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.
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 [2023 2023 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team|North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team|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 [2022 2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|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

DayNo.Player.Year
Friday28Nick ParkerGraduate
Saturday20Connelly EarlyJunior
Sunday36Brian EdgingtonGraduate