2021 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

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  x‍‍‍y	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  x‍‍‍y	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 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

Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I baseball 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
	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

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball 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'	22	22*	22	19	RV	RV	RV	25	19	22	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America	RV	RV	16	12	14	22	13	13	12	15	25
Collegiate Baseball^	—	RV	27	22	RV	—	RV	RV	RV
NCBWA†	RV	RV	28	24	RV	RV	30	26	20	29
D1Baseball	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.

External links

• VT Baseball