2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

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2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
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ACC Coastal Division champions
Charlottesville Regional champions
Charlottesville Super Regional champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
CB No. 7
Record50–15 (19–11 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Pitching coachDrew Dickinson (4th season)
Home stadium Davenport Field
Seasons
  2022
2024 
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest  xy227 .7595412 .818
No. 18 Clemson  y2010 .6674419 .698
Boston College  y1614 .5333720 .649
Notre Dame  1515 .5003024 .556
NC State  y1316 .4483621 .632
Louisville  1020 .3333124 .564
Florida State  921 .3002331 .426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia  xy1911 .6335013 .794
No. 20 Miami (FL)  y1812 .6004221 .667
No. 15 Duke  y1613 .5523923 .629
North Carolina  y1414 .5003624 .600
Virginia Tech  1217 .4143023 .566
Georgia Tech  1218 .4003027 .526
Pittsburgh  1018 .3572431 .436
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers played their home games at Davenport Field as a members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Brian O'Connor, in his 20th season at Virginia.

Contents

The Cavaliers finished the season 50–15 overall and 19–11 in ACC play to finish in first place in the Coastal Division. They were the second overall seed in the ACC Tournament and were placed into a pool with seventh seed North Carolina and eleventh seed Georgia Tech. They defeated Georgia Tech, but lost to North Carolina and did not advance out of pool play. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and were selected as the seventh overall seed and the hosted a Super Regional. They went 3–0 during the Regional stage of the tournament defeating Army and East Carolina twice to advance to the Super Regional stage. They hosted fellow ACC team Duke and won the series 2–1 despite losing the first game. The Cavailers advanced to their sixth College World Series in program history, but their stay was short as they lost to Florida and TCU to end their season.

Previous season

The 2022 team finished 39–19 overall, and 17–13 in ACC play, to finish in third place in the Coastal Division. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they were placed in Pool D with Notre Dame and Florida State. The Cavaliers went 0–2 in pool play and were unable to advance. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the second seed in the Greenville Regional. They won their first game against third seed Coastal Carolina, but then lost to first seed East Carolina. In their elimination game they lost to Coastal Carolina to end their season.

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.No.Player.Year
C3 Kyle Teel Junior
1B23Ethan AndersonSophomore
2B7Henry GodboutFreshman
3B22 Jake Gelof Junior
SS6Griff O'FerrallSophomore
LF21Colin TuftSophomore
CF2Ethan O'DonnellJunior
RF8Casey SauckeSophomore
DH16Anthony StephanSophomore
Weekend Pitching Rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
Friday28Nick ParkerGraduate
Saturday20Connelly EarlyJunior
Sunday36Brian EdgingtonGraduate

Roster

2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Jay Woolfolk - Sophomore
  • 10 - Bradley Hodges - Freshman
  • 14 - Jack O'Connor - Freshman
  • 15 - Evan Blanco - Freshman
  • 17 - Jacob Hodorovich - Senior
  • 20 - Connelly Early - Junior
  • 27 - Avery Mabe - Junior
  • 28 - Nick Parker - Graduate
  • 29 - Johnny Ormsby - Freshman
  • 30 - Kevin Jaxel - Freshman
  • 31 - Angelo Tonas - Graduate
  • 32 - Jake Berry - Junior
  • 33 - Aidan Teel - Freshman
  • 35 - Cullen McKay - Freshman
  • 36 - Brian Edgington - Graduate
  • 38 - Dean Kampschror - Sophomore
  • 39 - Chase Hungate - Sophomore
  • 40 - Evan Dobias - Freshman
  • 45 - Luke Schauer - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 3 - Kyle Teel - Junior
  • 9 - Travis Reifsnider - Graduate
  • 21 - Colin Tuft - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 5 - Luke Hanson - Freshman
  • 6 - Griff O'Ferrall - Sophomore
  • 7 - Henry Godbout - Freshman
  • 8 - Casey Saucke - Sophomore
  • 12 - Justin Rubin - Sophomore
  • 16 - Anthony Stephan - Sophomore
  • 18 - Juan de la Cruz - Freshman
  • 22 - Jake Gelof - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 2 - Ethan O'Donnell - Junior
  • 13 - Tommy Courtney - Graduate
  • 34 - Harrison Didawick - Freshman
  • 37 - Chris Baker - Graduate

Utility

  • 23 - Ethan Anderson - Sophomore
  • 25 - Matthew Buchanan - Sophomore
 

Game log

2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball game log
Regular season (44–11)
Post-season (6–4)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold =Virginia team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [5] 2020*1411107577710121413999*9*6
Baseball America [6] 191715149758891114141491010*10*8
Collegiate Baseball^ [7] 161512645355791410768557
NCBWA [8] 1917111097576811131617121155*7
D1Baseball [9] 19191917148577813212121121111*11*6

^ 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

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