HOKIE GAME2014 NOTES - VWEEKENDIRGINIA NO. 12 TECH BASEBALL Record Home Away Neutral Streak Overall 18-25-1 13-12 3-13-1 2-0 L8 ACC 7-17 5-7 2-10 - - - L6 Nonconf. 11-8-1 8-5 1-3-1 2-0 L2 15 MLB PLayers • 20 aLL-aMericans • 10 NCAA Appearances • 84 Draft seLections feBrUARY (4-2) Fri. 14 at The Citadel& 2-6 L Weekend #12 • May 2-4 • Games 45-47 Sat. 15 vs. Delaware& W 8-1 C Fri. 21 at #2 LSU^ 0-9 L Virginia tech Hokies (18-25-1, 7-17 acc) at Sat. 22 vs. Texas Southern^ W 8-2 Tue. 25 Radford W 6-1 Georgia tech yellow Jackets (26-19, 12-12 acc) 3 fri. 28 cincinnati W 4-1 MARCH (8-10-1) Russ Chandler Stadium - Atlanta, Ga. 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 Friday, 7:00 p.m. LHP Sean Keselica RHP Josh Heddinger X Wed. 5 William & Mary 0-7 L ESPN3, HokiesXtra, 101.7 FM 3-3, 3.96 ERA, 52.1 IP, 23 BB, 28 K 3-2, 3.91 ERA, 53.0 IP, 19 BB, 42 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, 1:00 p.m. RHP Brad Markey LHP Devin Stanton Tue. 11 at Richmond T 10-10 (10) RSN, ESPN3, HokiesXtra, 101.7 FM 2-6, 3.25 ERA, 69.1 IP, 15 BB, 51 K 3-3, 2.54 ERA, 49.2 IP, 14 BB, 38 K Wed. 12 Virginia commonwealth 14-21 L 3 fri. 14 Pittsburgh* W 11-5 Sunday, 1:00 p.m. LHP Kit Scheetz LHP Ben Parr sat. 15 Pittsburgh* W 11-10 ESPN3, HokiesXtra, 101.7 FM 3-1, 6.18 ERA, 39.1 IP, 14 BB, 31 K 4-1, 2.13 ERA, 38.0 IP, 14 BB, 32 K Pittsburgh* W 11-7 Wed. 19 rutgers W 6-3 Fri. 21 at Notre Dame* 1-2 L tecH PLays finaL 2014 roaD acc series in atLanta 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 heading Atlanta, Ga., to face the Georgia Tech Hokies’ History Fri. 28 at #1 Virginia* 1-2 L Yellow Jackets. The last time the two Techs faced off was for a vs. Georgia tech Sat. 29 at #1 Virginia* 2-9 L chance to go to the 2013 ACC Baseball Championship game Series Start: 1980 • Overall: 13-22 Sun. 30 at #1 Virginia* 4-7 L and the Hokies won it with Kyle Wernicki scoring the game Home: 4-8 • Away: 7-14 • Neutral: 2-0 aPriL (6-13) winner in the seventh in a 3-2 victory. As members of the First Meeting: May 5, 1980 Streak: tue. 1 James Madison W 11-5 (6) conference, the Hokies are 5-10 all-time at Georgia Tech, but in Atlanta, Ga.; W, 12-11 Won 2 Wed. 2 radford W 8-5 won a series there in both 2007 and 2010. A snapshot of Last Meeting: May 24, 2013 Last Five/10: 3 fri. 4 #24 Miami* 7-8 L the Hokies’ history versus the Yellow Jackets is located to in Durham, N.C.; W, 3-2 2-3/4-6 sat. 5 #24 Miami* 3-4 L the right. Biggest Win: April 24, 2010 Overall runs 3 sun. 6 #24 Miami* 2-9 L in Atlanta, Ga.; 10-3 Hokies: 196 Tue. 8 at Virginia Commonwealth 6-11 L Heading to the Peach state: During the 2013 season, the Worst Defeat: May 14, 2005 Opponent: 320 Wed. 9 Longwood W 4-1 Hokies did not play one single contest in the state of Georgia. in Atlanta, Ga.; 27-2 X fri. 11 Maryland* W 3-1 However, back in 2012, they had seven games in the Peach sat. 12 Maryland* 2-4 L State, which included a 3-1 stretch at the Kennesaw State Tournament that opened up the season sun. 13 Maryland* W 6-4 - they faced both the host Owls and Bradley twice. Tech also went 1-2 at Georgia Tech that year. Mon. 14 at #30 Liberty W 4-3 Interestingly, the