The 2023 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the
University of Virginia during the
2023 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, begins on February 17, 2023. The season will progress through the ...
. The Cavaliers played their home games at
Davenport Field as a members of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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. 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
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. 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
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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
Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...
, but then lost to first seed
East Carolina
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Founded on March 8, 1907, as a teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from its orig ...
. In their elimination game they lost to Coastal Carolina to end their season.
Personnel
Starters
Roster
Game log
Rankings
Notes
References
External links
Virginia Baseball
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