American college baseball season
2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 17 |
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AP | No. 17 |
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Record | 19–10 (14–7 ACC) |
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Head coach | |
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Assistant coaches | - Ryan Fecteau (4th season)
- Kurt Elbin (4th season)
- Tyler Hanson (3rd season)
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Home stadium | English Field |
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The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team represents Virginia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hokies will play their home games at English Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach John Szefc, in his 4th season at Virginia Tech.
Previous season
The 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team notched a 11–5 (1–2) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personnel
Roster
2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball roster[2] |
| Pitchers - 3 - Chris Gerard- Sophomore
- 10 - Nolan Wilson - Sophomore
- 12 - Shane Connolly - Junior
- 15 - Nic Psimas - Freshman
- 16 - Matthew Siverling - Freshman
- 18 - Xander Hamilton - Freshman
- 20 - Grant Umberger - Freshman
- 21 - Kyle McKernan - Freshman
- 22 - Ryan Okuda - Junior
- 25 - Samuel Rochard - Freshman
- 27 - Noah Johnson - Freshman
- 30 - Peyton Alford - Senior
- 34 - Anthony Simonelli - Junior
- 35 - Ryan Metz - Junior
- 38 - Jaison Heard - Senior
- 39 - Peter Sakellaris - Freshman
- 40 - Henry Weycker - Freshman
- 42 - Ryan Gleason - Freshman
- 44 - Jackson Ritchey - Freshman
- 45 - Christian Worley - Freshman
- 46 - Griffin Green - Freshman
- 47 - Jonah Hurney - Sophomore
- 48 - Brady Kirtner - Freshman
- 49 - Ethan Firoved - Freshman
- 51 - Graham Firoved - Sophomore
- 55 - Mike Grupé - Freshman
- 56 - Jenner Kehe - Freshman
| | Catchers - 5 - Gehrig Ebel - Freshman
- 17 - Cade Hunter - Freshman
- 41 - Dayne Leonard - Freshman
Infielders - 2 - Sam Tackett - Freshman
- 4 - Fritz Genther - Freshman
- 7 - TJ Rumfield - Freshman
- 8 - Tanner Schobel - Freshman
- 24 - Nick Biddison - Sophomore
- 26 - Kevin Madden - Sophomore
- 32 - Lucas Donlon - Freshman
- 33 - Nick Holesa - Sophomore
| | Outfielders - 9 - Brennan Reback - Junior
- 11 - Cade Swisher - Freshman
- 23 - Tanner Thomas - Senior
- 29 - Carson Jones - Freshman
- 31 - Jack Hurley - Freshman
- 37 - Jonah Seagears - Sophomore
- 43 - Dusty Mercer - Freshman
- 58 - Parker Stallard - Freshman
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Coaching staff
Game log
2021 Virginia Tech Hokies Baseball Game Log |
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Virginia Tech team member * Non-conference game |
Regular Season (19–10) |
February (5–1) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | February 21 | 11:05 am | ACCNX | Kent State* | | English Field Blacksburg, Virginia | W 3–1 | Gerard (1–0) | Albright (0–1) | Heard (1) | 203 | 1–0 | — | Box Score Recap | February 21 | 2:30 pm | ACCNX | Kent State* | | English Field | W 9–2 | Simonelli (1–0) | Romel (0–1) | Connolly (1) | 203 | 2–0 | — | Box Score Recap | February 23 | 2:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Radford* New River Valley rivalry | | English Field | W 22–2 | Okuda (1–0) | Bowes (0–1) | — | 250 | 3–0 | — | Box Score Recap | February 26 | 7:00 p.m. | ACCN | at No. 6 Miami (FL) | | Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, Florida | W 5–3 | Siverling (1–0) | Federman (0–2) | Connolly (2) | 623 | 4–0 | 1–0 | Box Score Recap | February 27 | 7:00 p.m. | ACCN | at No. 6 Miami (FL) | | Alex Rodriguez Park | L 0–3 | Rosario (1–0) | Gerard (1–1) | Palmquist (2) | 652 | 4–1 | 1–1 | Box Score Recap | February 28 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | at No. 6 Miami (FL) | | Alex Rodriguez Park | W 9–6 | Heard (1–0) | Wanger (1–1) | Connolly (3) | 634 | 5–1 | 2–1 | Box Score Recap | |
March (8–7) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | March 5 | 4:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | No. 25 North Carolina | No. 24 | English Field | W 10–6 | Okuda (2–0) | Pry (0–1) | Connolly (4) | 1,000 | 6–1 | 3–1 | Box Score Recap | March 6 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCN | No. 25 North Carolina | No. 24 | English Field | W 6–4 | Firoved (1–0) | Lancellotti (0–1) | Siverling (1) | 1,000 | 7–1 | 4–1 | Box Score Recap | March 7 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | No. 25 North Carolina | No. 24 | English Field | L 6–9 | James (1–0) | Johnson (0–1) | — | 1,000 | 7–2 | 4–2 | Box Score Recap | March 9 | 4:00 p.m. | ACCNX | VCU* | No. 18 | English Field | W 10–9 | Siverling (2–0) | Ward (0–1) | — | 1,000 | 8–2 | — | Box Score Recap | March 10 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCNX | VCU* | No. 18 | English Field | L 7–10 | Davis (3–1) | Ritchey (0–1) | — | 780 | 8–3 | — | Box Score Recap | March 12 | 4:00 p.m. | ACCN | Florida State | No. 18 | English Field | L 4–6 | Haney (1–0) | Connolly (0–1) | Hare (1) | 739 | 8–4 | 4–3 | Bos Score Recap | March 13 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCN | Florida State | No. 18 | English Field | W 5–0 | Gerard (2–1) | Hubbart (2–2) | — | 1,000 | 9–4 | 5–3 | Box Score Recap | March 14 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Florida State | No. 18 | English Field | L 7–14 | Grady (2–1) | Metz (0–1) | — | 790 | 9–5 | 5–4 | Box Score Recap | March 16 | 4:00 