The 2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers played their home games at Davenport Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Brian O'Connor, in his 22nd season at Virginia.
Previous season
The 2024 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team posted a 46–17 (18–12) season record. The Cavaliers finished in pool play in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament, but nevertheless earned a top-16 seed and at-large berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Cavaliers won the Charlottesville Regional, and swept Kansas State in the Charlottesville Super Regional, qualifying for the College World Series in Omaha for the second-consecutive year. In Omaha, the Cavaliers went two and out.
Preseason Coaches poll
ACC coaches poll 1 Virginia 251 (13) 2 Florida State 230 (2) 3 North Carolina 217 4 Clemson 214 (1) 5 Duke 182 6 Wake Forest 171 7 NC State 168 8 Stanford 143 9 Louisville 128 10 Georgia Tech 113 11 Miami (FL) 87 12 Virginia Tech 85 13 California 60 14 Pittsburgh 52 15 Notre Dame 44 16 Boston College 31 Source:
Personnel
Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday Saturday Sunday
Roster
Coaching staff
2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball coaching staff Name Position Seasons atUVA Alma mater Brian O'Connor Head coach 22 Creighton University (1993) Kevin McMullan Associate head coachHitting coach 22 Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1990) Drew Dickinson Pitching coach 6 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2009) Matt Kirby Assistant coach 13 College of William & Mary (2003) Justin Armistead Baseball Administrator 10 University of Virginia (2008) Brian McGuire Athletic Trainer 25 Old Dominion University (1999) Travis Reifsnider Scouting Director 1 James Madison University (2022) Andrew Behnam Director of Sports Performance 1 Eastern University (2019) Kraigen Rasalla Assistant Recruiting Coordinator 2 Dominican University New York (2018) Justin Weiss Director of Operations 2 Lafayette College (2022) Joe Savino Pitching Coordinator1 Elon University (2024)
Offseason Departures Offseason departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes 6 INF Richmond, VA Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 32nd overall by Baltimore Orioles 8 OF Rochester, NY Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 107th overall by Chicago White Sox 16 OF Ridgewood, NJ Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 389th overall by Cincinnati Reds 18 OF Camp Hill, PA Graduated 19 LHP Larchmont, NY Graduated 23 UTL Virginia Beach, VA Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 78th overall by Baltimore Orioles 27 RHP Ronkonkoma, NY Graduated; joined coaching staff 31 LHP Hillsborough, CA Graduated 45 LHP Washington, DC Graduated 48 LHP Jacksonville, FL Did not return
Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearNew schoolSource 3 C Westfield, NJ Rutgers 17 INF Jupiter, FL Georgetown 33 LHP Palm Beach Gardens, FL Chipola 35 RHP Norfolk, VA Coastal Carolina
2024 MLB draft
2024 MLB draft class 1 32 SS Baltimore Orioles 2 22 78 C Baltimore Orioles 4 4 107 OF Chicago White Sox 13 14 389 OF Cincinnati Reds
Acquisitions Incoming transfers Incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearPrevious schoolSource 8 C Omaha, NE Wayne State 22 RHP Purcellville, VA Harford 23 UTL Coral Springs, FL Pasco–Hernando State 27 RHP Park Ridge, IL Dartmouth 33 LHP Pittston, PA Misericordia 36 RHP Richmond, VA William & Mary 39 RHP Tucson, AZ Pima 45 RHP Keswick, VA Lynchburg
