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VIRGINIA TECH GAME NOTES - WEEKEND NO. 2 Record Home Away Neutral Streak Overall 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-2 L1 ACC 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - Nonconf. 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-2 L1 20 MLB PLAYERS • 20 ALL-AMERICANS • 10 NCAA APPEARANCES • 111 DRAFT SELECTIONS FEBRUARY (1-3) Fri. 16 at Coastal Carolina& 2-17 L WEEKEND SERIES INFORMATION Sat. 17 vs. #17 South Alabama& 5-7 L Sun. 18 vs. Oklahoma& W 14-6 Virginia Tech at AllState Sugar Bowl Baseball Classic Mon. 19 vs. Kansas State& 5-6 L February 23-25 2018 Fri. 23 vs. Iowa% 1:30 p.m. Maestri Field at First NBC Ballpark Sat. 24 at New Orleans% 3:00 p.m. New Orleans, Louisiana Sun. 25 vs. Ball State% 10:00 a.m. Tue. 27 RADFORD 4:00 p.m. Gameday Information MARCH (0-0) Stats: http://vthoki.es/BB-LiveStats H Fri. 2 at Stetson! 7:00 p.m. Audio: http://vthoki.es/BB-LiveAudio H Sat. 3 vs. Purdue! 1:00 p.m. Video: http://www.unoprivateers.com/watch/ H Sun. 4 vs. Central Michigan! 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech H Tue. 6 vs. Wagner 4:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 - 1:30 p.m. vs. Iowa H HOKIES Wed. 7 vs. Central Michigan Noon VT: Sr. RHP Connor Coward (0-0, 3.60 ERA) X Fri. 9 PITTSBURGH* 4:00 p.m. (1-3, 0-0 ACC) Iowa: r-Jr. LHP Nick Allgeyer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) X Sat. 10 PITTSBURGH* 1:00 p.m. X Sun. 11 PITTSBURGH* 1:00 p.m. Head Coach Saturday, Feb. 24 - 3 p.m. at New Orleans X Wed. 14 BRYANT 4:00 p.m. VT: So. RHP Dylan Hall (1-0, 1.80 ERA) John Szefc X Fri. 16 at Georgia Tech* 6:00 p.m. UNO: r-Fr. RHP Reeves Martin (0-0, 0.00 ERA) X Sat. 17 at Georgia Tech* 2:00 p.m. at VT: 1-3 X Sun. 18 at Georgia Tech* 1:00 p.m. First season Sunday, Feb. 25 - 10 a.m. vs. Ball State X Tue. 21 MARSHALL 4:00 p.m. Career: 393-262-3 VT: TBA Fri. 23 at Boston College* 4:00 p.m. 13th season BSU: TBA Sat. 24 at Boston College* 2:00 p.m. Sun. 25 at Boston College* Noon TECH TRAVELS TO NEW ORLEANS FOR BASEBALL CLASSIC TOURNAMENT X Tue. 27 LIBERTY 4:00 p.m. Playing in the Pelican State: It's been just four seasons since the Hokies played a game in the state X Thu. 29 NC STATE* 4:00 p.m. of Louisiana, but more than 20 since competing in New Orleans. In 15 career games in the Pelican X Fri. 30 NC STATE* 4:00 p.m. State, Tech is just 4-11, but won its last game, 8-2, over Texas Southern on Feb. 22, 2014 during the X Sat. 31 NC STATE* 1:00 p.m. LSU Tournament in Baton Rouge. Tech had lost the previous night to the hosts, 9-0. APRIL (0-0) In New Orleans, Tech is just 3-9 but also won its last game here, defeating Tulane, 13-9, back on April X Wed. 4 DAYTON 6:00 p.m. 9, 1995, the final game of a three-game series when Tech was in the Metro Conference. Against neutral- X Fri. 6 at Virginia* 6:00 p.m. site opponents, the Hokies are 1-2, part of the Metro Tournament played here in 1992. X Sat. 7 at Virginia* 4:00 p.m. X Sun. 8 at Virginia* 1:00 p.m. More than a dozen see their first action at Tech: The Hokies, who have 18 newcomers on their Wed. 11 at Marshall 6:00 p.m. roster, saw 16 of them make their Tech debuts last weekend during the Coastal Carolina tournament X Fri. 13 LOUISVILLE* 6:00 p.m. which including four - junior transfers Luke Horanski, Nick Owens and Nick Menken and freshman Darion X Sat. 14 LOUISVILLE* 7:00 p.m. Jacoby - started each of them. X Sun. 15 LOUISVILLE* 1:00 p.m. For Jacoby (LF), he became the Hokies’ first true freshman to start a season opener in the field since Tue. 17 at Radford 6:00 p.m. Ricky Surum (SS) – Feb. 14, 2014 at The Citadel. He is the first freshman to start the first four games of X Wed. 18 OLD DOMINION 6:00 p.m. his Tech career since Alex Perez, who never missed a start during his collegiate career (2012-15). X Fri. 20 at Notre Dame* 6:00 p.m. X Sat. 21 at Notre Dame* 2:00 p.m. X Sun. 22 at Notre Dame* 1:00 p.m. Fragale earns a pair of preseason AA honors: Senior Sam Fragale, who was a Second Team Wed. 25 at VMI 6:00 p.m. All-ACC first baseman last season, moved over to third base for the upcoming season and was twice X Fri. 27 DUKE* 6:00 p.m. named a preseason All-American at the spot. He earned third team honors by both the NCBWA