p.m. | ACCNX | UNCG* | No. 25 | English Field | L 2–7 | Collins (2–0) | Okuda (2–1) | — | 1,000 | 9–6 | — | Box Score Recap Archived 2021-03-17 at the Wayback Machine | March 19 | 6:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Clemson | No. 25 | Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, South Carolina | L 2–8 | Clark (1–0) | Alford (0–1) | — | 1,280 | 9–7 | 5–5 | Box Score Recap | March 20 | 3:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Clemson | No. 25 | Doug Kingsmore Stadium | W 11–3 | Heard (2–0) | Olenchuk (1–3) | — | 1,280 | 10–7 | 6–5 | Box Score Recap | March 21 | 1:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Clemson | No. 25 | Doug Kingsmore Stadium | L 2–4 | Gilbert (1–1) | Johnson (0–2) | — | 1,280 | 10–8 | 6–6 | Box Score Recap | March 26 | 3:00 p.m. | VTSN | at No. 14 Pitt | | Charles L. Cost Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | W 5–1 | Alford (1–1) | Myers (2–3) | Siverling (2) | 55 | 11–8 | 7–6 | Box Score Recap | March 27 | 3:00 p.m. | VTSN | at No. 14 Pitt | | Charles L. Cost Field | W 8–4 | Simonelli (2–0) | Gilbertson (3–3) | Connolly (5) | 55 | 12–8 | 8–6 | Box Score Recap | March 28 | 1:00 p.m. | VTSN | at No. 14 Pitt | | Charles L. Cost Field | W 8–4 | Siverling (3–0) | McCrum (1–1) | — | 55 | 13–8 | 9–6 | Box Score Recap | |
April (6–2) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | April 1 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Boston College | No. 23 | English Field | L 3–7 | Pelio (3–3) | Alford (1–2) | — | 201 | 13–9 | 9–7 | Box Score Recap | April 2 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Boston College | No. 23 | English Field | W 6–5 | Green (1–0) | Gieg (0–2) | — | 438 | 14–9 | 10–7 | Box Score Recap | April 3 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Boston College | No. 23 | English Field | W 4–3 | Siverling (4–0) | Vetrano (0–1) | Firoved (1) | 967 | 15–9 | 11–7 | Box Score Recap | April 6 | 6:00 p.m. | VTSN | at ETSU* | No. 23 | Thomas Stadium Johnson City, Tennessee | W 15–5 | Sakellaris (1–0) | Trusley (0–1) | — | 761 | 16–9 | — | Box Score Recap | April 9 | 6:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Wake Forest | No. 23 | David F. Couch Ballpark Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 8–4 | Heard (2–0) | Cusick (1–2) | — | 606 | 17–9 | 12–7 | Box Score Recap | April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Wake Forest | No. 23 | David F. Couch Ballpark | W 16–4 | Simonelli (3–0) | Fleming (2–3) | — | 558 | 18–9 | 13–7 | Box Score Recap | April 11 | 1:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Wake Forest | No. 23 | David F. Couch Ballpark | W 10–9 | Connolly (1–1) | Lowder (1–2) | Firoved (2) | 521 | 19–9 | 14–7 | Box Score Recap | April 13 | 6:00 p.m. | VTSN | at Liberty* | No. 17 | Liberty Baseball Stadium Lynchburg, Virginia | L 2–8 | Cumming (1–0) | Okuda (2–2) | Ellard (3) | 598 | 19–10 | — | Box Score Recap | April 16 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | No. 23 Georgia Tech | No. 17 | English Field | | | | | | | | | April 17 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCNX | No. 23 Georgia Tech | No. 17 | English Field | | | | | | | | | April 18 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | No. 23 Georgia Tech | No. 17 | English Field | | | | | | | | | April 20 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | VMI* | | English Field | | | | | | | — | | April 23 | 6:30 p.m. | VTSN | at NC State | | Doak Field Raleigh, North Carolina | | | | | | | | | April 24 | 6:30 p.m. | VTSN | at NC State | | Doak Field | | | | | | | | | April 25 | 1:00 p.m. | VTSN | at NC State | | Doak Field | | | | | | | | | April 27 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | ETSU* | | English Field | | | | | | | — | | April 30 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | Virginia Commonwealth Series | | English Field | | | | | | | | | |
May (0–0) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | May 1 | 3:00 p.m. | ESPNU | Virginia Commonwealth Series | | English Field | | | | | | | | | May 2 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | Virginia Commonwealth Series | | English Field | | | | | | | | | May 5 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Georgetown* | | English Field | | | | | | | — | | |
Post-Season (0–0) |
ACC Tournament (0–0) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | Postseason | Sources | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
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Coaches'[3] | 22 | 22* | 22 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Baseball America[4] | RV | RV | 16 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Collegiate Baseball^[5] | — | RV | 27 | 22 | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
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NCBWA†[6] | RV | RV | 28 | 24 | RV | RV | 30 | 26 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
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D1Baseball[7] | RV | RV | 24 | 18 | 25 | RV | 23 | 23 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
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^ 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 July 1, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Baseball Roster". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
- ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
- ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
- ^ NCBWA Division I poll
- ^ D1 Baseball
External links
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