Incoming recruits
2024 Virginia RecruitsName Number B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High School Source 0 L/R C/OF San Antonio, TX Alamo Heights 1 L/L LHP Lockport, IL Baylor (TN) 3 L/R UTL Aldie, VA Lightridge (VA) 6 L/R INF/OF St. John, IN Illiana Christian 17 R/R C/INF Myrtle Beach, SC Socastee 18 R/R INF Leesburg, VA Paul VI Catholic 19 R/R UTL Midlothian, VA Pro Development Group 31 L/L LHP Saddle River, NJ Ramsey (NJ) 35 R/R RHP Greenwich, CT Brunswick (CT) 43 R/R UTL Fayetteville, GA Starr's Mill
Game log 2025 Virginia Cavaliers baseball game log (32–18) Regular season (32–17) February (5–3) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Puerto Rico Challenge February 14 ESPN+ vs. Michigan* No. 2 Estadio Francisco MontanerPonce, PR L 4–5 (11) DeVooght (1–0) Osinski (0–1) None 450 0–1 — February 15 ESPN+ vs. Villanova* No. 2 Estadio Francisco Montaner W 3–1 Koenen (1–0) Moore (0–1) Lanzendorfer (1) N/A 1–1 — February 16 ESPN+ vs. * No. 2 Estadio Francisco Montaner W 7–0 Valincius (1–0) McCracken (0–1) None 600 2–1 – February 19 ACCNX * No. 2 Davenport Field Cancelled (snow) Karbach Round Rock Classic February 21 D1B+ vs. No. 7 Oregon State* No. 2 Dell DiamondRound Rock, TX L 2–7 Segura (2–0) Colucci (0–1) None 3,206 2–2 – February 22 D1B+ vs. * No. 2 Dell Diamond W 4–2 Lanzendorfer (1–0) Remington (0–1) Osinski (1) N/A 3–2 February 23 D1B+ vs. Oklahoma* No. 2 Dell Diamond L 4–5 Barfield (1–0) Lanzendorfer (1–1) None 4,302 3–3 February 25 ACCNX * No. 10 Davenport Field W 6–4 Jaxel (1–0) Velasquez (1–1) Osinski (2) 3,934 4–3 February 28 ACCNX * No. 10 Davenport Field W 11–3 Woolfolk (1–0) Loeger (0–2) None 3,080 5–3 March (10–8) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC March 1 ACCNX Dartmouth* No. 10 Davenport Field W 11–1 (8) Valincius (2–0) Albert (0–1) None 4,761 6–3 March 2 ACCNX Dartmouth* No. 10 Davenport Field W 13–3 (8) Lanzendorfer (2–1) Isler (0–2) None 3,920 7–3 March 4 ACCNX * No. 9 Davenport Field W 15–4 (7) Arrington (1–0) Yates (0–3) None 3,502 8–3 March 7 ACCNX No. 9 Davenport Field L 4–7 Colarusso (1–1) Osinski (0–2) None 4,595 8–4 0–1 March 8 ACCNX Boston College No. 9 Davenport Field W 22–16 Koenen (2–0) Schroeder (0–2) None 5,787 9–4 1–1 March 9 ACCNX Boston College No. 9 Davenport Field L 3–6 Ryan (1–0) Colucci (0–2) Colarusso (1) 5,919 9–5 1–2 March 11 MASN vs. * No. 23 Virginia Credit Union StadiumFredericksburg, VA W 7–6 Osinski (1–2) Melendez (1–2) None 4,000 10–5 March 14 ACCN at California No. 23 Evans DiamondBerkeley, CA L 1–6 Turkington (3–2) Woolfolk (1–1) None 421 10–6 1–3 March 15 ACCNX at California No. 23 Evans Diamond W 10–8 Koenen (3–0) Shaw (0–2) Lanzendorfer (2) 610 11–6 2–3 March 16 ACCNX at California No. 23 Evans Diamond W 11–5 Blanco (1–0) Foley (2–1) None 553 12–6 3–3 March 19 ACCNX Richmond* No. 23 Davenport Field L 2–6 Peacock (2–0) Hodges (0–1) Santiago-Cruz (1) 3,912 12–7 March 21 ACCNX Duke No. 23 Davenport Field L 5–9 Nard (2–1) Woolfolk (1–2) Easterly (3) 4,453 12–8 3–4 March 22 ACCNX Duke No. 23 Davenport Field L 2–13 (7) Healy (2–2) Valincius (2–1) None 5,227 12–9 3–5 March 23 ACCNX Duke No. 23 Davenport Field L 6–13 Easterly (3–1) Blanco (1–1) None 5,048 12–10 3–6 March 25 CUSA.tv at * Liberty Baseball StadiumLynchburg, VA L 3–6 Cooper (2–0) Colucci (1–2) Webb (1) 1,788 12–11 March 27 ACCNX No. 20 Stanford Davenport Field W 11–8 Woolfolk (2–2) O'Harran (1–2) None 3,910 13–11 4–6 March 28 ACCNX No. 20 Stanford Davenport Field W 13–7 Buchanan (1–0) Uber (1–1) None 4,354 14–11 5–6 March 