2021 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Team: | Virginia Cavaliers |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 36–27 |
| Conf Record: | 18–18 |
| Head Coach: | Brian O'Connor |
| Hc Year: | 18th |
| Asst Coach1: | Kevin McMullan |
| Ac1 Year: | 18th |
| Asst Coach2: | Matt Kirby |
| Ac2 Year: | 10th |
| Pitch Coach: | Drew Dickinson |
| Pc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Davenport Field |
| Champion: | NCAA Columbia Regional champion |
| Bowl: | College World Series |
| Bowl Result: | 1–2 |
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.
Virginia qualified for the College World Series for the first time since the 2015 national championship season, where they finished 1–2.
Game log
| Legend |
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| | UVA win |
| | UVA loss |
| | Postponement/cancellation |
| Extra innings |
| Non-conference game |
| Bold | UVA team member |
| † | Make-Up Game | |
| 2021 Virginia Cavaliers baseball game log |
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| Regular season (13–14) |
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| February (4–3) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ACC record |
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| February 19 | UConn | No. 16 | Davenport Field
| W 2–1 | Abbott (1–0) | Casparius (0–1) | Schoch (1) | 250 | 1–0 | - | | February 20 | UConn* | No. 16 | Davenport Field | L 9–10 | Wurster (1–0) | Whitten (0–1) | none | 250 | 1–1 | — | | February 21 | UConn* | No. 16 | Davenport Field | W 4–2 | Vasil (1–0) | Wang (0–1) | Schoch (2) | 250 | 2–1 | — | | February 23 | VMI | No. 12 | Davenport Field | W 14–5 | Bales (1–0) | Light (0–1) | — | 250 | 3–1 | — | | February 26 | at No. 25 North Carolina
| No. 12 | Boshamer Stadium
| L 2–3 | Love (2–0) | Abbott (1–1) | Ollio (2) | 100 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | February 27 | at No. 25 North Carolina
| No. 12 | Boshamer Stadium | L 1–2 | Carlson (2–0) | McGarry (0–1) | Pry (1) | 800 | 3–3 | 0–2 | | February 28 | at No. 25 North Carolina
| No. 12 | Boshamer Stadium | W 3–2 | Vasil (2–0) | Alba (1–1) | Schoch (3) | 900 | 4–3 | 1–2 | |
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| March (7–10) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ACC record |
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| March 2 | George Washington | No. 17 | Davenport Field | W 11–1 | Wyatt (1–0) | Solt (0–1) | — | 74 | 5–3 | — | | March 5 | at Florida State | No. 17 | Dick Howser Stadium
| L 0–2 | Messick (1–2) | Abbott (1–2) | Purdue (1) | 1,422 | 5–4 | 1–3 | | March 6 | at Florida State | No. 17 | Dick Howser Stadium | L 4–9 | Hubbart (2–1) | McGarry (0–2) | — | 1,494 | 5–5 | 1–4 | | March 7 | at Florida State | No. 17 | Dick Howser Stadium | W 2–1 | Vasil (3–0) | Grady (1–1) | Schoch (4) | 1,388 | 6–5 | 2–4 | | March 9 | Richmond | No. 25 | Davenport Field | W 7–0 | Messinger (1–0) | Lowe (0–1) | — | 117 | 7–5 | - | | March 12 | No. 23 Notre Dame | No. 25 | Davenport Field | L 5–10 | Simon (3–0) | Abbott (1–3) | Sheridan (1) | 221 | 7–6 | 2–5 | | March 13 | No. 23 Notre Dame | No. 25 | Davenport Field | L 4–12 | Bertrand (2–0) | Kosanovich (0–1) | — | 354 | 7–7 | 2–6 | | March 14 | No. 23 Notre Dame | No. 25 | Davenport Field | L 3–8 | Tyrell (1–0) | Vasil (3–1) | Kohlhepp (1) | 361 | 7–8 | 2–7 | | March 17 | Towson | | Davenport Field | W 5–0 | Kosanovich (1–1) | Reeser (0–2) | - | 246 | 8–8 | - | | March 20 | No. 18 Pitt | | Davenport Field | L 1–2 | Myers (2–2) | Abbott (1–4) | — | 362 | 8–9 | 2–8 | | March 21 | No. 18 Pitt | | Davenport Field | L 2–6 | Gilbertson (3–2) | McGarry (0–3) | — | 492 | 8–10 | 2–9 | | March 22 | No. 18 Pitt | | Davenport Field | W 10–4 | Savino (1–0) | Smith (1–1) | — | 346 | 9–10 | 3–9 | | March 23 | at Liberty* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium
