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
Utility
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)
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
VirginiaCommonwealth Series
English Field
May 2
1:00 p.m.
ACCN
VirginiaCommonwealth 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 movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Final
Coaches' [3]
22
22*
22
19
RV
RV
RV
25
19
Baseball America [4]
RV
RV
16
12
14
22
13
13
12
Collegiate Baseball ^[5]
NR
RV
27
22
RV
NR
RV
RV
RV
NCBWA †[6]
RV
RV
28
24
RV
RV
30
26
20
D1Baseball[7]
RV
RV
24
18
25
RV
23
23
17
^ 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 [ ]
External links [ ]