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The 2021 Baseball Schedule is out, and wow does it start off quickly. Normally there is nearly a month of non-conference baseball played - usually in better weather conditions in tournaments in the deep south - but this year the Hokies open at home for a fast four games with Kent State, and then the traditional game with Radford on February 23rd. That will be a grand total of four non-conference opening games to get warmed up before hitting the airport for a long trip to Coral Gables to start off the ACC schedule at Miami. The weather promises to be nicer, but the opponent doesn’t.
Coach John Szefc has had his work cut out for him trying to keep a squad together with baseball draft pressures, and losing nearly an entire season. Quite a few stars have departed due to exhausted eligibility and the MLB draft. We’ll talk about those issues in the upcoming roster review. Suffice it to say, the Hokies face a seriously tough 52 game schedule that will end in the May 25th ACC tournament for which only the top 10 teams in the conference qualify. Of course the last few series of the season are actually played after the semester is over. It’s one of the oddities of collegiate baseball and outdoor track that the fan base has to understand.
Here is the entire schedule for 2021; if it holds. COVID is still ruling and there is no guarantee that any game will actually be played on that particular weekend. We should all anticipate postponements, split double-headers, and other adjustments as the season builds.
Virginia Tech Hokies 2021 Baseball Schedule
Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location |
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Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location |
February 19, 2021 (Friday) | 4:00 PM | Home | Kent State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
February 20, 2021 (Saturday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Kent State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
February 21, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Kent State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
February 23, 2021 (Tuesday) | 4:00 PM | Home | Radford | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
February 26, 2021 (Friday) | 7:00 PM | Away | Miami | Coral Gables, FL |
February 27, 2021 (Saturday) | 7:00 PM | Away | Miami | Coral Gables, FL |
February 28, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Away | Miami | Coral Gables, FL |
March 5, 2021 (Friday) | 4:00 PM | Home | North Carolina | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 6, 2021 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM | Home | North Carolina | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 7, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Home | North Carolina | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 9, 2021 (Tuesday) | 4:00 PM | Home | VCU | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 10, 2021 (Wednesday) | 3:00 PM | Home | VCU | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 12, 2021 (Friday) | 4:00 PM | Home | Florida State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 13, 2021 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM | Home | Florida State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 14, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Florida State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 16, 2021 (Tuesday) | 4:00 PM | Home | UNC Greensboro | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
March 19, 2021 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | Away | Clemson | Clemson, SC |
March 20, 2021 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM | Away | Clemson | Clemson, SC |
March 21, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Away | Clemson | Clemson, SC |
March 26, 2021 (Friday) | 3:00 PM | Away | Pitt | Pittsburgh, PA |
March 27, 2021 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM | Away | Pitt | Pittsburgh, PA |
March 28, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Away | Pitt | Pittsburgh, PA |
April 1, 2021 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Boston College | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 2, 2021 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Boston College | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 3, 2021 (Saturday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Boston College | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 6, 2021 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | Away | East Tennessee State | Johnson City, TN |
April 9, 2021 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | Away | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, NC |
April 10, 2021 (Saturday) | 4:00 PM | Away | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, NC |
April 11, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Away | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, NC |
April 13, 2021 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | Away | Liberty | Lynchburg, VA |
April 16, 2021 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Georgia Tech | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 17, 2021 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM | Home | Georgia Tech | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 18, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Georgia Tech | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 20, 2021 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | Home | VMI | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 23, 2021 (Friday) | 6:30 PM | Away | NC State | Raleigh, NC |
April 24, 2021 (Saturday) | 6:30 PM | Away | NC State | Raleigh, NC |
April 25, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Away | NC State | Raleigh, NC |
April 27, 2021 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | Home | East Tennessee State | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
April 30, 2021 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Virginia | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 1, 2021 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM | Home | Virginia | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 2, 2021 (Sunday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Virginia | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 4, 2021 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Georgetown | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 8, 2021 (Saturday) | 2:00 PM | Home | Toledo | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 8, 2021 (Saturday) | 5:30 PM | Home | Toledo | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 9, 2021 (Sunday) | 2:00 PM | Home | Toledo | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 12, 2021 (Wednesday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Liberty | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 14, 2021 (Friday) | TBD | Away | Duke | Durham, NC |
May 15, 2021 (Saturday) | TBD | Away | Duke | Durham, NC |
May 16, 2021 (Sunday) | TBD | Away | Duke | Durham, NC |
May 20, 2021 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Notre Dame | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 21, 2021 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | Home | Notre Dame | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 22, 2021 (Saturday) | 1:00 PM | Home | Notre Dame | Blacksburg, VA - English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park |
May 25, 2021 (Tuesday) | TBA | 2021 ACC Baseball Championship | Charlotte, NC |
There are some interesting breaks for teams that we haven’t seen over the last few years of coverage. The Kent State start is going to be a challenge to analyze since there history, there is a complete unknown. VCU comes visiting for a two game set in early March and Tech is taking on Georgetown and then the Toledo Rockets for the first full weekend series in May. East Tennessee State made the schedule again. We are scheduled to play Radford, and VMI. UNC Greensboro, which is a tough program to play, is coming to Blacksburg as well.
The nice upshot of the schedule is that 32 games are at home. English Field at Union Atlantic Park is going to get a serious workout this season. (Personal aside... I wish they’d fix the infield so that there is real dirt around the baseline instead of that silly spray tanned turf, baseball needs to have some dirt to make things real).
Last season, the Hokies were 11-5 on a 3 game win streak before their season was aborted. That’s a really good start, and the team was rolling. Let’s see if Coach Szefc can get them rolling again this season.