| L 2–10 | Erickson (5–0) | Wyatt (1–1) | — | 597 | 9–11 | - | | March 26 | No. 19 Miami (FL) | | Davenport Field | L 6–8 | Rosario (3–1) | Savino (1–1) | Palmquist (6) | 466 | 9–12 | 3–10 | | March 27 | No. 19 Miami (FL) | | Davenport Field | W 4–0 | Abbott (2–4) | Mederos (0–2) | — | 552 | 10–12 | 4–10 | | March 28 | No. 19 Miami (FL) | | Davenport Field | L 2–4 | Federman (1–3) | Vasil (3–2) | Palmquist (7) | 448 | 10–13 | 4–11 | | March 30 | at George Washington* | | Barcroft Park
| W 7–2 | Messinger (2–0) | McGinnis (1–2) | — | 0 | 11–13 | - | |
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| April (2–1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ACC record |
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| April 1 | at No. 6 Georgia Tech | | Russ Chandler Stadium
| L 5–6 | Hurter (3–2) | McGarry (0–4) | Bartnicki (3) | 713 | 11–14 | 4–12 | | April 2 | at No. 6 Georgia Tech | | Russ Chandler Stadium | W 8–2 | Abbott (3–4) | Archer (4–2) | — | 713 | 12–14 | 5–12 | | April 3 | at No. 6 Georgia Tech | | Russ Chandler Stadium | W 11–4 | Vasil (4–2) | Crawford (2–3) | Schoch (5) | 713 | 13–14 | 6–12 | | April 6 | William & Mary | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | - | | April 9 | at Clemson | | Doug Kingsmore Stadium
| | | | | | | | | April 10 | at Clemson | | Doug Kingsmore Stadium | | | | | | | | | April 11 | at Clemson | | Doug Kingsmore Stadium | | | | | | | | | April 14 | No. 22 Old Dominion* | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | - | | April 16 | Louisville | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | April 17 | Louisville | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | April 18 | Louisville | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | April 20 | at VCU*
| | The Diamond
| | | | | | | - | | April 23 | Duke | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | April 24 | Duke | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | April 25 | Duke | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | April 27 | Liberty* | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | - | | April 30 | at Virginia Tech
| | English Field
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| May (0–0) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ACC record |
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| May 1 | at Virginia Tech
| | English Field | | | | | | | | | May 2 | at Virginia Tech
| | English Field | | | | | | | | | May 4 | VCU*
| | Davenport Field | | | | | | | - | | May 14 | Wake Forest | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | May 15 | Wake Forest | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | May 16 | Wake Forest | | Davenport Field | | | | | | | | | May 20 | at Boston College | | Eddie Pellagrini Diamond
| | | | | | | | | May 21 | at Boston College | | Eddie Pellagrini Diamond | | | | | | | | | May 22 | at Boston College | | Eddie Pellagrini Diamond | | | | | | | | |
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| Postseason (0–0) |
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| (0–0) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ACCT Record |
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| May 27 | vs. TBD | | TBD | | | | | | | - | | May 28 | vs. TBD | | TBD | | | | | | | - | | May 29 | vs. TBD | | TBD | | | | | | | - | |
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| (0–0) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | NCCAT Record |
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| June 4 | at (2) No. 16 South Carolina
| (3) | Founders Park
| L 3–4 | Bosnic (4–2) | Abbott (8–6) | Lloyd (2) | 5,444 | 29–24 | 0–1 | | June 5 | vs. (1) No. 11 Old Dominion or (4) Jacksonville
| (3) | Founders Park | | | | | | | | |
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College World Series
See also: 2021 College World Series.
Rankings
See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.
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