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Hokies to round out non-conference schedule at JMU

Virginia Tech (29-19, 11-15 ACC) 
at James Madison (29-21, 14-11 Sun Belt) 

Tuesday, May 16
Veterans Memorial Park
6 p.m. ET
ESPN+
Virginia Tech Sports Network


BLACKSBURG – Setting out for its final non-conference midweek game of the 2023 regular season, the Virginia Tech baseball team (29-19, 11-15 ACC) will trek north to Harrisonburg on Tuesday, May 16, for a 6 p.m. contest against James Madison (29-21, 14-11 Sun Belt) at Veterans Memorial Park.
 
Tuesday's game between the Hokies and the Dukes will air on ESPN+ with coverage beginning at 6 p.m. Fans may also listen to Tuesday's game as called by the voice of Tech baseball, Evan Hughes, on the Virginia Tech Sports Network.

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 WHAT'S AT STAKE

  • Currently in his 18th head coaching season, John Szefc is one win away from leading his 12th career team to 30 or more victories (his second such accomplishment at Virginia Tech). The Hokies are also one win shy of achieving back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time since the 2012 and 2013 campaigns.
  • Entering the final week of the regular season, Virginia Tech ranks No. 55 in the NCAA Division I Baseball RPI with its strength of schedule ranking at No. 47 nationally. Tech is 18-17 against the RPI top 100 (8-12 against the RPI top 50).
  • James Madison has won five of its last six games and heads into Tuesday's midweek affair ranked No. 95 in the RPI.
  • Virginia Tech has gone 18-4 this season against non-conference opponents, including its 7-5, come-from-behind win against the Dukes on April 25 at English Field. Down by two runs during the bottom of the eighth inning, the Hokies rode out a stunning rally, scoring four runs behind Christian Martin's two-out double and five consecutive free bases that were handed out by JMU pitchers (four walks, one hit batsman).
  • Tech is 9-2 during midweek games this season. The Hokies have combined to outscore their midweek opponents by the 118-51 margin (13.0 runs per nine innings).

 

UP NEXT

  • Virginia Tech will contest its final ACC regular season series at No. 1 Wake Forest (May 18-20). First pitch of Thursday's series opener at David F. Couch Ballpark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is scheduled for 6 p.m.
  • Tech's magic number to qualify for the 2023 ACC Baseball Championship is down to one; the Hokies can clinch their third consecutive berth with any victory or any Louisville loss during the remainder of the regular season.
  • The 2023 ACC Baseball Championship will take place at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from Tuesday, May 23, to Sunday, May 28.