2022 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

American college baseball season

2022 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record39–19 (17–13 ACC)
Head coach
  • Brian O'Connor (19th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kevin McMullan (19th season)
  • Matt Kirby (11th season)
Pitching coachDrew Dickinson (3rd season)
Home stadiumDavenport Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Atlantic
No. 12 Louisville  x‍‍‍y 18 – 11 – 1   .617 42 – 21 – 1   .664
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 16 – 11 – 0   .593 41 – 17 – 0   .707
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 15 – 14 – 1   .517 41 – 19 – 1   .680
Florida State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 15 – 0   .500 34 – 25 – 0   .576
NC State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 36 – 21 – 0   .632
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16 – 0   .448 35 – 23 – 0   .603
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5 – 25 – 0   .167 19 – 34 – 0   .358
Coastal
No. 11 Virginia Tech  x‍‍‍y 19 – 9 – 0   .679 45 – 14 – 0   .763
No. 20 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 40 – 19 – 0   .678
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 39 – 19 – 0   .672
No. 14 North Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 15 – 0   .500 42 – 22 – 0   .656
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 15 – 15 – 0   .500 36 – 24 – 0   .600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16 – 0   .448 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Duke  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 22 – 32 – 0   .407
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 27, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2022 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 18th season at Virginia.

They 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.

Background

The 2021 team's season was highlighted by qualifying for the College World Series for the first time since the 2015 national championship season. In the College World Series, they finished 1–2. Virginia finished the 2021 season with a 36–27 (18–18 ACC) record.