29 ESPN2 No. 20 Stanford Davenport Field W 9–810 Buchanan (2–0) Moore (1–2) None5,364 15–11 6–6 April (11–5) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC April 1 ACCNX * Davenport Field W 11–5 Osinski (2–2) Park (0–3) None 3,886 16–11 April 4 ACCNX at NC State* Doak FieldRaleigh, NC W 8–6 Buchanan (3–0) Fritton (4–3) O'Connor (1) 2,937 17–11 7–6 April 5 ACCNX at NC State* Doak Field L 2–9 Andrews (3–1) Blanco (1–2) Shaffner (4) 3,048 17–12 7–7 April 6 ACCN at NC State* Doak Field L 8–9 Dudan (2–1) Lanzendorfer (2–2) None 3,048 17–13 7–8 April 8 ESPN+ at VCU* The DiamondRichmond, VA W 13-0 (7) Hodges (1-1) Garrett (0-2) None 2,160 18-13 April 11 ACCNX Davenport Field W 7-5 Lanzendorfer (3-2) Firoved (1-3) None 4,261 19-13 8-8 April 12 ACCNX Pittsburgh Davenport Field L 7-8 Gardner (3-2) Blanco (1-3) McAuliff (3) 4,859 19-14 8-9 April 13 ACCNX Pittsburgh Davenport Field W 18-0 (7) Valincius (3-1) Lafferty (1-2) None 5,919 20-14 9-9 April 15 ACCNX Liberty* Davenport Field L 3–10 Swink (3–2) Jaxel (1–1) None 3,894 20–15 April 17 ACCNX at No. 7 Florida State* Dick Howser StadiumTallahassee, FL Canceled April 18 ACCNX at No. 7 Florida State* Dick Howser Stadium April 19 ACCNX at No. 7 Florida State* Dick Howser Stadium April 22 ACCNX * Davenport Field W 13–1 (7) Blanco (2–1) Franco (2–2) None 3,884 21–15 April 23 ACCNX * Davenport Field W 12–6 Valincius (4–1) Muscar (1–3) None 4,358 22–15 April 25 ACCNX at No. 24 Georgia Tech* Russ Chandler StadiumAtlanta, GA W 12–9 Jaxel (2–1) McKee (5–2) Lanzendorfer (3) 1,425 23–15 10–9 April 26 ACCNX at No. 24 Georgia Tech* Russ Chandler Stadium W 6–5 Hodges (2–1) Jones (4–2) Markus (1) 2,935 24–15 11–9 April 27 ACCNX at No. 24 Georgia Tech* Russ Chandler Stadium L 6–7 (10) Patel (9–1) Blanco (9–1) None 1,705 24–16 11–10 April 29 ACCNX VCU* Davenport Field W 9–8 Jaxel (3–1) Garrett (0–3) None 3,660 25–16 April 30 ACCNX * Davenport Field W 5–1 Koenen (4–0) Plummer (0–2) None 3,915 26–16 May (6–1) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC May 7 ACCNX * Davenport Field W 19-1 Blanco (3-4) Cunnane (0-3) None 4,012 27-16 11-10 May 9 ACCNX Miami (FL)* Davenport Field W 6-1 Woolfolk (3-2) Hugus (5-5) None 4,926 28-16 12-10 May 10 ACCNX Miami (FL) Davenport Field W 10-9 Lanzendorfer (4-2) Walters (2-3) None 5,054 29-16 13-10 May 11 ACCNX Miami (FL) Davenport Field W 8-6 Valincius (5-1) DeRias (2-1) Lanzendorfer (4) 5,105 30-16 14-10 May 13 ACCNX George Mason* Davenport Field Canceled due to inclement weather May 15 ACCNX at * English FieldBlacksburg, VA W 12-2 Woolfolk (4-2) Renfrow (3-6) None 1,080 31-16 15-10 May 16 ACCNX at Virginia Tech* English Field L 4–5 Manning (5–3) Blanco (3–5) None 1,091 31–17 15–11 May 17 ACCNX at Virginia Tech* English Field W 3–1 Valincius (6–1) Swift (1–3) Lanzendorfer (5) 1,840 32–17 16–11 Postseason (0–1) (0–1) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACCT May 21 ACCN vs. (14) Boston College (6) Durham Bulls Athletic ParkDurham, NC L 8–12 Kipp (4–3) Woolfolk (4–3) Gonzalez (1) 2,992 32–18 0–1 Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold =Virginia team memberRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll or NCAA tournament seeding for postseason play.
Rankings
Awards and honors Preseason awards and honors
Preseason awards — NationalNamePos.AwardTeamSelectorSource INF All-American D1Baseball.com INF All-American Perfect Game UTL All-American Perfect Game C All-American D1Baseball.com RHP All-American D1Baseball.com UTL All-American D1Baseball.com
Notes
References
External links UVA Baseball