No. 14 Virginia Tech to open 2023 at the College of Charleston

blacksburg – At the start of one of the program’s most anticipated seasons, the No. 14 Virginia Tech baseball team (0-0, 0-0 ACC) begins its 2023 quest this weekend when it travels to Omaha to take on the College of Charleston (0- 0, 0-0 CAA) at Patriots Point Ballpark (Feb. 17-19).

Friday through Sunday, games between the Hokies and Cougars will be broadcast live on FloBaseball starting at 4 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. Fans can listen to all three games on the Virginia Tech Sports Network as the voice of Tech baseball, Evan Hughes, calls them.

Possible starters
• Friday: Griffin Green (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Ty Good (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• Saturday: Drew Hackenberg (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Trey Pooser (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• Sunday: TBD vs. TBD

Hammerin’s headlines

• Virginia Tech will start the 2023 season ranked 14th D1 baseball and up to No. 13 in Baseball America. The Hokies are ranked in all six of the leading college baseball polls.
• Tech is the ACC Coastal Division champion with the league’s best regular season (19-9) behind their program record in ACC regular season wins and streak (nine).
• Virginia Tech has earned the No. 4 national seed for the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Championship – an all-time high. The Hokies hosted their first NCAA Regional since 2013, swept Wright State and Columbia (twice), won their first NCAA Regional Championship and advanced to the program’s first NCAA Super Regional (as scheduled in their home ballpark).
• Following its deep postseason run, Virginia Tech is one of the four preseason favorites to win the 2023 ACC Championship, according to 2023 ACC baseball coaches preseason poll. The Hokies are looking for their first trip to Omaha in the Men’s College World Series.
• Virginia Tech The 2023 roster houses two returning All-Americans (Drew Hackenberg Jack Harley) and two hot All-Americans (Carson DeMartini, Drew Hackenberg). Additionally, four Tech student-athletes earned 2023 Preseason All-American honors: Junior Outfielder Jack Harley (Agreement), sophomore pitcher Drew Hackenberga sophomore infielder Carson DeMartini and sixth year relief Kiernan Higgins.
• Jack Harley He will represent Virginia Tech on the 2023 Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list, the first iteration of USA Baseball to recognize the best American amateur baseball player. Last summer, Hurley competed in the 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team at Honkballweck Harlem and joined 19 of his Team USA teammates on the 55-player roster.
• The hockey team has seven student-athletes ranked D1 baseball2023 Preseason Player Rankings: Carson DeMartini (No. 5 third baseman) Jack Harley (No. 5 Outfielder) Drew Hackenberg (No. 14 starting pitcher) Carson Jones (No. 39 Outfielder) Eduardo Malinowski (No. 39 Sec Bazeman), David Bryant. (No. 48 short stop) and Griffin Green (No. 115 starting pitcher).

Opening weekend

• Virginia Tech is 66-61-2 all-time on opening day and 10-8 all-time in the ACC (since 2005). Under the head coach John SzefcThe Hokies have won two consecutive season openers with a 3-2 record on Opening Day.
• In the 2022 season, Virginia Tech posted a 17-3 opening day win against UNC Asheville in Blacksburg – the program’s most lopsided opening day victory since 2009. Introducing their electric offense, the last national team slugging percentage (.574), the “Hammerin’ Hockey” In the bottom of the fifth inning, she struck out 22 batters for eight runs, mixed in with five home runs. Leading off the second inning of the game, the then freshman third baseman Carson DeMartini In his first collegiate at-bat, Homeo hit the first of 15 home runs over the outfield wall.
• Virginia Tech outscored UNC Asheville, 35-8, in the 2022 season opener. The Hokies outscored the Bulldogs, 42-16, as they accounted for 17 extra-base hits (nine doubles, one triple, seven home runs).
• Tech’s 2010 Griffin Green, Drew Hackenberg And Ryan Okuda Combined to throw 15 scoreless innings, recording 17 strikeouts, four hits and three walks.
• The Hokies are tied 1-1 with the College of Charleston. Tech’s 2010 The 1993 victory over College of Charleston (5-3) marked the Cougars’ third NCAA Division I varsity season. In the year In 2015, the Hokies suffered an 8-3 loss to a Charleston team and finished the regular season ranked 15th nationally. D1 baseballTop 25 poll.
• College of Charleston (37-20) won the 2022 CAA regular season championship with a 19-5 conference record. The Cougars have achieved three 35-win seasons under sixth-year head coach Chad Holbrook, who has posted eight 30-win campaigns in his 10 head coaching seasons.
• In 2014, the current head coach of Maryland John Szefc He knocked Chad Holbrook’s South Carolina Gamecocks out of the NCAA Columbia Regional, winning twice, 4-3 and 10-1.

Coming and going

• Virginia Tech The summer of 2022 produced the most popular MLB draft class ever as four of its five picks came off the board in the opening five rounds. Third year outfielder Gavin Cross He was selected No. 9 overall by the Kansas City Royals, becoming Tech’s highest MLB draft pick of all time. Secondary shortstop Tanner Schobel (Minnesota Twins) went in the second round at No. 68 overall, fourth-year utility man Nick Bidson (Los Angeles Dodgers) was taken in the fourth round overall and the third-year catcher was taken at No. 135. Cade Hunter (Cincinnati Reds) Picked No. 153 overall in the fifth round. Fourth-year aid pot Graham Firovd (Baltimore Orioles) Completed the Hokies’ five 2022 MLB draft picks in the 16th round of the fifth-year starting pitcher. Jordan Geber He signed with the New York Mets as an undrafted free agent.
• Among the new faces in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech welcomes potential starters Anthony Arguelles (fifth-year pitcher) from Miami (Florida); David Bryant. (fifth-year shortstop) from Radford, Chris Cannizzaro (fifth-year outfielder) from Bucknell; Eddie Eisert (junior utility player) from NC State. Bryant was named to the All-Big South Second Team in 2021. Cannizzaro was named to the Patriot League First Team twice (2021, 2022), and also led the conference in the 2021 season with a .355 average. Argeles compiled 36 relief appearances, 44 strikeouts and a 6-1 record in 37 and one-third career seasons with the Hurricanes during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
• according to Perfect gameVirginia Tech’s 2022 recruiting class is ranked 23rd nationally and ninth best among ACC programs.
• Freshman right-handed pitcher Tommy Szczepanski He was selected in the 19th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals, although he declined his prospectus to honor his commitment to Virginia Tech.

Next

• Virginia Tech returns to Blacksburg for its 2023 home opener on Tuesday, Feb. 21 against ETSU. The first pitch between the Hokies and Buccaneers is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
• The Hokies’ season-opening homestand begins on Feb. 21 at England Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park and includes a run of 13 games in Tech’s ACC opener against Boston College (March 10-12).
• Virginia Tech’s five ACC regular season home series are against Boston College (March 10-12), Virginia (March 31-April 2), Georgia Tech (April 14-16), North Carolina (April 28-30) and Clemson (May). 12-14) are still available in all pricing options. Buy your tickets today.
• Fans, before heading to English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park this season, consider checking out the ballpark. 2023 Visitors Guide.