2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	30–23 (12–17 ACC)
Head coach	John Szefc (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Kurt Elbin (6th season) Tyler Hanson (5th season)
Pitching coach	Ryan Fecteau (6th season)
Home stadium	English Field
Seasons ←  2022 2024 →

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest  x‍‍‍y	22	–	7		.759			54	–	12		.818
No. 18 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	19		.698
Boston College  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			37	–	20		.649
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	24		.556
NC State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	16		.448			36	–	21		.632
Louisville  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			31	–	24		.564
Florida State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	31		.426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia  x‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			50	–	13		.794
No. 20 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			42	–	21		.667
No. 15 Duke  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13		.552			39	–	23		.629
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y	14	–	14		.500			36	–	24		.600
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			30	–	23		.566
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			30	–	27		.526
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	18		.357			24	–	31		.436
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team represented Virginia Tech during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hokies played their home games at English Field as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach John Szefc, in his 6th season at Virginia Tech.

The Hokies finished the season 30–23 overall and 12–17 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. They were the tenth overall seed in the ACC Tournament and were placed into a pool with third seed Clemson and sixth seed Boston College. Virginia Tech lost both of their pool play games to be eliminated from the tournament. They did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Game log

2023 Virginia Tech Hokies Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (30–21)
February (6–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC Record February 17 at College of Charleston* No. 14 Patriot's Point Baseball Stadium Mount Pleasant, SC L 2–5 Andrew Duval (1–0) Jonah Hurney (0–1) Will Privette (1) ESPN+ 841 0–1 — February 18 at College of Charleston* No. 14 Patriot's Point Baseball Stadium W 12–3 Henry Weycker (1–0) Drake Thames (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,109 1–1 — February 19 at College of Charleston* No. 14 Patriot's Point Baseball Stadium W 15–2 Grant Umberger (1–0) Aidan Hunter (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,076 2–1 — February 21 East Tennessee State* No. 14 English Field Blacksburg, VA W 15–5 Kiernan Higgins (1–0) Landon Smiddy (0–1) — VTSN 1,134 3–1 — February 24 Bryant* No. 14 English Field L 3–7 Cameron Picard (1–0) Griffin Green (0–1) — ACCNX 1,235 3–2 — February 25 Bryant* No. 14 English Field W 4–1 Drue Hackenberg (1–0) Ken Turner (0–1) Henry Weycker (1) ACCNX 903 4–2 — February 26 Bryant* No. 14 English Field W 15–8 Jonah Hurney (1–1) Logan Fraiser (0–2) — ACCNX 1,141 5–2 — New River Valley Series February 28 Radford* No. 11 English Field W 17–2 Chrisitan Worley (1–0) Foster Seitz (0–2) — ACCNX 1,007 6–2 —
