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
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
CB	No. 7
Record	50–15 (19–11 ACC)
Head coach	Brian O'Connor (20th season)
Assistant coaches	Kevin McMullan (20th season) Matt Kirby (12th season)
Pitching coach	Drew Dickinson (4th season)
Home stadium	Davenport Field
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	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

Main article: 2022 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

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

Starters

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

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

2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball game log
Regular season (44–11)
February (8–0) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources Hughes Bros. Challenge Presented by UNCW February 17 2:00 p.m. WINA Navy* No. 19 Davenport Field Charlottesville, VA W 24–57 Brian Edginton (1–0) Nate Mitchell (0–1) — 844 1–0 — Box Score February 18 2:00 p.m. vs. Ohio* No. 19 Bill Brooks Field Wilmington, NC W 8–4 Nick Parker (1–0) Zach Weber (0–1) — 1,378 2–0 — Box Score February 19 3:00 p.m. FloSports at UNCW* No. 19 Bill Brooks Field W 7–0 Jack O'Connor (1–0) Zane Taylor (0–1) — 1,824 3–0 — Box Score February 21 3:00 p.m. ACCNX Longwood* No. 19 Davenport Field W 26–2 Connelly Early (1–0) Dylan Saale (0–1) — 2,509 4–0 — Box Score February 24 3:00 p.m. ACCNX Columbia* No. 19 Davenport Field W 4–1 Nick Parker (2–0) Andy Leon (0–1) Jake Berry (1) 2,802 5–0 — Box Score February 25 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Columbia* No. 19 Davenport Field W 11–3 Brian Edginton (2–0) JD Ogden (0–1) — 2,812 6–0 — Box Score February 26 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Columbia* No. 19 Davenport Field W 9–1 Jay Woolfolk (1–0) James Vaughn (0–1) — 4,140 7–0 — Box Score February 28 6:00 p.m. ACCNX VMI* No. 19 Davenport Field W 3–0 Connelly Early (2–0) Evan Parmer (0–1) Jay Woolfolk (1) 2,645 8–0 — Bos Score
March (16–2) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources March 3 3:00 p.m. ACCNX Rhode Island* No. 19 Davenport Field Canceled[3] March 4[a] 12:00 p.m. ACCNX Rhode Island* No. 19 Davenport Field W 12–6 Chase Hungate (1–0) Sean Sposato (0–2) Bradley Hodges (1) 3,902 9–0 — Box Score March 4[a] 3:30 p.m. ACCNX Rhode Island* No. 19 Davenport Field W 13–0 Brian Edginton (3–0) Trystan Levesque (2–1) — 3,632 10–0 — Box Score March 5 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Rhode Island* No. 19 Davenport Field W 16–6 Angelo Tonas (1–0) Braden Perry (1–2) — 3,240 11–0 — Box Score March 7 3:00 p.m. ACCNX William & Mary* No. 17 Davenport Field W 7–3 Connelly Early (3–0) Owen Pierce (0–1) — 2,850 12–0 — Box Score March 10 6:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 14 North Carolina No. 17 Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC W 7–3 Angelo Tonas (2–0) Max Carlson (0–1) Jake Berry (2) 1,960 13–0 1–0 Box Score March 11 2:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 14 North Carolina No. 17 Boshamer Stadium W 8–4 Jake Hodorovich (1–0) Connor Bovair (1–1) — 3,162 14–0 2–0 Box Score March 12 1:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 14 North Carolina No. 17 Boshamer Stadium L 0–6 Matt Poston (2–0) Jack O'Connor (1–1) — 3,103 14–1 2–1 Box Score March 14 4:00 p.m. ACCNX George Washington* No. 14 Davenport Field W 20–5 Connelly Early (4–0) Shugy Klein (0–1) — 2,241 15–1 — Box Score March 16 7:00 p.m. ACCN at No. 23 NC State No. 14 Doak Field Raleigh, NC W 2–1 Nick Parker (3–0) Logan Whitaker (2–1) Jake Berry (3) 2,616 16–1 3–1 Box Score March 17 6:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 23 NC State No. 14 Doak Field W 7–0 Brian Edginton (4–0) Matt Willadsen (2–2) — 2,485 17–1 4–1 Box Score March 18 2:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 23 NC State No. 14 Doak Field L 4–5 Baker Nelson (4–1) Jake Berry (0–1) — 2,936 17–2 4–2 Box Score March 21 4:00 p.m. ACCNX High Point* No. 8 Davenport Field W 8–3 Connelly Early (5–0) Halladay (1–2) — 2,623 18–2 — Box Score March 22 4:00 p.m. ACCNX Georgetown* No. 8 Davenport Field W 6–4 Kevin