2021 BASEBALL 20 MLB PLAYERS • 23 ALL-AMERICANS • 10 NCAA APPEARANCES • 102 DRAFT SELECTIONS GAME 51 THE MATCHUP 2021 SCHEDULE GAME 51 | MAY 25 | TRUIST FIELD (10,200) | CHARLOTTE, N.C. RECORD 27-23 VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (27-23, 16-20 ACC) VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (27-22, 18-18) VS 16-20 Head Coach: Head Coach: NON-CONFERENCE 11-3 John Szefc Brian O’Connor HOME 17-10 Record at VT: Record at UVA: AWAY 10-9 85-88 (4th Year) 741-314-2 (18th Year) NEUTRAL 0-0 Career Record: Career Record: 477-347-3 (16th Year) 741-314-2 (18th Year) Time/ Date Opponent TV 2021 TEAM STATS 2021 TEAM STATS Result W, 3-1; W, No. NCAA ACC No. NCAA ACC 2/21 Kent State (DH) ACCNX 9-2 Batting Average .275 108 5 Batting Average .261 182 10 Runs 307 86 5 Runs 279 127 11 2/23 Radford ACCNX W, 22-2 Hits 470 67 3 Hits 437 113 8 2/26 at Miami* ACCNX W, 5-3 Home Runs 51 75 10 Home Runs 29 196 14 2/27 at Miami* ACCNX L, 3-0 Stolen Bases 43 144 7 Stolen Bases 53 93 4 2/28 at Miami* ACCNX W, 9-6 ERA 4.81 109 6 ERA 3.77 23 2 3/5 North Carolina* ACCNX W, 10-6 WHIP 1.45 112 9 WHIP 1.38 68 5 3/6 North Carolina* ACCNX W, 6-4 Fielding Pct 0.972 82 8 Fielding Pct 0.975 50 5 3/7 North Carolina* ACCNX L, 9-6 * Rankings as of May 24, 2021 * Rankings as of May 24, 2021 3/9 VCU ACCNX W , 10-9 SERIES HISTORY: VIRGINIA TECH -VIRGINIA 3/10 VCU ACCNX L, 7-10 Overall: 88-105-1 Last Five Meetings (2-3) 3/12 Florida State* ACCNX L, 6-4 3/13 Florida State* ACCNX W, 5-0 In Blacksburg: 48-38 Date Result Location May 2, 2021 L, 6-1 Blacksburg, Va. 3/14 Florida State* ACCNX L, 14-7 In Charlottesville: 31-58-1 May 1, 2021 W, 6-3 Blacksburg, Va. 3/16 UNC Greensboro ACCNX L, 7-2 At Neutral Sites: 9-9 April 30, 2021 L, 18-1 Blacksburg, Va. 3/19 at Clemson* L, 8-2 May 18, 2019 W, 8-4 Blacksburg, Va. 3/20 at Clemson* W, 11-3 Last Meeting: May 2, 2021 - L, 6-1 - Blacksburg, Va. May 17, 2019 L, 5-3 Blacksburg, Va. 3/21 at Clemson* L, 4-2 3/26 at Pitt* W, 5-1 3/27 at Pitt* W, 8-4 3/28 at Pitt* W, 8-4 4/1 Boston College* ACCNX L, 7-3 4/2 Boston College* ACCNX W, 6-5 4/3 Boston College* ACCNX W, 4-3 4/6 at East Tennessee State W, 15-5 4/9 at Wake Forest* W, 8-4 4/10 at Wake Forest* W, 16-4 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 4/11 at Wake Forest* W, 10-9 4/13 at Liberty L, 8-2 KEY STORYLINES 4/16 Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 15-11 4/17 Georgia Tech* ACCNX W, 7-0 AT THE PLATE WHO TO WATCH 4/18 Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 11-4 Virginia Tech baseball is 4/20 VMI ACCNX W, 7-5 • • Nick Holesa has proved 4/23 at NC State* L, 3-1 preparing to take on Virginia himself to be an important 4/25 at NC State* L, 11-3 and No. 7 Notre Dame part of the starting lineup 4/25 at NC State* L, 7-6 this week in the 2021 ACC since the Duke series. STANDINGS 4/27 East Tennessee State ACCNX W, 12-0 4/30 Virginia* ACCN L, 18-1 tournament with its first • In 14 regular season games, game starting on Tuesday ATLANTIC DIVISION 5/1 Virginia* ACCN W, 6-3 Holesa batted .429 in 28 at 5/2 Virginia* ACCN L, 6-1 TEAM OVERALL ACC PCT at Truist Feld in Charlotte, bats with 12 hits. 5/5 Georgetown ACCNX W, 6-2 Notre Dame 29-10 25-10 0.714 N.C. and the games being W, 7-1, W, • He finished the regular NC State 28-15 19-14 0.576 5/8 Toledo (DH) ACCNX broadcast on ACC Network 3-2 season with a .448 on base Florida State 29-21 20-16 0.556 5/9 Toledo ACCNX W, 16-5 Extra and RSN. percentage. Louisville 27-21 16-16 0.500 The Hokies lost 2-out-of-3 5/12 Liberty ACCN CANCELLED • Clemson 24-26 16-20 0.444 5/14 at Duke* L, 11-6 games this season to UVA Wake Forest 20-27 10-22 0.313 5/15 at Duke* L, 4-1 and were swept by Notre Boston College 21-28 10-23 0.303 5/16 at Duke* L, 2-1 Dame last weekend. 