Kennesaw games marked the first ones in the Peach State against teams not X fri. 18 Duke* 2-3 L (12) named Georgia Tech since the 2005 campaign, when the Hokies played a tournament at Savannah sat. 19 Duke* 3-13 L State against the Tigers, Navy and Villanova. That invitational marked the first games the Hokies X sun. 20 Duke* 0-2 L played in Georgia since 1997. tue. 22 appalachian state 0-11 L (10) Wed. 23 campbell 9-14 L Zagunis’ career numbers are climbing: Entering the weekend, junior Player (seasons) Hits 3 Fri. 25 at North Carolina* 2-3 L Mark Zagunis has compiled 199 career hits, one shy of becoming 1. Austin Wates (2008-10) 233 3 Sat. 26 at North Carolina* 4-6 L just the seventh Hokie to reach the 200-hit milestone as a junior. 2. George Canale (1984-86) 231 3 Sun. 27 at North Carolina* 4-5 L The last Tech player to reach 200 before his senior year was 3. Addison Bowman (1998-00) 229 May (0-0) Ronnie Shaban, who notched career hit No. 200 on May 19, 2011. 4. Trey McCoy (1986-88) 213 3 Fri. 2 at Georgia Tech* 7:00 p.m. The box (right) shows the six players that reached 200 hits in their 5. Brad Bauder (2000-02) 204 R 3 Sat. 3 at Georgia Tech* 1:00 p.m. junior season and the number of hits they finished with as a junior. 6. Ronnie Shaban (2009-11) 203 3 Sun. 4 at Georgia Tech* 1:00 p.m. Also, entering the week, Zagunis ranked in the top five in the Mark Zagunis (2012-present) 199 Tue. 6 vs. West Virginia$ 6:00 p.m. ACC in eight career categories (among active players - min. 250 X Wed. 7 northeastern 5:30 p.m. ABs). Those include second in hits per game (1.28), third in batting average (.336), runs scored X tue. 13 William & Mary 5:30 p.m. (135), total bases per game (1.89) and stolen bases (50), fourth in runs per game (0.87), and fifth 3 thu. 15 NC State* 5:30 p.m. in slugging percentage (.494) and stolen base percentage (.806). 3 fri. 16 NC State* 5:30 p.m. ON THIS DATE ... May 2 May 3 May 4 3 sat. 17 NC State* 2:00 p.m. record: 23-19-1 38-12-1 35-10 R/2 20-25 ACC Championship@ TBA Last Game: W, 18-0, vs. VMI (2012) W, 1-0, at Boston College (2013) W, 7-5, at Boston College (2013) Video Home games in Bold streak/Last 5/10: W2/3-2/5-5 W1/4-1/7-3 W2/4-1/9-1 2 = ESPN2 * -- ACC game Biggest win: 22-3, vs. High Point (1976) 35-10, at Miller School (1900) 30-0, vs. Howard (1986) 3 = ESPN3 & -- Homewood Suites Tournament, Charleston, S.C. Worst defeat: 16-0, at Liberty (1986) 9-4, at Florida State (2009) 8-0, at Clemson (1980) C = Cox Sports ^ -- LSU Tournament, Baton Rouge, La. R = RSN $ -- Hunnicutt Field, Princeton, W.Wa. runs scored: Virginia Tech: 286 319 330 X = HokiesXtra @ -- NewBridge Bank Park, Greensboro, N.C. Opponent: 243 198 185 @VT_BASEBALL • VIRGINIA TECH BASEBALL • HOKIESPORTS.COM HOKIE GAME NOTES - WEEKEND NO. 11 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. Players: 3, Pitchers: 2 to Tech as an assistant at Northeastern (2005-10). College: Northeastern (2007) Lettermen Returning/Lost ................................................... 10/10 In just three seasons with Tech, Mason has seen Newcomers ..............................................................................