2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	27–25 (16–20 ACC)
Head coach	John Szefc (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Ryan Fecteau (4th season); Kurt Elbin (4th season); Tyler Hanson (3rd season);
Home stadium	English Field

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Notre Dame ^x‍‍‍^y	25	–	10	.714	34	–	13	.723
No. 4 NC State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	14	.576	37	–	19	.661
Florida State ‍‍‍^y	20	–	16	.556	31	–	24	.564
Louisville ‍‍‍	16	–	16	.500	28	–	22	.560
Clemson ‍‍‍	16	–	20	.444	25	–	27	.481
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	10	–	22	.313	20	–	27	.426
Boston College ‍‍‍	10	–	23	.303	21	–	28	.429
Coastal
Georgia Tech ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	15	.583	31	–	25	.554
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	20	–	15	.571	33	–	21	.611
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	18	–	18	.500	36	–	27	.571
North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	18	–	18	.500	28	–	27	.509
Duke ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	17	.485	33	–	22	.600
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	16	–	17	.485	23	–	20	.535
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	16	–	20	.444	27	–	25	.519

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 1, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team represented Virginia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hokies played their home games at English Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were 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 - T. J. 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

19 - Gavin Cross - Freshman

Coaching staff

2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at VT	Alma mater
John Szefc	Head coach	4	Drexel University (1989)
Ryan Fecteau	Assistant coach	4	Saint Anselm College (2005)
Kurt Elbin	Assistant coach	4	Lock Haven University (2006)
Tyler Hanson	Assistant coach	3	University of Maine at Farmington (2009)

Game log

2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball game log

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Virginia Tech team member * Non-conference game

Regular Season (27–23)

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 (9–8)
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	Georgia Tech	No. 17	English Field	L 11–15	Bartnicki (1–1)	Heard (3–1)	—	731	19–11	14–8	Box Score Recap
April 17	3:00 p.m.	ACCNX	Georgia Tech	No. 17	English Field	W 7–0	Simonelli (4–0)	Crawford (2–4)	Firoved (3)	1,000	20–11	15–8	Box Score Recap
April 18	1:00 p.m.	ACCNX	Georgia Tech	No. 17	English Field	L 4–11	Maxwell (1–1)	Heard (3–2)	Grissom (1)	863	20–12	15–9	Box Score Recap
April 20	6:00 p.m.	ACCNX	VMI*	No. 22	English Field	W 7–5	Firoved (2–0)	Jewell (1–5)	Heard (2)	1,000	21–12	—	Box Score Recap
April 23	6:30 p.m.	VTSN	at NC State	No. 22	Doak Field Raleigh, North Carolina	L 1–3	Highfill (4–2)	Alford (1–3)	Justice (3)	395	21–13	15–10	Box Score Recap
April 25	12:00 p.m.	VTSN	at NC State	No. 22	Doak Field	L 3–11	Johnston (4–2)	Simonelli (4–1)	—	380	21–14	15–11	Box Score Recap
April 25	4:00 p.m.	VTSN	at NC State	No. 22	Doak Field	L 6–7	Justice (3–2)	Heard (3–3)	—	481	21–15	15–12	Box Score Recap
April 27	6:00 p.m.	ACCNX	ETSU*		English Field	W 12–0	Green (2–0)	Kirby (1–1)	—	1,000	22–15	—	Box Score Recap
April 30	7:00 p.m.	ACCN	Virginia Commonwealth Series		English Field	L 1–18	Abbott (5–5)	Alford (1–4)	—	1,000	22–16	15–13	Box Score Recap

May (5–7)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC	Sources
May 1	7:00 p.m.	ESPNU	Virginia Commonwealth Series		English Field	W 6–3	Simonelli (5–1)	Vasil (6–4)	Connolly (6)	1,000	23–16	16–13	Box Score Recap
May 2	6:00 p.m.	ACCN	Virginia Commonwealth Series		English Field	L 1–6	Savino (2–2)	Connolly (1–2)	—	1,000	23–17	16–14	Box Score Recap
May 5	3:00 p.m.	ACCNX	Georgetown*		English Field	W 6–2	Green (3–0)	Redfern (0–3)	—	1,000	24–17	—	Box Score Recap
May 8	2:00 p.m.	ACCNX	Toledo*		English Field	W 7–1	Alford (2–4)	Schnitz-Paxton (5–1)	—		25–17	—	Box Score Recap
May 8	6:00 p.m.	ACCNX	Toledo*		English Field	W 3–2	Firoved (3–0)	Power (2–3)	—	1,000	26–17	—	Box Score Recap
May 9	2:00 p.m.	ACCN	Toledo*		English Field	W 16–5	Connolly (2–2)	Brandon (1–2)	—	1,000	27–17	—	Box Score Recap
May 12			Liberty*	Cancelled
May 14	6:00 p.m.	ACCNX	at Duke		Jack Coombs Field Durham, North Carolina	L 6–11	Loper (1–1)	Connolly (2–3)	—		27–18	16–15	Box Score Recap
May 15	1:00 p.m.	VTSN	at Duke		Jack Coombs Field	L 1–3	Loper (2–1)	Siverling (4–1)	Johnson (4)		27–19	16–16	Box Score Recap
May 16	1:00 p.m.	ACCNX	at Duke		Jack Coombs Field	L 1–2	Dockman (1–1)	Gerard (2–2)	—		27–20	16–17	Box Score Recap
May 20	6:00 p.m.	ACCNX	#8 Notre Dame		English Field	L 2–8	Bertrand (7–1)	Alford (2–5)	—	448	27–21	16–18	Box Score Recap
May 21	6:00 p.m.	ACCNX	#8 Notre Dame		English Field	L 0–4	Tyrell (3–1)	Simonelli (5–2)	Brannigan (3)	664	27–22	16–19	Box Score Recap
May 22	1:00 p.m.	ACCNX	#8 Notre Dame		English Field	L 1–7	Rao (2–1)	Okuda (2–3)	Mercer (2)	619	27–23	16–20	Box Score

Post-Season (0–2)

ACC Tournament (0–2)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Postseason	Sources
May 25	3:00 p.m.	ACCRSN	vs. Virginia		Truist Field Charlotte, North Carolina	L 2–3	Messinger (3–1)	Alford (2–6)	Whitten (1)	2,065	27–24	0–1	Box Score Recap
May 26	3:00 p.m.	ACCRSN	vs. #7 Notre Dame		Truist Field	L 1–14	Mercer (3–2)	Bertrand (7–2)	—	3,020	27–25	0–2	Box Score Recap

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received 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	22	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[4]	RV	RV	16	12	14	22	13	13	12	15	25
Collegiate Baseball^^[5]	—	RV	27	22	RV	—	RV	RV	RV
NCBWA†^[6]	RV	RV	28	24	RV	RV	30	26	20	29
D1Baseball^[7]	RV	RV	24	18	25	RV	23	23	17	22

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 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

VT Baseball

[1] "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

[roster-2] "2021 Baseball Roster". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[3] Baseball Coaches Poll

[4] Baseball America College: Top 25

[5] NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

[6] NCBWA Division I poll

[7] D1 Baseball

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