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2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

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2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record30–23 (12–17 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (6th season)
  • Tyler Hanson (5th season)
Pitching coachRyan Fecteau (6th season)
Home stadiumEnglish Field
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest x‍‍‍y 22 7   .759 54 12   .818
No. 18 Clemson ‍‍y 20 10   .667 44 19   .698
Boston College ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 37 20   .649
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 30 24   .556
NC State ‍‍‍y 13 16   .448 36 21   .632
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 31 24   .564
Florida State  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 23 31   .426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia x‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 50 13   .794
No. 20 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 42 21   .667
No. 15 Duke ‍‍‍y 16 13   .552 39 23   .629
North Carolina ‍‍‍y 14 14   .500 36 24   .600
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 12 17   .414 30 23   .566
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 30 27   .526
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 24 31   .436
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team represented Virginia Tech during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hokies played their home games at English Field as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach John Szefc, in his 6th season at Virginia Tech.

The Hokies finished the season 30–23 overall and 12–17 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. They were the tenth overall seed in the ACC Tournament and were placed into a pool with third seed Clemson and sixth seed Boston College. Virginia Tech lost both of their pool play games to be eliminated from the tournament. They did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Game log

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2023 Virginia Tech Hokies Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (30–21)
Postseason (0–2)
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.
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[6]1616*111016RVRVRV—*—*
Baseball America[7]1314131115—*—*
Collegiate Baseball^[8]2829282829
NCBWA[9]1818141117RVRVRVRV—*
D1Baseball[10]1414111117—*—*

^ 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

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  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 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. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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