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.
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 . 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 twice to advance to the Super Regional stage. They hosted fellow ACC team 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
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 and . 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 LineupPos. 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 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
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