Jaxel (1–0) Kai Leckszas (1–1) Jay Woolfolk (2) 2,628 19–2 — Box Score March 24 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Florida State No. 8 Davenport Field W 3–2 (10) Jay Woolfolk (2–0) Conner Whittaker (3–1) — 3,066 20–2 5–2 Box Score March 25 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Florida State No. 8 Davenport Field W 12–4 Kevin Jaxel (2–0) Carson Montgomery (0–2) — 4,652 21–2 6–2 Box Score March 26 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Florida State No. 8 Davenport Field W 15–4 Jack O'Connor (2–1) Jamie Arnold (1–3) — 5,706 22–2 7–2 Box Score March 28 5:00 p.m. ACCNX Old Dominion* No. 5 Davenport Field W 8–1 Connelly Early (6–0) Robert Cook (2–1) — 2,809 23–2 — Box Score Commonwealth Series March 31 8:00 p.m. ACCN at Virginia Tech No. 5 English Field Blacksburg, VA W 9–5 Brian Edginton (5–0) Drue Hackenburg (1–4) – 1,320 24–2 8–2 Box Score
April (11–9) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources Commonwealth Series April 1 7:00 p.m. ACCNX at Virginia Tech No. 5 English Field L 10–12 Henry Weycker (3–1) Connelly Early (6–1) Jonah Hurney (2) 2,202 24–3 8–3 Box Score April 2 1:00 p.m. ACCNX at Virginia Tech No. 5 English Field L 7–12 Kiernan Higgins (2–1) Jake Berry (0–2) – 2,068 24–4 8–4 Box Score April 4 6:00 p.m. CUSA.tv at Liberty* No. 7 Liberty Baseball Stadium Lynchburg, VA W 4–1 Chase Hungate (2–0) Trey Cooper (0–2) Jay Woolfolk (3) 3,678 25–4 — Box Score April 6 6:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 20 Miami (FL) No. 7 Davenport Field W 14–2 Brian Edginton (6–0) Gage Ziehl (4–4) – 3,033 26–4 9–4 Box Score April 7 6:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 20 Miami (FL) No. 7 Davenport Field W 6–5 Angelo Tonas (3–0) Rafe Schlesinger (1–1) Jay Woolfolk (4) 4,294 27–4 10–4 Box Score April 8 1:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 20 Miami (FL) No. 7 Davenport Field W 6–3 Jack O'Connor (3–1) Chris Scinta (1–1) Jake Berry (4) 3,303 28–4 11–4 Box Score April 11 4:00 p.m. ACCNX Richmond* No. 7 Davenport Field W 18–0 (7) Connelly Early (7–1) Brian Reinke (0–1) – 2,988 29–4 — Box Score April 12 4:00 p.m. ACCNX Mount St. Mary's* No. 7 Davenport Field W 16–4 Chase Hungate (3–0) Danny Salisbury (1–1) – 2,803 30–4 — Box Score April 14 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Pittsburgh No. 7 Davenport Field L 5–7 Jack Sokol (4–2) Brian Edgington (6–1) – 3,817 30–5 11–5 Box Score April 15 4:00 p.m. ACCNX Pittsburgh No. 7 Davenport Field L 4–6 Logan Evans (2–1) Jake Berry (0–3) Nash Bryan (4) 5,309 30–6 11–6 Box Score April 16 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Pittsburgh No. 7 Davenport Field W 8–5 Jack O'Connor (4–1) Jonathan Bautista (0–3) Jay Woolfolk (5) 4,684 31–6 12–6 Box Score Duel at the Diamond April 18 7:00 p.m. ESPN+ at VCU* No. 8 The Diamond Richmond, VA W 19–6 Connelly Early (8–1) Cam Nuckols (0–1) – 3,324 32–6 — Box Score April 21 6:00 p.m. ACCNX at Notre Dame No. 8 Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, IN L 7–10 Aidan Tyrell (7–1) Brian Edgington (6–2) Radek Birkholz (1) 840 32–7 12–7 Box Score April 23[a] 12:00 p.m. ACCNX at Notre Dame No. 8 Frank Eck Stadium L 2–10 Blake Hely (2–1) Jack O'Connor (4–2) – – 32–8 12–8 Box Score April 23[a] 3:00 p.m. ACCNX at Notre Dame No. 8 Frank Eck Stadium L 4–5 Caden Spivey (2–0) Jake Berry (0–4) – 703 32–9 12–9 Box Score April 25 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Liberty* No. 13 Davenport Field W 7–4 Evan Blanco (1–0) Tyler Germanowski (0–2) Jay Woolfolk (6) 2,908 33–9 — Box Score April 26 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Towson* No. 13 Davenport Field W 13–4 Bradley Hodges (1–0) Shayne Clowar (0–5) – 3,071 34–9 — Box Score April 28 9:00 p.m. ACCN No. 20 Duke No. 13 Davenport Field L 5–17 Owen Proksch (3–1) Brian Edgington (6–3) – 2,730 34–10 12–10 Box Score April 29 4:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 20 Duke No. 13 Davenport Field W 10–2 Nick Parker (4–0) Owen Proksch (3–2) – 4,823 35–10 13–10 Box Score April 30 1:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 20 Duke No. 13 Davenport Field L 3–7 Andrew Healy (5–1) Jack O'Connor (4–3) – 3,858 35–11 13–11 Box Score
