford 5
4 Vanderbilt6
4 Vanderbilt 82 0
7 Mississippi State2 139
3 Tennessee 0
Virginia 6
Virginia 5
7 Mississippi State6
7 Mississippi State 2
2 Texas 1
7 Mississippi State5 4
Bracket 2
2 Texas 83
3 Tennessee 4
2 Texas8
2 Texas6
Virginia 2

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [3] 1414*18RV
Baseball America [4] 88821
Collegiate Baseball^ [5] 141425RV
NCBWA† [6] 15121725
D1Baseball [7] 161216RV

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes

  1. ↑ Game declared no contest due to COVID-19 protocols with NC State. Vanderbilt advanced in the tournament. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Vanderbilt-NC State College World Series game ruled no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols". NCAA.com. June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll". USA Today .
  4. ↑ "Baseball America College Top 25". Baseball America .
  5. ↑ "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
  6. ↑ "NCBWA Polls". sportswriters.net. NCBWA.
  7. ↑ "D1Baseball Top 25 Polls". d1baseball.com.
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