The Hokies travel a long way for an opening round double elimination tournament regional effort in Los Angeles, CA. Though potentially facing #1 seeded UCLA, Tech gets a #2 seed in in the regional. The Hokies keep their season alive with a solid opportunity to advance. This is the second selection in Coach John Szefc’s tenure.

Tech’s Late Season Charge Nets Them an Invitation

Though the Hokies did win one game in the ACC Tournament to sweeten their record to 30 wins and 24 losses for the season, they did run into a serious late game punch in the chops by North Carolina. They did, however, score 4 runs and hold on to until the very late innings.

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It’s really amazing how baseball plays out during the long seasons that the programs play. In April, Tech was faced with a sub .500 record, and several ACC series losses. It was never smooth and easy for the team, and the Hokie Hammers were sometimes a bit on the quiet side, but the starting pitching and enough of the bull pen began getting some traction to balance out the ups and downs at the plate to win the final four ACC series weekends, and grab enough non-conference wins to close the regular season with 29 in the bag and a positive win/loss rato.

The end result of the Hokies’ hard charge in the second half was an ACC bye, and Division I Tournament bid as an at-large team.