March (7–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC Record March 3 Charlotte* No. 11 English Field W 13–11 (10) Tyler Dean (1–0) Evan Michelson (0–1) — ACCNX 614 7–2 — March 4 Charlotte* No. 11 English Field W 6–3 Chrisitan Worley (2–0) Collin Kramer (0–1) — ACCNX 1,237 8–2 — March 5 Charlotte* No. 11 English Field W 12–4 Grant Umberger (2–0) Miles Langhorne (1–1) — ACCNX 1,049 9–2 — March 7 UMass Lowell* No. 11 English Field W 22–4 Matthew Siverling (1–0) Shane Bogli (0–1) — ACCNX 747 10–2 — March 8 UMass Lowell* No. 11 English Field W 7–4 Andrew Sentlinger (1–0) Frankie Venezia (0–1) Honah Hurney (1) ACCNX 534 11–2 — March 10 Boston College No. 11 English Field W 13–3 Henry Weycker (2–0) John West (1–1) — ACCNX 552 12–2 1–0 March 11 Boston College No. 11 English Field L 5–8 Chris Flynn (4–0) Drue Hackenberg (1–1) Andrew Roman (2) ACCNX 674 12–3 1–1 March 11 Boston College No. 11 English Field L 3–7 Eric Schroeder (3–0) Anthony Arguelles (0–1) — ACCNX 586 12–4 1–2 March 14 at East Tennessee State* No. 17 Thomas Stadium Johnson City, TN Postponed [2] March 17 at Miami (FL) No. 17 Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL L 3–4 Carlos Lequerica (2–0) Henry Weycker (1–2) — ACCN 2,784 12–5 1–3 March 18 at Miami (FL) No. 17 Alex Rodriguez Park L 6–21 Ziehl Gage (3–2) Drue Hackenberg (1–2) — ACCNX 2,606 12–6 1–4 March 19 at Miami (FL) No. 17 Alex Rodriguez Park L 9–12 Alejandro Torres (2–0) Kiernan Higgins (1–1) Andrew Walters (1) ACCNX 2,606 12–7 1–5 I-81 Series March 22 VMI* English Field W 11–0 Andrew Sentlinger (2–0) James Newsome (0–1) — ACCNX 702 13–7 — March 24 at Pittsburgh* Charles L. Cost Field Pittsburgh, PA L 4–5 Dylan Simmons (1–) Drue Hackenberg (1–3) Nash Bryan (2) ACCNX 303 13–8 1–6 March 25 at Pittsburgh* Charles L. Cost Field W 20–12 Griffin Green (1–1) Kyle Mosley (0–3) — ACCNX 474 14–8 2–6 March 26 at Pittsburgh* Charles L. Cost Field L 4–5 Nash Bryan (4–2) Tyler Dean (1–1) — ACCNX 529 14–9 2–7 I-81 Series March 28 at VMI* Gray–Minor Stadium Lexington, VA W 9–7 Jonah Hurney (2–1) Hunter Sipe (1–1) Andrew Sentlinger (1) 322 15–9 — Commonwealth Series March 31 Virginia English Field L 5–9 Briand Edginton (5–0) Drue Hackenberg (1–4) — ACCN 1,320 15–10 2–8
April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC Record Commonwealth Series April 1 Virginia English Field W 12–10 Henry Weycker (3–1) Connely Early (6–1) Johnah Hurney (2) ACCNX 2,202 16–10 3–8 April 2 Virginia English Field W 12–7 Kiernan Higgins (2–1) Jake Berry (0–2) — ACCNX 2,068 17–10 4–8 April 7 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC Canceled ACCN April 9 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park L 1–3 Alex Gow (3–2) Griffin Green (1–2) James Tallon (6) ACCN — 17–11 4–9 April 9 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park W 5–2 Drue Hackenberg (2–4) Jason White (2–2) — ACCNX 1,226 18–11 5–9 April 11 Liberty* English Field L 3–7 Trey Cooper (1–2) Grant Umberger (2–1) — ACCNX 877 18–12 — April 14 Georgia Tech English Field W 10–7 Brady Kirtner (1–0) Luke Schmolke (4–2) None ACCNX 1,047 19–12 6–9 April 15 Georgia Tech English Field W 13–1 Griffin Green (2–2) Dalton Smith (2–1) — ACCNX 3,086 20–12 7–9 April 16 Georgia Tech English Field W 9–2 Drue Hackenberg (3–4) Terry Busse (1–2) — ACCNX 952 21–12 8–9 New River Valley Series April 18 at Radford* Radford Baseball Stadium Radford, VA L 8–16 Gannon Kadlecik (1–0) Andrew Sentlinger (2–1) None ESPN+ 340 21–13 — April 21 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 24–9 Anthony Arguelles (1–1) Jackson Baumeister (2–4) — ACCN 4,262 22–13 9–9 April 22 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium W 4–3 Drue Hackenberg (4–4) Connor Whittaker (3–5) — ACCNX 4,601 23–13 10–9 April 23 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium L 3–4 Jamie Arnold (2–4) Jacob Exum (0–1) Doug Kirkland (1) ACCNX 4,472 23–14 10–10 April 25 James Madison* English Field W 7–5 Matthew Siverling (2–0) Matt Leikus (0–1) Henry Weycker (2) ACCNX 789 24–14 — April 28 North Carolina English Field W 7–0 Anthony Arguelles (2–1) Connor Bovair (4–2) — ACCN 658 25–14 11–10 April 29 North Carolina English Field L 8–12 Max Carlson (3–1) Drue Hackenberg (4–5) Matt Poston (3) ACCNX 2,231 25–15 11–11 April 29 North Carolina English Field L 7–13 Ben Peterson (2–0) Kiernan Higgins (2–2) — ACCNX 2,363 25–16 11–12
