2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

The 2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team represents Virginia Tech during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hokies 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 6th season at Virginia Tech.

2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record29–19 (11–15 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (6th season)
  • Tyler Hanson (5th season)
Pitching coachRyan Fecteau (6th season)
Home stadiumEnglish Field
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 1 Wake Forest x‍‍‍ 20–6 .76943–8 .843
No. 7 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .63036–17 .679
No. 22 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51932–16 .667
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51929–20 .592
NC State  ‍‍‍ 10–15 .40031–18 .633
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .33330–22 .577
Florida State  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .25921–30 .412
Coastal
No. 21 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59341–11 .788
No. 11 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59335–17 .673
No. 16 Duke  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .57734–17 .667
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54233–18 .647
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .44430–22 .577
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 11–15 .42329–19 .604
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10–15 .40023–27 .460
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 16, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Game log
2023 Virginia Tech Hokies Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (29–19)
May (4–3)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC Record
Charleston Showcase
May 2vs. MarshallGoMart Ballpark
Charleston, WV		CanceledWCHS—
May 3MarshallEnglish FieldW 5–3Andrew Sentlinger (4–1)Chad Heiner (1–2)Jacob Exum (1)ACCNX62326–16—
May 6Bowling Green*English FieldW 13–2Anthony Arguelles (3–1)Gage Schenk (2–6)—ACCNX81427–16—
May 6Bowling Green*English FieldW 12–0Drue Hackenberg (5–5)Rigo Ramos (2–3)—ACCNX91028–16—
May 7Bowling Green*English FieldNo Contest[3]ACCNX—
May 10at Liberty*Liberty Baseball Stadium
Lynchburg, VA		W 14–1 (7)Jonah Hurney (3–1)Ryan Butler (0–1)—ESPN+1,68229–16—
May 12No. 16 ClemsonWoerner FieldL 4–15Jackson Lindley (2–3)Drue Hackenberg (5–6)—ACCNX1,46129–1711–13
May 13No. 16 ClemsonEnglish FieldL 8–9Nick Clayton (6–0)Brady Kirtner (1–1)Tristan Smith (3)ACCN1,48529–1811–14
May 14No. 16 ClemsonEnglish FieldL 6–9Caden Grice (6–1)Jonah Hurney (3–2)Tristan Smith (4)ACCN29–1911–15
May 16at James Madison*Veterans Memorial Park
Harrisonburg, VA		Canceled[4]—
May 18at No. 1 Wake ForestDavid F. Couch Ballpark
Winston-Salem, NC		ESPN+
May 19at No. 1 Wake ForestDavid F. Couch BallparkESPN+
May 20at No. 1 Wake ForestDavid F. Couch BallparkESPN+
Postseason (0–0)
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.
[5]

Rankings
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[6]1616*111016RVRV——RV————
Baseball America[7]1314131115—————————
Collegiate Baseball^[8]2829282829—————————
NCBWA†[9]1818141117RV—RVRVRV————
D1Baseball[10]1414111117—————————

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * 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 May 17, 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. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  10. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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