2026 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

Record23–20 (11–13 ACC)

Headcoach

John Szefc (9th season)

Assistant coachTyler Hanson (7th season)

2026 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	23–20 (11–13 ACC)
Head coach	John Szefc (9th season)
Assistant coach	Tyler Hanson (7th season)
Hitting coach	Kurt Elbin (5th season)
Pitching coach	Doug Willey (1st season)
Home stadium	English Field
Seasons ← 2025 2027 →

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Georgia Tech ‍‍‍	19	–	5	–	0	.792	36	–	7	–	0	.837
No. 2 North Carolina ‍‍‍	17	–	7	–	0	.708	36	–	8	–	1	.811
No. 20 Boston College ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0	.667	33	–	14	–	0	.702
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0	.571	32	–	12	–	0	.727
No. 14 Florida State ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0	.571	29	–	14	–	0	.674
No. 23 Virginia ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0	.500	29	–	16	–	0	.644
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0	.476	28	–	14	–	0	.667
NC State ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0	.476	27	–	16	–	0	.628
Louisville ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0	.476	26	–	18	–	0	.591
Stanford ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0	.476	21	–	19	–	0	.525
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0	.458	28	–	17	–	0	.622
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0	.458	22	–	20	–	0	.524
Duke ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0	.375	23	–	23	–	0	.500
California ‍‍‍	7	–	14	–	0	.333	22	–	20	–	0	.524
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0	.333	19	–	20	–	0	.487
Clemson ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0	.286	26	–	19	–	0	.578

‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 27, 2026^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team represents Virginia Tech during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hokies play their home games at English Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are be led by ninth-year head coach John Szefc.

The Hokies are coming off a 31–25 (12–18) season, where they went 1–1 in the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament. The Hokies did not earn an at-large berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on January 29, 2026. Virginia Tech was selected to finish eleventh in the conference.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
ACC coaches poll
1	Georgia Tech	237 (7)
2	North Carolina	236 (6)
3	Florida State	221 (1)
4	Louisville	196
5	Clemson	185 (2)
6	NC State	169
7	Virginia	165
8	Miami	159
9	Wake Forest	145
10	Stanford	99
11	Virginia Tech	89
12	Notre Dame	87
13	Duke	67
14	Pittsburgh	45
15	California	41
16	Boston College	35

Schedule

2026 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball game log (23–20)

Regular Season: 23–20 (Home: 16–8; Away: 7–9; Neutral: 0–3)

February: 7–3 (Home: 6–1; Away: 1–0; Neutral: 0–2)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC
February 13	ACCNX	William & Mary*		E.R. English Field Blacksburg, VA	W 9–2	Crowl (1–0)	Seneker (0–1)	None	917	1–0	—
February 14	ACCNX	William & Mary*		E.R. English Field	W 8–7	Craytor (1–0)	Jernigan (0–1)	None	1,642	2–0	—
February 15	ACCNX	William & Mary*		E.R. English Field	W 8–2	Weber (1–0)	Richwine (0–1)	None	1,139	3–0	—
February 17	ACCNX	ETSU*		E.R. English Field	W 7–5	Swift (1–0)	Costarelli (0–1)	Yagesh (1)	893	4–0	—
February 20	ACCNX	Rutgers*		E.R. English Field Blacksburg, VA	L 1–16⁸	Mazza (1–1)	Renfrow (0–1)	None	1,052	4–1	—
February 21	ACCNX	Rutgers*		E.R. English Field	W 9–8¹⁰	Yagesh (1–0)	Savinon (0–1)	None	1,254	5–1	—
February 22	ACCNX	Rutgers*		E.R. English Field	W 4–3	Smith (1–0)	Sand (1–1)	Craytor (1)	894	6–1	—
February 24	ESPN+	at James Madison*		Veterans Memorial Park Harrisonburg, VA	W 5–4	Roe (1–0)	Bauer (0–2)	Smith (1)	422	7–1	—
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series
February 27	FloSports	vs. No. 23 Texas A&M*		Globe Life Field Arlington, TX	L 0–10⁷	Sdao (2–0)	Renfrow (0–2)	None	7,181	7–2	—
February 28	FloSports	vs. No. 4 Mississippi State*		Globe Life Field	L 8–15	Valincius (3–0)	Stieg (0–1)	None	13,097	7–3	—

March: 7–10 (Home: 4–4; Away: 3–5; Neutral: 0–1)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series
March 1	FloSports	vs. Tennessee*		Globe Life Field	L 1–3	Hindy (1–0)	Grim (0–1)	Krenzel (1)	8,903	7–4	—

March 3	ACCNX	Marshall*		E.R. English Field	L 4–13	Landen (1–1)	Weber (1–1)	Krenzel (1)	747	7–5	—
March 6	ACCNX	at No. 5 Georgia Tech		Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 1–16⁷	Ballard (2–0)	Grim (0–2)	None	2,521	7–6	0–1
March 7	ACCNX	at No. 5 Georgia Tech		Russ Chandler Stadium	L 5–14	Gaudette (1–0)	Swift (1–1)	None	3,341	7–7	0–2
March 8	ACCNX	at No. 5 Georgia Tech		Russ Chandler Stadium	W 9–6	Craytor (2–0)	Buursemma (0–1)	Crowl (1)	2,010	8–7	1–2
Commonwealth Clash
March 13	ACCNX	at No. 14 Virginia		Davenport Field Charlottesville, VA	L 6–11	Zatkowski (3–0)	Yagesh (1–1)	None	4,078	8–8	1–3
March 14	ACCNX	at No. 14 Virginia		Davenport Field	L 5-10	Stammel (2-0)	Renfrow (0-3)	None	4,519	8-9	1-4
March 15	ACCNX	at No. 14 Virginia		Davenport Field	W 6–3	Stieg (1–1)	Paone (1–1)	Crowl (1)	4,111	9–9	2–4