May (5–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC Record Charleston Showcase May 2 vs. Marshall GoMart Ballpark Charleston, WV Canceled WCHS — May 3 Marshall English Field W 5–3 Andrew Sentlinger (4–1) Chad Heiner (1–2) Jacob Exum (1) ACCNX 623 26–16 — May 6 Bowling Green* English Field W 13–2 Anthony Arguelles (3–1) Gage Schenk (2–6) — ACCNX 814 27–16 — May 6 Bowling Green* English Field W 12–0 Drue Hackenberg (5–5) Rigo Ramos (2–3) — ACCNX 910 28–16 — May 7 Bowling Green* English Field No Contest [3] ACCNX — May 10 at Liberty* Liberty Baseball Stadium Lynchburg, VA W 14–1 (7) Jonah Hurney (3–1) Ryan Butler (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,682 29–16 — May 12 No. 16 Clemson Woerner Field L 4–15 Jackson Lindley (2–3) Drue Hackenberg (5–6) — ACCNX 1,461 29–17 11–13 May 13 No. 16 Clemson English Field L 8–9 Nick Clayton (6–0) Brady Kirtner (1–1) Tristan Smith (3) ACCN 1,485 29–18 11–14 May 14 No. 16 Clemson English Field L 6–9 Caden Grice (6–1) Jonah Hurney (3–2) Tristan Smith (4) ACCN 29–19 11–15 May 16 at James Madison* Veterans Memorial Park Harrisonburg, VA Canceled [4] — May 18 at No. 1 Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark Winston-Salem, NC L 3–6 Rhett Lowder (12–0) Drue Hackenberg (5–7) Camden Minacci (11) ESPN+ 2,505 29–20 11–16 May 19 at No. 1 Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark L 5–7 Cole Roland (2–1) Henry Weycker (3–2) Camden Minacci (12) ESPN+ 3,023 29–21 11–17 May 20 at No. 1 Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark W 14–6 Griffin Stieg (1–0) Seth Keener (6–1) — ESPN+ 2,568 30–21 12–17
Postseason (0–2)
ACC Tournament (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACCT Record May 23 vs. Boston College Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC L 7–11 Henry Leake (4–5) Henry Weycker (3–3) Andrew Roman (9) ACCN 2,048 30–22 0–1 May 24 vs. No. 6 Clemson Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC L 5–14 BJ Bailey (2–2) Drue Hackenberg (5–8) — ACCN 2,398 30–23 0–2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled Bold = Virginia Tech team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. "()" represents postseason seeding in the ACC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
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Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches' [6]	16	16*	11	10	16	RV	RV	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*	—
Baseball America [7]	13	14	13	11	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [8]	28	29	28	28	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [9]	18	18	14	11	17	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—
D1Baseball [10]	14	14	11	11	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*	—

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

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
2. "No. 17 Hokies' Tuesday game at ETSU postponed by weather". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
3. "Virginia Tech, Bowling Green finale declared no contest". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
4. "Tuesday's baseball game between Tech, JMU canceled by rain". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
5. "2023 Baseball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
6. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today . Retrieved January 14, 2022.
7. "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
8. "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
9. "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
10. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

External links

• VT Baseball