American college baseball season
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 2–5Andrew 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 12–3Henry 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 15–2Grant Umberger (1–0) Aidan Hunter (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,076 2–1 — February 21 East Tennessee State *No. 14 English Field Blacksburg, VA W 15–5Kiernan Higgins (1–0) Landon Smiddy (0–1) — VTSN 1,134 3–1 — February 24 Bryant *No. 14 English Field L 3–7Cameron Picard (1–0) Griffin Green (0–1) — ACCNX 1,235 3–2 — February 25 Bryant* No. 14 English Field W 4–1Drue Hackenberg (1–0) Ken Turner (0–1) Henry Weycker (1) ACCNX 903 4–2 — February 26 Bryant* No. 14 English Field W 15–8Jonah Hurney (1–1) Logan Fraiser (0–2) — ACCNX 1,141 5–2 — New River Valley Series February 28 Radford *No. 11 English Field W 17–2Chrisitan 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 6–3Chrisitan Worley (2–0) Collin Kramer (0–1) — ACCNX 1,237 8–2 — March 5 Charlotte* No. 11 English Field W 12–4Grant Umberger (2–0) Miles Langhorne (1–1) — ACCNX 1,049 9–2 — March 7 UMass Lowell *No. 11 English Field W 22–4Matthew Siverling (1–0) Shane Bogli (0–1) — ACCNX 747 10–2 — March 8 UMass Lowell* No. 11 English Field W 7–4Andrew Sentlinger (1–0) Frankie Venezia (0–1) Honah Hurney (1) ACCNX 534 11–2 — March 10 Boston College No. 11 English Field W 13–3Henry Weycker (2–0) John West (1–1) — ACCNX 552 12–2 1–0 March 11 Boston College No. 11 English Field L 5–8Chris 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 3–7Eric 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 3–4Carlos 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 6–21Ziehl 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 9–12Alejandro 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 11–0Andrew Sentlinger (2–0) James Newsome (0–1) — ACCNX 702 13–7 — March 24 at Pittsburgh * Charles L. Cost Field Pittsburgh, PA L 4–5Dylan Simmons (1–) Drue Hackenberg (1–3) Nash Bryan (2) ACCNX 303 13–8 1–6 March 25 at Pittsburgh* Charles L. Cost Field W 20–12Griffin Green (1–1) Kyle Mosley (0–3) — ACCNX 474 14–8 2–6 March 26 at Pittsburgh* Charles L. Cost Field L 4–5Nash 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 9–7Jonah Hurney (2–1) Hunter Sipe (1–1) Andrew Sentlinger (1) 322 15–9 — Commonwealth Series March 31 Virginia English Field L 5–9Briand 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 12–10Henry Weycker (3–1) Connely Early (6–1) Johnah Hurney (2) ACCNX 2,202 16–10 3–8 April 2 Virginia English Field W 12–7Kiernan 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 1–3Alex Gow (3–2) Griffin Green (1–2) James Tallon (6) ACCN — 17–11 4–9 April 9 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park W 5–2Drue Hackenberg (2–4) Jason White (2–2) — ACCNX 1,226 18–11 5–9 April 11 Liberty *English Field L 3–7Trey Cooper (1–2) Grant Umberger (2–1) — ACCNX 877 18–12 — April 14 Georgia Tech English Field W 10–7Brady Kirtner (1–0) Luke Schmolke (4–2) None ACCNX 1,047 19–12 6–9 April 15 Georgia Tech English Field W 13–1Griffin Green (2–2) Dalton Smith (2–1) — ACCNX 3,086 20–12 7–9 April 16 Georgia Tech English Field W 9–2Drue 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 8–16Gannon Kadlecik (1–0) Andrew Sentlinger (2–1) None ESPN+ 340 21–13 — April 21 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 24–9Anthony Arguelles (1–1) Jackson Baumeister (2–4) — ACCN 4,262 22–13 9–9 April 22 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium W 4–3Drue Hackenberg (4–4) Connor Whittaker (3–5) — ACCNX 4,601 23–13 10–9 April 23 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium L 3–4Jamie Arnold (2–4) Jacob Exum (0–1) Doug Kirkland (1) ACCNX 4,472 23–14 10–10 April 25 James Madison *English Field W 7–5Matthew Siverling (2–0) Matt Leikus (0–1) Henry Weycker (2) ACCNX 789 24–14 — April 28 North Carolina English Field W 7–0Anthony Arguelles (2–1) Connor Bovair (4–2) — ACCN 658 25–14 11–10 April 29 North Carolina English Field L 8–12Max Carlson (3–1) Drue Hackenberg (4–5) Matt Poston (3) ACCNX 2,231 25–15 11–11 April 29 North Carolina English Field L 7–13Ben 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 5–3Andrew Sentlinger (4–1) Chad Heiner (1–2) Jacob Exum (1)ACCNX 623 26–16 — May 6 Bowling Green *English Field W 13–2Anthony Arguelles (3–1)Gage Schenk (2–6) — ACCNX 814 27–16 — May 6 Bowling Green* English Field W 12–0Drue 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 4–15Jackson Lindley (2–3) Drue Hackenberg (5–6) — ACCNX 1,461 29–17 11–13 May 13 No. 16 Clemson English Field L 8–9Nick 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 6–9Caden 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 3–6Rhett 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 5–7Cole 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 14–6Griffin Stieg (1–0) Seth Keener (6–1) — ESPN+ 2,568 30–21 12–17
Postseason (0–2) ACC Tournament 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 7–11Henry 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 L 5–14BJ Bailey (2–2) Drue Hackenberg (5–8) — ACCN 2,398 30–23 0–2
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled "*" indicates a non-conference game.D1Baseball poll. [5]
Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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 ^ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com . Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2023 . ^ "No. 17 Hokies' Tuesday game at ETSU postponed by weather". hokiesports.com . Virginia Tech Athletics. March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023 . ^ "Virginia Tech, Bowling Green finale declared no contest". hokiesports.com . Virginia Tech Athletics. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023 . ^ "Tuesday's baseball game between Tech, JMU canceled by rain". hokiesports.com . Virginia Tech Athletics. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 . ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". hokiesports.com . Retrieved February 21, 2023 . ^ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today . Retrieved January 14, 2022 . ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022 . ^ "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com . ^ "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net . Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022 . ^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com . Retrieved January 14, 2022 .
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