March 18	ACCNX	VCU*		E.R. English Field	W 11–8	Roe (2–0)	Nystrom (0–1)	Crowl (2)	633	10–9	—
March 20	ACCNX	Duke		E.R. English Field	W 7–1	Yagesh (2–1)	Weaver (4–2)	None	581	11–9	3–4
March 21	ACCNX	Duke		E.R. English Field	L 6–8	Dean (4–0)	Crowl (1–1)	None	1,063	11–10	3–5
March 22	ACCNX	Duke		E.R. English Field	W 7–6	Craytor (3–0)	O'Connell (0–1)	None	984	12–10	4–5
March 24	ESPN+	at ETSU*		Thomas Stadium Johnson City, TN	L 4–9	Scott (2–0)	Exum (0–1)	Grass (1)	1,092	12–11	—
March 27	ACCNX	Stanford		E.R. English Field	L 7–9	O'Harran (2–1)	Eisenreich (0–1)	Moore (1)	251	12–12	4–6
March 28	ACCNX	Stanford		E.R. English Field	W 10–2	Renfrow (1–3)	Garewal (0–1)	None	881	13–12	5–6
March 29	ACCNX	Stanford		E.R. English Field	L 3–6	Moore (4–1)	Crowl (1–2)	None	741	13–13	5–7
New River Valley Series
March 31	ESPN+	at Radford*		Carter Memorial Stadium Radford, VA	W 13–5	Exum (1–1)	Noonan (1–1)	None	438	14–13	—

April: 9–7 (Home: 6–3; Away: 3–4; Neutral: 0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC
April 3	ACCNX	at No. 25 Miami (FL)		Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL	L 1–19⁷	Evans (6–1)	Yagesh (2–2)	None	3,009	14–14	5–8
April 4	ACCNX	at No. 25 Miami (FL)		Alex Rodriguez Park	L 6–8	Bouchard (5–2)	Spiegel (0–1)	None	2,952	14–15	5–9
April 5	ACCNX	at No. 25 Miami (FL)		Alex Rodriguez Park	W 6–3	Velasquez (2–2)	Fitzpatrick (1–3)	None	209	15–15	6–9
April 7	ACCNX	Liberty		E.R. English Field	L 4–11	Evans (1–0)	Roe (2–1)	None	749	15–16	—
April 10	ACCNX	at No. 23 Boston College		Eddie Pellagrini Diamond Brighton, MA	W 9–8	Roe (3–1)	Kipp (0–3)	None	750	16–16	7–9
April 11	ACCN	at No. 23 Boston College		Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 7–8	Kwiatkowski (4–0)	Grimm (0–3)	Soares (3)	3,213	16–17	7–10
April 12	ACCNX	at No. 23 Boston College		Eddie Pellagrini Diamond	L 2–6	Mudd (4–0)	Stieg (2–2)	None	1,863	16–18	7–11
New River Valley Series
April 14	ACCNX	Radford*		E.R. English Field	W 14–0⁷	Grim (1–3)	Milleville (1–1)	None	1,034	17–18	—

April 17	ACCNX	Pitt		E.R. English Field	W 11–6	Renfrow (4–2)	Doganiero (5–2)	Craytor (2)	1,192	18–18	8–11
April 18	ACCNX	Pitt		E.R. English Field	L 4–5	Smink (3–0)	Eisenreich (0–2)	None	1,327	18–19	8–12
April 19	ACCNX	Pitt		E.R. English Field	W 6–5	Craytor (4–0)	Luczak (1–1)	None	561	19–19	9–12
April 21	ESPN+	at VCU*		The Diamond Richmond, VA	W 8–6	Robertson (1–0)	Clover (0–3)	Roe (1)	384	20–19	—
April 24	ACCNX	NC State		E.R. English Field	W 4–0	Renfrow (3–4)	Andrews (3–3)	None	765	21–19	10–12
April 25	ACCNX	NC State		E.R. English Field	L 7–14	Garino (3–2)	Grim (1–4)	None	747	21–20	10–13
April 26	ACCNX	NC State		E.R. English Field	W 5–4	Crowl (2–2)	Harris (1–1)	Swift (1)	813	22–20	11–13
April 28	ACCNX	James Madison*		E.R. English Field	W 14–1⁷	Roe (4–1)	Horvath (2–1)		994	23–20	—

May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC
May 1		at California		Evans Diamond Berkeley, CA
May 2		at California		Evans Diamond
May 3		at California		Evans Diamond
May 6	ESPN+	at Liberty*		Worthington Field Lynchburg, VA							—
May 8	ACCNX	UNCG*		E.R. English Field							—
May 9	ACCNX	UNCG*		E.R. English Field							—
May 10	ACCNX	UNCG*		E.R. English Field							—
May 12	ESPN+	at Marshall*		Jack Cook Field Huntington, WV							—
May 14	ESPN+	Clemson		E.R. English Field
May 15	ESPN+	Clemson		E.R. English Field
May 16	ESPN+	Clemson		E.R. English Field

Postseason: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 0–0)

ACC tournament: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACCT Record
May 20–23		vs. TBD		Flour Field Greenville, SC

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = VT team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[3]

Schedule Notes

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