Schedule

2022 Virginia Cavaliers Patriots baseball game log
Regular season (38–17)
February (7–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record
Jerry Bryson Classic
February 18 vs. Bellarmine* No. 21 John Henry Moss Stadium
Boiling Springs, NC		 W 1–0 Geerdes (1–0) Pender (0–1) Wyatt (1) 89 1–0 —
February 19 at Gardner–Webb* No. 21 John Henry Moss Stadium W 7–0 Ortiz (1–0) Simeone (0–1) None 503 2–0 —
February 20 vs. NJIT* No. 21 John Henry Moss Stadium W 8–3 Gursky (1–0) Gegeckas (0–1) None 56 3–0 —
February 23 VMI* No. 21 Davenport Field
Charlottesville, VA		 W 14–0 Ortiz (2–0) Kaltreider (0–1) None ACCNX 2,293 4–0 —
February 25 Cornell* No. 21 Davenport Field W 24–9 Savino (1–0) Yacinich (0–1) None ACCNX 2,515 5–0 —
February 26 Cornell* No. 21 Davenport Field W 17–2 Gursky (2–0) Edwards (0–1) None ACCNX 2,593 6–0 —
February 27 Cornell* No. 21 Davenport Field W 19–1 Neeck (1–0) Cushing (0–1) None ACCNX 2,505 7–0 —
March (16–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record
March 1 William & Mary* No. 22 Davenport Field W 12–0 Ortiz (3–0) Prairie (0–1) None ACCNX 2,189 8–0 —
March 4 Penn State* No. 22 Davenport Field W 10–1 Savino (2–0) Luensmann (0–2) None ACCNX 2,574 9–0 —
March 5 Penn State* No. 22 Davenport Field W 10–4 Gursky (3–0) Tulio (1–1) None ACCNX 3,259 10–0 —
March 6 Penn State* No. 22 Davenport Field W 13–1 Neeck (2–0) Molsky (0–2) None ACCNX 4,459 11–0 —
March 8 George Washington* No. 19 Davenport Field W 10–2 Berry (1–0) Brus (0–1) None ACCNX 2,209 12–0 —
March 11 at Duke No. 19 Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Durham, NC		 W 5–0 Savino (3–0) Johnson (1–3) None ACCNX 447 13–0 1–0
March 13 at Duke No. 19 Durham Bulls Athletic Park W 13–1 Gursky (4–0) Fox (1–2) None ACCN 918 14–0 2–0
March 13 at Duke No. 19 Durham Bulls Athletic Park L 6–7 Loper (2–0) Ortiz (3–1) None ACCNX 918 14–1 2–1
March 15 Rider* No. 17 Davenport Field W 14–4 Buchanan (1–0) Sachais (0–1) None ACCNX 2,313 15–1 —
March 16 Rider* No. 17 Davenport Field W 12–3 Berry (2–0) Vitacco (0–1) None ACCNX 2,241 16–1 —
March 18 Boston College No. 17 Davenport Field W 7–6 (10) Geerdes (2–0) Ryan (1–1) None ACCNX 2,744 17–1 3–1
March 19 Boston College No. 17 Davenport Field W 18–1 Gursky (5–0) Hard (0–2) None ACCNX 3,028 18–1 4–1
March 20 Boston College No. 17 Davenport Field W 16–8 Woolfolk (1–0) Pelio (1–1) None ACCNX 3,734 19–1 5–1
March 22 Towson* No. 8 Davenport Field W 15–3 Buchanan (2–0) Blumenauer (0–4) None ACCNX 2,441 20–1 —
March 25 at Wake Forest No. 8 David F. Couch Ballpark
Winston-Salem, NC		 W 8–2 Savino (4–0) Lowder (5–1) None ACCNX 1,527 21–1 6–1
March 26 at Wake Forest No. 8 David F. Couch Ballpark W 8–0 Berry (3–0) Hartle (3–3) None ACCNX 1,351 22–1 7–1
March 27 at Wake Forest No. 8 David F. Couch Ballpark L 1–8 McGraw (2–1) Neeck (2–1) None ESPNews 1,154 22–2 7–2
March 29 Richmond* No. 3 Davenport Field W 8–2 Ortiz (4–1) Willitts (1–2) None ACCNX 2,240 23–2 —
April (10–9)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record
April 1 No. 21 Georgia Tech No. 3 Davenport Field L 4–6 Maxwell (2–0) Savino (4–1) None ACCNX 3,004 23–3 7–3
April 2 No. 21 Georgia Tech No. 3 Davenport Field W 13–9 Kosanovich (1–0) Carwile (2–2) None ACCNX 3,336 24–3 8–3
April 3 No. 21 Georgia Tech No. 3 Davenport Field W 18–9 Berry (4–0) Grissom (1–3) None ACCNX 5,286 25–3 9–3
April 6 Liberty* No. 3 Davenport Field W 7–2 Ortiz (5–1) Gibson (3–3) None ACCNX 3,106 26–3 —
April 8 at No. 12 Miami (FL) No. 3 Alex Rodriguez Park
Coral Gables, FL		 L 2–6 Palmquist (6–1) Savino (4–2) None ACCN 3,552 26–4 9–4
April 9 at No. 12 Miami (FL) No. 3 Alex Rodriguez Park L 4–5 Gallo (1–0) Neeck (2–2) Walters (10) ACCNX 3,552 26–5 9–5
April 10 at No. 12 Miami (FL) No. 3 Alex Rodriguez Park L 5–15 Torres (3–0) Berry (4–1) None ACCNX 3,119 26–6 9–6
April 12 Old Dominion* No. 8 Davenport Field L 2–9 Gertner (2–3) Buchanan (2–1) None ACCNX 3,347 26–7 —
April 15 at Pittsburgh No. 8 Charles L. Cost Field
Pittsburgh, PA		 L 4–9 Gilbertson (6–2) Savino (4–3) None ACCNX 632 26–8 9–7
April 16 at Pittsburgh No. 8 Charles L. Cost Field W 18–0 Gursky (6–0) Evans (3–4) None ACCNX 608 27–8 10–7
April 17 at Pittsburgh No. 8 Charles L. Cost Field L 1–4 Corcoran (5–2) Berry (4–3) Stuart (5) ACCN 398 27–9 10–8
Duel at the Diamond
April 19 at VCU* No. 11 The Diamond
