2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

The 2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers played their home games at Davenport Field as a members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Brian O'Connor, in his 20th season at Virginia.

2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
ACC Coastal Division champions
Charlottesville Regional champions
Charlottesville Super Regional champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
CBNo. 7
Record50–15 (19–11 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Pitching coachDrew Dickinson (4th season)
Home stadiumDavenport 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 Cavaliers finished the season 50–15 overall and 19–11 in ACC play to finish in first place in the Coastal Division. They were the second overall seed in the ACC Tournament and were placed into a pool with seventh seed North Carolina and eleventh seed Georgia Tech. They defeated Georgia Tech, but lost to North Carolina and did not advance out of pool play. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and were selected as the seventh overall seed and the hosted a Super Regional. They went 3–0 during the Regional stage of the tournament defeating Army and East Carolina twice to advance to the Super Regional stage. They hosted fellow ACC team Duke and won the series 2–1 despite losing the first game. The Cavailers advanced to their sixth College World Series in program history, but their stay was short as they lost to Florida and TCU to end their season.

Previous season edit

The 2022 team finished 39–19 overall, and 17–13 in ACC play, to finish in third place in the Coastal Division. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they were placed in Pool D with Notre Dame and Florida State. The Cavaliers went 0–2 in pool play and were unable to advance. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the second seed in the Greenville Regional. They won their first game against third seed Coastal Carolina, but then lost to first seed East Carolina. In their elimination game they lost to Coastal Carolina to end their season.

Personnel edit

Starters edit

Lineup
Pos. No. Player. Year
C 3 Kyle Teel Junior
1B 23 Ethan Anderson Sophomore
2B 7 Henry Godbout Freshman
3B 22 Jake Gelof Junior
SS 6 Griff O'Ferrall Sophomore
LF 21 Colin Tuft Sophomore
CF 2 Ethan O'Donnell Junior
RF 8 Casey Saucke Sophomore
DH 16 Anthony Stephan Sophomore
Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day No. Player. Year
Friday 28 Nick Parker Graduate
Saturday 20 Connelly Early Junior
Sunday 36 Brian Edgington Graduate

Roster edit

2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Jay Woolfolk - Sophomore
  • 10 - Bradley Hodges - Freshman
  • 14 - Jack O'Connor - Freshman
  • 15 - Evan Blanco - Freshman
  • 17 - Jacob Hodorovich - Senior
  • 20 - Connelly Early - Junior
  • 27 - Avery Mabe - Junior
  • 28 - Nick Parker - Graduate
  • 29 - Johnny Ormsby - Freshman
  • 30 - Kevin Jaxel - Freshman
  • 31 - Angelo Tonas - Graduate
  • 32 - Jake Berry - Junior
  • 33 - Aidan Teel - Freshman
  • 35 - Cullen McKay - Freshman
  • 36 - Brian Edgington - Graduate
  • 38 - Dean Kampschror - Sophomore
  • 39 - Chase Hungate - Sophomore
  • 40 - Evan Dobias - Freshman
  • 45 - Luke Schauer - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 3 - Kyle Teel - Junior
  • 9 - Travis Reifsnider - Graduate
  • 21 - Colin Tuft - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 5 - Luke Hanson - Freshman
  • 6 - Griff O'Ferrall - Sophomore
  • 7 - Henry Godbout - Freshman
  • 8 - Casey Saucke - Sophomore
  • 12 - Justin Rubin - Sophomore
  • 16 - Anthony Stephan - Sophomore
  • 18 - Juan de la Cruz - Freshman
  • 22 - Jake Gelof - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 2 - Ethan O'Donnell - Junior
  • 13 - Tommy Courtney - Graduate
  • 34 - Harrison Didawick - Freshman
  • 37 - Chris Baker - Graduate

Utility

  • 23 - Ethan Anderson - Sophomore
  • 25 - Matthew Buchanan - Sophomore
 

Game log edit

2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball game log
Regular season (44–11)
Post-season (6–4)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold =Virginia team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

[4]

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[5]2020*1411107577710121413999*9*6
Baseball America[6]191715149758891114141491010*10*8
Collegiate Baseball^[7]161512645355791410768557
NCBWA[8]1917111097576811131617121155*7
D1Baseball[9]19191917148577813212121121111*11*6

^ 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.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Part of a doubleheader

References edit

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022-233 Baseball Roster". virginiasports.com. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Series Opener Against Rhode Island Canceled". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Baseball Schedule". virginiasports.com. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  8. ^ "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

External links edit