HOKIE GAME2014 NOTES - VWEEKENDIRGINIA NO. 9 TECH BASEBALL Record Home Away Neutral Streak Overall 15-16-1 11-6 2-10-1 2-0 W1 ACC 5-10 3-3 2-7 - - - L6 Nonconf. 10-6-1 8-3 0-3-1 2-0 W1 15 MLB PLayers • 20 aLL-aMericans • 10 NCAA Appearances • 84 Draft seLections feBrUARY (4-2) Fri. 14 at The Citadel& 2-6 L Weekend #9 • April 11-13 • Games 33-35 Sat. 15 vs. Delaware& W 8-1 C Fri. 21 at #2 LSU^ 0-9 L Virginia tech Hokies (15-16-1, 5-10 acc) vs. Sat. 22 vs. Texas Southern^ W 8-2 Tue. 25 Radford W 6-1 3 fri. 28 cincinnati W 4-1 Maryland terrapins (20-11, 6-8 acc) MARCH (8-10-1) English Field - Blacksburg, Va. sat. 1 UMass Lowell W 4-3 (11) sun. 2 UMass Lowell 4-6 L Weekend Slate Tech Starting Pitcher Opponent Starter 3 cincinnati W 9-6 X Friday, 5:30 p.m. LHP Sean Keselica RHP Jake Stinnett Wed. 5 William & Mary 0-7 L HokiesXtra, 101.7 FM 2-2, 5.46 ERA, 29.2 IP, 12 BB, 14 K 3-4, 2.84 ERA, 57.0 IP, 12 BB, 66 K 3 Fri. 7 at #15 Clemson* 6-7 L Sat. 8 at #15 Clemson* 2-12 L 3 Sun. 9 at #15 Clemson* 4-11 L Saturday, 2:00 p.m. TBA RHP Mike Shawaryn (10) Tue. 11 at Richmond T 10-10 HokiesXtra, 101.7 FM 5-2, 2.70 ERA, 43.1 IP, 10 BB, 35 K Wed. 12 Virginia commonwealth 14-21 L 3 fri. 14 Pittsburgh* W 11-5 sat. 15 Pittsburgh* W 11-10 Sunday, 1:00 p.m. TBA LHP Jake Drossner Pittsburgh* W 11-7 HokiesXtra, 101.7 FM 4-0, 2.03 ERA, 26.2 IP, 11 BB, 27 K Wed. 19 rutgers W 6-3 Fri. 21 at Notre Dame* 1-2 L tecH oPens acc seconD HaLf WitH HoMe series WitH MaryLanD Sat. 22 at Notre Dame* W 8-3 the weekend series: Tech continues its 121st season of Sun. 23 at Notre Dame* W 5-4 (12) baseball by hosting the second of three straight ACC series at Hokies’ History Fri. 28 at #1 Virginia* 1-2 L vs. Maryland Sat. 29 at #1 Virginia* 2-9 L English Field. The Hokies welcome Maryland to Blacksburg Series Start: 1900 • Overall: 25-34-1 Sun. 30 at #1 Virginia* 4-7 L for the last time as an ACC member, as the Terrapins will join aPriL (3-4) the Big Ten in July. Despite a 25-34-1 overall record against Home: 12-11 • Away: 13-20-1 • Neutral: 0-3 tue. 1 James Madison W 11-5 (6) Maryland, since joining the ACC, the Hokies are 14-7 against First Meeting: May 10, 1900 Streak: Wed. 2 radford W 8-5 them and have won five of the seven series (five straight). in Blacksburg, Va.; L, 10-9 Won 1 3 fri. 4 #24 Miami* 7-8 L Of the 60 games played in the series, only 10 have been at Last Meeting: April 21, 2013 Last Five/10: sat. 5 #24 Miami* 3-4 L English Field - Tech is 6-4. A snapshot of the Hokies’ history in College Park, Md.; W, 3-2 3-2/8-2 3 sun. 6 #24 Miami* 2-9 L versus Maryland is located to the right. Biggest Win: April 21, 1955 Overall runs Tue. 8 at Virginia Commonwealth 6-11 L in College Park, Md.; 14-2 Hokies: 335 Wed. 9 Longwood W 4-1 Hokies playing at home: Because Mother Nature wreaked Worst Defeat: April 24, 1939 Opponent: 400 X fri. 11 Maryland* 5:30 p.m. havoc on the Hokies’ baseball schedule through the first in College Park, Md.; 24-4 sat. 12 Maryland* 2:00 p.m. seven weeks of the season - Tech lost a total of five games - sun. 13 Maryland* 1:00 p.m. the team had to adjust and added four games to the April slate. As a result, starting with their ACC Mon. 14 at Liberty 7:00 p.m. series at Virginia, the Hokies started a string of 20 straight games in the Commonwealth - with 14 Tue. 15 vs. Tennessee% 6:00 p.m. at English Field - and includes three straight home ACC weekends X fri. 18 Duke* 5:30 p.m. Only once before in the program’s history as a member of the conference have the Hokies sat. 19 Duke* 2:00 p.m. played either three straight road or three straight home series - 2007. Tech hosted North Carolina, X sun. 20 Duke* 1:00 p.m. Virginia and Clemson in back-to-back-to-back weekends. The Hokies are looking to improve on that tue. 22 appalachian state 5:30 p.m. 2007 stretch as they went just 1-8 in the nine games and opened the 2014 stretch 0-3. Wed. 23 campbell 5:30 p.m. 3 Fri. 25 at North Carolina* 7:00 p.m. Hokies playing at home: Due to the altering of the Hokies’ schedule, they enter the weekend with a 3 Sat. 26 at North Carolina* 6:00 p.m. scheduled five-game in five-day stretch that ends Tuesday with the Hokie-Smokey Classic in Salem, 3 Sun. 27 at North Carolina* 1:00 p.m. Va., against nationally-ranked Tennessee. The stretch will conclude a seven-game, eight-day span, Tue. 29 at Radford 6:00 p.m. May (0-0) as well as a 15-game, 19-day span that started with the three-game series at Virginia. 