and X Sat. 28 DUKE* 3:00 p.m. Collegiate Baseball. X Sun. 29 DUKE* 1:00 p.m. Taking over the Tech program: Virginia Tech has had 25 head coaches in its 125-season program MAY (0-0) history - but just seven since 1945 - below is how the previous six (along with newest head coach John X Tue. 1 VMI 6:00 p.m. W Szefc) fared in their first season. Wed. 2 at Liberty 6:00 p.m. Head Coach First Win Games In Opponent (score) Overall Wed. 9 at West Virginia 6:30 p.m. X Fri. 11 MIAMI* 6:00 p.m. John Szefc Feb. 18, 2018 3 vs. Oklahoma (164-6) 1-3 X Sat. 12 MIAMI* 3:00 p.m. Patrick Mason Feb. 15, 2014 2 vs. Delaware (8-1) 21-31-1 X Sun. 13 MIAMI* 1:00 p.m. Pete Hughes Feb. 16, 2007 2 vs. Old Dominion (10-3) 23-31 X Tue. 15 WILLIAM & MARY 6:00 p.m. Chuck Hartman Mar. 10, 1979 1 vs. George Washington (10-8) 28-14 X Thu. 17 at North Carolina* 6:00 p.m. Bob Humphreys Mar. 19, 1974 3 at North Carolina (9-0) 15-15 X Fri. 18 at North Carolina* 6:00 p.m. X Sat. 19 at North Carolina* 2:00 p.m. G.F. (Red) Laird Mar. 25, 1948 3 at Davidson (5-3) 14-8-1 T-S 22-27 ACC Championship@ TBA G.S. (Gummy) Proctor Apr. 13, 1945 1 at Lynchburg (21-0) 10-4 Bold - Home games played at English Field at Union Park Follow the Hokies on social media X -- ACC Network Extra H -- GoHatters.com W -- WatchESPN & -- 19th Annual Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, S.C. % -- AllState Sugar Bowl Baseball Classic, New Orleans, La. VirginiaTechBaseball @HokiesBaseball @HokiesBaseball ! -- Stetson Tournament * -- ACC game @ - Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, N.C. @HOKIESBASEBALL • VIRGINIA TECH BASEBALL • HOKIESPORTS.COM VIRGINIA TECH GAME NOTES - WEEKEND NO. 2 #14 John Szefc Virginia Tech Head Coach - First Season Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Whit Babcock announced the hiring of Tech’s 25th head baseball coach on June 9 and formally introduced John Szefc as the head coach of the baseball program on June 15. Szefc (pronounced SHEFF) accepted the position after leading Maryland to three NCAA appearances and a 180-122 (.596) overall record as the Terrapins’ head coach. Prior to his arrival, he owned a 392-259-3 (.602) career record in 12 seasons as an NCAA head coach, producing 10 campaigns with 30 or more wins. In addition to ending a 43-year NCAA tournament drought and becoming the fastest coach to 100 career wins at Maryland, Szefc spent seven seasons (1996-2002) at the helm of the Marist College baseball program, where he led the team to four conference cham- pionships, four NCAA Regional appearances and a 212-137-3 (.607) overall mark. Szefc earned Northeastern THE SZEFC FILE Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1997 and was the American Baseball Coaches Associate Northeast Record at Tech Region Coach of the Year in 2001. Seasons: ....................................... First Season The first coach in Maryland history to ever take the Terrapins to an NCAA Super Regional, Szefc accom- Record: ............................................... 1-3 (.250) plished the feat twice in 2014 and 2015 as he guided the program to the first two 40-win seasons in school ACC Record: .................................... 0-0 (.000) history and claimed Maryland’s first two NCAA Regional crowns. Maryland achieved a final No. 14 ranking both vs Nonconference: ........................... 1-3 (.250) seasons, the highest finishes in school history. vs. Ranked Teams ............................ 0-1 (.000) He guided the Terrapins to the ACC Tournament final for the first time in 38 years in 2014 and then took Record at Home ............................... 0-0 (.000) Maryland to the Big Ten tournament final in the school’s initial season in that conference, winning a program-best Record on Road ............................... 0-1 (.000) 42 games in 2015. Record at Neutral ............................. 1-2 (.333) Szefc has coached 97 players that have been drafted or signed professional contracts since 1997, including Career Record six selected in the 2017 MLB draft. Over the last five drafts, 25 of his players have been selected, including the Seasons: .......................................13th Season 45th pick of the 2014 draft Jake Stinnett, the highest pick of a Maryland player in almost a decade.