May (9–0) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources May 2 6:00 p.m. ACCNX VCU* No. 21 Davenport Field W 11–6 Bradley Hodges (2–0) Evan Bert (2–2) – 2,676 36–11 — Box Score May 3 6:00 p.m. ACCNX James Madison* No. 21 Davenport Field W 9–8 Connelly Early (9–1) Sean Culkin (1–1) Jay Woolfolk (7) 2,996 37–11 — Box Score May 10 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Radford* No. 21 Davenport Field W 8–0 Jack O'Connor (5–3) Zack Mallia (0–3) – 2,792 38–11 — Box Score May 12 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Louisville No. 21 Davenport Field W 15–5 Nick Parker (5–0) Ryan Hawks (5–3) – 3,741 39–11 14–11 Box Score May 13 4:00 p.m. ACCN Louisville No. 21 Davenport Field W 4–1 Connelly Early (10–1) Tate Kuehner (2–3) Jake Berry (5) 3,553 40–11 15–11 Box Score May 14 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Louisville No. 21 Davenport Field W 8–3 Brian Edgington (7–3) Carson Liggett (7–1) – 3,755 41–11 16–11 Box Score May 18 6:00 p.m. ACCNX at Georgia Tech No. 21 Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, GA W 12–5 Nick Parker (6–0) Luke Schmolke (4–6) – 1,032 42–11 17–11 Box Score May 19 6:00 p.m. ACCNX at Georgia Tech No. 21 Russ Chandler Stadium W 10–6 Angelo Tonas (4–0) Ben King (7–1) Jay Woolfolk (8) 1,413 43–11 18–11 Box Score May 20 1:00 p.m. ACCNX at Georgia Tech No. 21 Russ Chandler Stadium W 8–7 Jack O'Connor (6–3) Camron Hill (1–1) Jay Woolfolk (9) 1,467 44–11 19–11 Box Score
Post-season (6–4)
ACC Tournament (1–1) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACCT Record Sources May 24 3:00 p.m. ACCN (11) Georgia Tech (2) No. 12 Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC W 15–1 (7) Nick Parker (7–0) Aeden Finateri (2–4) – 2,086 45–11 1–0 Box Score May 25 3:00 p.m. ACCN (7) North Carolina (2) No. 12 Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC L 2–10 Jake Knapp (5–3) Connelly Early (10–2) Dalton Pence (1) 4,084 45–12 1–1 Box Score
NCAA tournament Charlottesville Regional (3–0) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Regional Record Sources Jun 2 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ (4) Army (1) No. 11 Davenport Field W 15–1 Brian Edgington (8–3) Robbie Buecker (5–4) – 5,487 46–12 1–0 Box Score Jun 3 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ (2) No. 15 East Carolina (1) No. 11 Davenport Field W 2–1 Nick Parker (8–0) Danny Beal (6–2) Jake Berry (6) 5,919 47–12 2–0 Box Score Jun 4 6:00 p.m. ACCN (2) No. 15 East Carolina (1) No. 11 Davenport Field W 8–3 Connelly Early (11–2) Landon Ginn (6–1) – 5,919 48–12 3–0 Box Score
NCAA tournament Charlottesville Super Regional (2–1) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Super Regional Record Sources Jun 9 12:00 p.m. ESPN2 Duke (7) No. 11 Davenport Field L 4–5 Fran Oschell (6–0) Jay Woolfolk (2–1) James Tallon (12) 5,919 48–13 3–1 Box Score Jun 10 12:00 p.m. ESPN Duke (7) No. 11 Davenport Field W 14–4 Connelly Early (12–2) Alex Gow (3–4) – 5,919 49–13 4–1 Box Score Jun 11 12:00 p.m. ESPN2 Duke (7) No. 11 Davenport Field W 12–2 Brian Edgington (9–3) Ryan Higgins (3–1) – 5,919 50–13 5–1 Box Score
College World Series (0–2) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT Record Sources June 16 7:00 pm ESPN vs. (2) No. 2 Florida (7) No. 11 Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE L 5–6 Brandon Neely (1–2) Jake Berry (0–5) – 24,801 50–14 0–1 Box Score June 18 2:00 pm ESPN vs. No. 17 TCU (7) No. 11 Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE L 3–4 Garrett Wright (3–2) Connelly Early (12–3) Ben Abeldt (2) 24,479 50–15 0–2 Box Score
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold =Virginia team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. [4]

Rankings

See also: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[5]	20	20*	14	11	10	7	5	7	7	7	10	12	14	13	9	9	9*	9*	6
Baseball America[6]	19	17	15	14	9	7	5	8	8	9	11	14	14	14	9	10	10*	10*	8
Collegiate Baseball^[7]	16	15	12	6	4	5	3	5	5	7	9	14	10	7	6	8	5	5	7
NCBWA†[8]	19	17	11	10	9	7	5	7	6	8	11	13	16	17	12	11	5	5*	7
D1Baseball[9]	19	19	19	17	14	8	5	7	7	8	13	21	21	21	12	11	11*	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

1. Part of a doubleheader