Hokies announce baseball slate

BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech baseball has released its 2021 schedule, which will begin on Friday, Feb. 19 against Kent State.
 
The 51-game season will open at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park with Kent State in a three-game series. The Hokies then play host to Radford (Feb. 23), before traveling to Miami (Fla.) for their first ACC weekend on Feb. 26. 
 
Tech will play host to an eight-game stint in Blacksburg against ACC opponents North Carolina (March 5-7) and Florida State (March 12-14), and nonconference opponent VCU (March 9-10).
 
The Hokies will be at home for these ACC weekends: Boston College (April 1-3), Georgia Tech (April 16-18), UVA (April 30-May 2) and Notre Dame (May 20-22).

Tech is set to return 26 letter winners from last year's squad and will welcome 20 newcomers under head coach John Szefc, who enters his fourth season. 
 
QUICK FACTS
 
- The Hokies will play a home-and-home series against ETSU (A: April 6; H: April 27) and Liberty (A: April 13; H: May 12).

- Other nonconference opponents include: VMI (April 20), Georgetown (May 4) and Toledo (May 8-9).

- Virginia Tech's road ACC opponents include: Clemson (March 19-21), Pitt (March 26-28), Wake Forest (April 9-11), NC State (April 23-25) and Duke (May 14-16).