3 Fri. 2 at Georgia Tech* 7:00 p.m. The just over week-long stretch is similar to a nine-game in nine-day schedule Tech played from R Sat. 3 at Georgia Tech* 1:00 p.m. Feb. 23 through March 3 last year that included a single week in which they played six games. The 3 Sun. 4 at Georgia Tech* 1:00 p.m. team went 7-2 in the nine games and 5-1 in the last six contests of that stretch. Tue. 6 vs. West Virginia$ 6:00 p.m. The last time a string like that happened before was in 2010, when Tech played nine games in X Wed. 7 northeastern 5:30 p.m. nine days from March 12-20 and compiled a 4-5 mark. They also played six games in six straight X tue. 13 William & Mary 5:30 p.m. days (March 12-17) and went 4-2. Lastly, that 2010 squad also had a 15-game, 19- day stretch from 3 thu. 15 NC State* 5:30 p.m. March 9 through March 27 and went 8-7. 3 fri. 16 NC State* 5:30 p.m. ON THIS DATE ... april 11 april 12 april 13 3 sat. 17 NC State* 2:00 p.m. record: 32-21-1 32-20-1 29-21 R/2 20-25 ACC Championship@ TBA Last Game: W, 4-2, vs. Maimi (2010) L, 21-8, vs. North Carolina (2013) L, 9-8, vs. North Carolina (2013) Video Home games in Bold * -- ACC game streak/Last 5/10: W3/3-2/5-5 L1/3-2/4-6 L2/2-3/5-5 2 = ESPN2 & -- Homewood Suites Tournament, Charleston, S.C. Biggest win: 20-8, vs. VMI (1989) 18-4, vs. Tusculum (1920) 32-8, vs. Marshall (1960) 3 = ESPN3 ^ -- LSU Tournament, Baton Rouge, La. Worst defeat: 13-1, vs. Cincinnati (1987) 21-8, vs. North Carolina (2013) 18-1, at Roanoke League (1895) C = Cox Sports % -- Hokie-Smokey Classic, LewisGale Field, Salem, Va. R = RSN $ -- Hunnicutt Field, Princeton, W.Wa. runs scored: Virginia Tech: 320 309 373 X = HokiesXtra @ -- NewBridge Bank Park, Greensboro, N.C. Opponent: 241 224 269 @VT_BASEBALL • VIRGINIA TECH BASEBALL • HOKIESPORTS.COM HOKIE GAME NOTES - WEEKEND NO. 9 2014 VirGinia tecH QUick facts General information School (Nickname) .......................................Virginia Tech (Hokies) City, Zip ...................................................... Blacksburg, Va. 24061 #22 Patrick Mason Founded ............................................................................... 1872 Enrollment ......................................................................... 31,000 Head coach Colors ..........................................Chicago maroon & burnt orange Affiliation ..............................................................NCAA, Division I first season Conference ............................................. Atlantic Coast (10th Year) President ...........................Charles W. Steger (Virginia Tech, 1969) On June 27, 2013, Virginia Tech announced the hiring of Patrick Athletics Director ..................Whit Babcock (James Madison, 1992) Mason as the baseball program’s newest head coach. He became the 24th head baseball coach at the school, but just the fifth in the team information last 66 years of the program. Mason took over the head coaching Overall Record In 2013 .........................................................40-22 reigns after spending the previous three seasons un- Home/Away/Neutral ............................................19-11/13-9/8-2 der former coach Pete Hughes. PERSONAL Conference Record.................................................................15-14 Mason, who enters his 17th season in the coach- Born: August 24, 1975 – Boston, Mass. Home/Away .....................................................................7-7/8-7 ing profession, was promoted to the position of as- Conference Finish ......................... 3rd Coastal Division, 6th overall Hometown: Franklin, Mass. sociate head coach at Tech in the fall of 2012, and Wife: former Leigh Shea Conference Tournament........ 3-1, advanced to championship game had served as the pitching game coordinator and NCAA Postseason ..................................... 2-2, Blacksburg Regional recruiting coordinator in his three years prior to his Final Rankings .................. 18 (PG), 19 (BA, CP), 20 (CN), 21 (BW) promotion. The former Northeastern catcher (1994- eDUCATION Starters Returning ................................Pos. Players: 6, Pitchers: 2 97) spent the previous five seasons before coming High School: Franklin (1993) Starters Lost .........................................Pos.