5/20 Notre Dame* ACCNX L, 8-2 COASTAL DIVISION 5/21 Notre Dame* ACCNX L, 4-0 TEAM OVERALL ACC PCT 5/22 Notre Dame* ACCNX L, 7-1 Georgia Tech 28-21 21-15 0.583 5/25 Virginia (ACC Tournament) ACCNX 3 P.M. Miami 32-17 20-15 0.571 5/26 Notre Dame (ACC Tournament) ACCNX 3 P.M. Virginia 27-22 18-18 0.500 * - ACC Game North Carolina 26-24 18-18 0.500 1 - Played at TBD Duke 28-20 16-17 0.485 Pitt 22-19 16-17 0.485 All Times Eastern & Subject to Change Virginia Tech 27-23 16-20 0.444 2021 VIRGINIA TECH BASEBALL / HOKIESPORTS.COM / @HOKIESBASEBALL 1 VIRGINIA TECH BASEBALL 2021 VIRGINIA TECH NUMERICAL ROSTER QUICK FACTS No. Name Pos. Cl. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 2 Sam Tackett IF Fr. R/R 6-0 195 Lexington, Ky./Lafayette THE BASICS 3 Chris Gerard P So. R/L 5-10 175 Wayne, N.J./Bergen Catholic University Name: Virginia Tech Location: Blacksburg, Va. 4 Fritz Genther IF Fr. R/R 5-8 165 Kingston, N.Y./Kingston Founded : 1872 5 Gehrig Ebel C Fr. R/R 6-0 190 Ooltewah, Tenn./Baylor School Enrollment: 36,000 President: Dr. Timothy Sands 7 TJ Rumfield IF R-Fr. L/R 6-5 225 Temple, Texas/Texas Tech Director of Athletics: Whit Babcock 8 Tanner Schobel IF Fr. R/R 5-10 170 Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy Nickname: Hokies Mascot: Hokie Bird 9 Brennan Reback OF Jr. L/L 6-0 195 Vernon Hills, Ill./Central Arizona JC Colors: Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange 10 Nolan Wilson P R-So. R/R 6-3 210 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside Affiliation: NCAA Division I 11 Cade Swisher OF Fr. L/R 5-11 190 Chesterfield, Va./Cosby Conference: Atlantic Coast 12 Shane Connolly P Jr. L/L 6-2 175 Huntersville, N.C./The Citadel FIELD FACTS 15 Nic Psimas P Fr. R/R 6-6 225 Chesapeake, Va./Nansemond-Suffolk Academy English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park 16 Matthew Siverling P Fr. L/L 6-4 190 Matthews, N.C./Charlotte Christian Normal Capacity: 4,000 2021 Capacity: 1,000 17 Cade Hunter C Fr. L/R 6-2 200 Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape Record at Ballpark: 514-298-3 (.633) 33rd Season 18 Xander Hamilton P Fr. L/R 6-4 220 Raleigh, N.C./Needham Broughton Dimensions: 330-375-400-375-330 19 Gavin Cross P/OF Fr. L/L 6-3 210 Bristol, Tenn./Tennessee Surface: AstroTurf 20 Grant Umberger P Fr. R/L 6-4 225 Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East TEAM INFORMATION 21 Kyle McKernan P Fr. R/R 6-5 200 Waxhaw, N.C./Marvin Ridge 2020 Record: 11-5 22 Ryan Okuda P Jr. L/L 6-1 170 Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland Home/Away/Neutral: 8-0/3-3/0-2 Conference Record: 1-2 23 Tanner Thomas OF Sr. L/R 5-11 190 Jacksonville, Fla./Tallahassee CC Home/Away: -/1-2 24 Nick Biddison IF So. R/R 5-10 190 Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's Conference Finish: n/a 25 Samuel Rochard P Fr. R/R 6-1 205 Williamsburg, Va./Warhill Conference Tournament: n/a Starters Returning: Pos. Players: 6, Pitchers: 2 26 Kevin Madden IF So. R/R 6-1 215 Glenwood, Md./St. Paul's Starters Lost: Pos. Players: 3, Pitchers: 1 27 Noah Johnson P Fr. L/L 6-5 195 Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis De Sales Lettermen Returning/Lost: 26/8 Newcomers: 20 28 Brayden Merrick IF Fr. R/R 6-3 210 Wirtz, Va./Franklin County 29 Carson Jones OF Fr. L/L 6-2 190 Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run Total seasons: 128th 30 Peyton Alford P Sr. L/L 6-0 190 Knoxville, Tenn./Walters State CC All-Time Record: 2,212-1,613-26 College World Series Appearances: none 31 Jack Hurley OF Fr. L/R 6-0 185 Boalsburg, Pa./State College NCAA Regional Appearances: 10 32 Lucas Donlon IF Fr. R/R 6-0 205 McLean, Va./Georgetown Prep Last NCAA Appearance/Regional: 2013/Blacksburg NCAA Record (Overall): 2-2 (9-20) 33 Nick Holesa IF So. L/R 6-2 205 Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon Area Conference Titles: 11 34 Anthony Simonelli P Jr. R/R 6-2 200 Winchester, Va./St. John's River SC Last Conference Title: 2002 (BIG EAST reg.) 35 Ryan Metz P Jr. R/R 6-1 190 Fishers, Ind./Fishers 37 Jonah Seagears OF So. R/R 5-11 184 Gainesville, Va./Battlefield MEDIA INFORMATION 38 Jaison Heard P Sr.