Richmond, VA		 L 7–9 (10) Wilson (4–0) Hodorovich (0–1) None ESPN+/WINA 3,392 27–10 —
April 20 Georgetown* No. 11 Davenport Field W 6–4 Woolfolk (2–0) Redfern (1–1) Kosanovich (1) ACCNX 2,759 28–10 —
South's Oldest Rivalry
April 22 North Carolina No. 11 Davenport Field W 4–2 Woolfolk (3–0) Carlson (1–2) Neeck (1) ACCNX 4,078 29–10 11–8
April 23 North Carolina No. 11 Davenport Field W 11–7 (10) Kosanovich (2–0) Gillian (1–3) None ACCNX 4,712 30–10 12–8
April 24 North Carolina No. 11 Davenport Field W 10–3 Berry (5–2) Mott (6–3) None ESPNU 4,559 31–10 13–8
April 26 at Old Dominion* No. 11 Harbor Park
Norfolk, VA		 Canceled
April 27 at George Mason* No. 11 Davenport Field W 17–7 Greene (1–0) Grant (0–1) None ACCN 2,507 32–10 13–8
Commonwealth Clash
April 29 No. 7 Virginia Tech No. 11 Davenport Field L 2–5 Green (7–1) Savino (4–4) Firoved (2) ACCNX 4,873 32–11 13–9
April 30 No. 7 Virginia Tech No. 11 Davenport Field W 6–3 Gursky (7–0) Hackenber (8–1) Neeck (2) ACCNX 5,919 33–11 14–9
May (7–4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record
Commonwealth Clash
May 1 No. 7 Virginia Tech No. 11 Davenport Field L 5–7 Firoved (2–0) Wyatt (0–1) None ACCNX 5,485 33–12 14–10
May 4 VCU* No. 14 Davenport Field W 12–6 Kosanovich (3–0) Serrano (1–4) None ACCNX 2,549 34–12 —
May 11 Longwood* No. 12 Davenport Field W 8–3 Bowers (1–0) Taylor (1–2) None ACCNX 2,952 35–12 —
May 13 Clemson No. 12 Davenport Field W 11–6 Buchanan (3–1) Anglin (5–5) Neeck (3) ACCNX 2,860 36–12 15–10
May 15 Clemson No. 12 Davenport Field L 2–8 Gilbert (4–2) Savino (4–5) Gordon (1) ACCNX 3,409 36–13 15–11
May 15 Clemson No. 12 Davenport Field W 6–3 Kosanovich (4–0) Barlow (1–3) None ACCN 3,848 37–13 16–11
May 17 Mount St. Mary's* Davenport Field Canceled[2]
May 19 at No. 10 Louisville No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium
Louisville, KY		 L 1–4 Poland (5–3) Gursky (7–1) Prosecky (10) ACCNX 2,287 37–14 16–12
May 20 at No. 10 Louisville No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium W 16–7 Savino (5–5) Lohman (1–2) None ACCNX 3,078 38–14 17–12
May 21 at No. 10 Louisville No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium L 3–11 Liggett (2–0) Berry (5–5) None ACCNX 2,695 38–15 17–13
Postseason (1–3)
ACC Tournament (0–2)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACCT Record
May 25 vs. (9) Florida State (5) No. 15 Truist Field
Charlotte, NC		 L 3–13 (8) Crowell (6–1) Gursky (7–2) None ACCRSN 2,141 38–16 0–1
May 27 vs. (4) No. 16 Notre Dame (5) No. 15 Truist Field L 0–3 Simon (2–0) Savino (5–6) Tyrell (1) ACCRSN 2,519 38–17 0–2
Greenville Regional (1–2)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 3 vs. (3) Coastal Carolina (2) Clark–LeClair Stadium
Greenville, NC		 W 7–2 Savino (6–6) VanScoter (9–3) None ESPN+ 4,923 39–17 1–0
June 4 at (1) No. 10 East Carolina (2) Clark–LeClair Stadium L 2–4 Mayhue (5–1) Gursky (7–3) Agnos (2) ACCN 5,603 39–18 1–1
June 5 vs. (3) Coastal Carolina (2) Clark–LeClair Stadium L 6–7 Maniscalco (3–2) Wyatt (0–2) None ESPN+ 4,929 39–19 1–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
* = Non-conference game     Bold = Virginia team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.[3]

Greenville Regional

Greenville Regional Teams
(1) East Carolina Pirates (2) Virginia Cavaliers (3) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (4) Coppin State Eagles
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1East Carolina17
4Coppin State1
1East Carolina4
2Virginia2
3Coastal Carolina2
2Virginia7
1East Carolina113
3Coastal Carolina94
Lower round 1Lower final
2Virginia6
4Coppin State83Coastal Carolina7
3Coastal Carolina10

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[4]2121*22191783 (1)36989910131919*19*RV
Baseball America[5]54555432685121111172525*25*—
Collegiate Baseball^[6]24251275322516161818192224———
NCBWA†[7]17202317168338111013131515213030*30
D1Baseball[8]————1910438111114121215——*—*—

^ 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.

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Virginia-Mount St. Mary's Game on May 17 Canceled". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". virginiasports.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  5. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  8. ^ Division 1 Baseball Rankings

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