2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Team: | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 30–23 |
| Conf Record: | 12–17 |
| Head Coach: | John Szefc |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Kurt Elbin |
| Ac1 Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach2: | Tyler Hanson |
| Ac2 Year: | 5th |
| Pitch Coach: | Ryan Fecteau |
| Pc Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | English Field |
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 . 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 |
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| Regular Season (30–21) |
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| February (6–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | ACC Record |
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| February 17 | at * | No. 14 | Patriot's Point Baseball Stadium
Mount Pleasant, SC | L 2–5 | Andrew Duval (1–0) | Jonah Hurney (0–1) | Will Privette (1) | | 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 | | No. 14 | English Field
Blacksburg, VA | W 15–5 | Kiernan Higgins (1–0) | Landon Smiddy (0–1) | — | | 1,134 | 3–1 | — | | February 24 | | No. 14 | English Field | L 3–7 | Cameron Picard (1–0) | Griffin Green (0–1) | — | | 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 | — | |
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| February 28 | | No. 11 | English Field | W 17–2 | Chrisitan Worley (1–0) | Foster Seitz (0–2) | — | ACCNX | 1,007 | 6–2 | — | | |
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| March (7–6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | ACC Record |
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| 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 | | 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 | | 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[1] | | March 17 | | No. 17 | Alex Rodriguez Park
Coral Gables, FL | L 3–4 | Carlos Lequerica (2–0) | Henry Weycker (1–2) | — | | 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 | |
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| March 22 | | | English Field | W 11–0 | Andrew Sentlinger (2–0) | James Newsome (0–1) | — | ACCNX | 702 | 13–7 | — | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | — | |
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| March 31 | | | English Field | L 5–9 | Briand Edginton (5–0) | Drue Hackenberg (1–4) | — | ACCN | 1,320 | 15–10 | 2–8 | | |
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| April (10–6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | ACC Record |
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| 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 | |
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| April 7 | at | | 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 | | | English Field | L 3–7 | Trey Cooper (1–2) | Grant Umberger (2–1) | — | ACCNX | 877 | 18–12 | — | | April 14 | | | 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 |
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| April 18 | at Radford* | | Radford Baseball Stadium
Radford, VA | L 8–16 | Gannon Kadlecik (1–0) | Andrew Sentlinger (2–1) | None | | 340 | 21–13 | — | |
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| April 21 | at | | 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 | | | English Field | W 7–5 | Matthew Siverling (2–0) | Matt Leikus (0–1) | Henry Weycker (2) | ACCNX | 789 | 24–14 | — | | April 28 | | | 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 | |
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| May (5–5) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | ACC Record |
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| Charleston Showcase |
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| May 2 | vs. | | GoMart Ballpark
Charleston, WV | Canceled | | | | — | |
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| 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 | | | 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[2] | 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 | | | 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[3] | | | | — | | May 18 | | | 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 | |
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| Postseason (0–2) |
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| (0–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | ACCT Record |
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| May 23 | vs. Boston College | | | 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 | |
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = Virginia Tech team member |
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"*" 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
See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: No. 17 Hokies' Tuesday game at ETSU postponed by weather. hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. March 13, 2023. March 16, 2023.
- Web site: Virginia Tech, Bowling Green finale declared no contest. hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 7, 2023. May 7, 2023.
- Web site: Tuesday's baseball game between Tech, JMU canceled by rain. hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 16, 2023. May 17, 2023.
- Web site: 2023 Baseball Schedule . hokiesports.com . February 21, 2023.
