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The 2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team represented Georgia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Yellow Jackets played their home games at Russ Chandler Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They were led by head coach Danny Hall , in his 28th season at Georgia Tech.
Georgia Tech finished the regular season winning the Coastal Division. In the 2021 ACC baseball tournament , the Yellow Jackets reached the semifinals before losing to NC State . Georgia Tech earned an at-large bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament , where they were the second seed in the Nashville Regional. They were eliminated by Vanderbilt in the Regional. Georgia Tech finished the season with a 31–25 overall record.
The 2020 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team notched a 11–5 (2–1) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic .
2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball roster[ 2]
Pitchers
2 - Dalton Smith - Freshman
8 - Marquis Grissom Jr. - Freshman
12 - Jackson Finley - Freshman
15 - Hugh Chapman - Junior
16 - Will Coquillard - Freshman
19 - Cort Roedig - Sophomore
21 - Brant Hurter - Junior
22 - Chance Huff - Sophomore
24 - Brody Westbrooks - Freshman
27 - Luke Bartnicki - Sophomore
32 - Joseph Mannelly - Sophomore
34 - Will Shirah - Sophomore
35 - Dawson Brown - Freshman
36 - Sam Crawford - Sophomore
37 - Xander Stephens - Freshman
39 - Jake Brace - Freshman
41 - Zach Maxwell - Freshman
45 - Andy Archer - Junior
46 - Ben King - Freshman
47 - Tyler Watson - Freshman
48 - Josiah Siegel - Freshman
55 - John Medich - Junior
Catchers
4 - Kevin Parada - Freshman
11 - Jake Holland - Freshman
18 - Cameron Turley - Junior
20 - Jamie Taylor - Junior
Infielders
6 - Jadyn Jackson - Freshman
7 - Luke Waddell - Junior
9 - Charlie Benson - Sophomore
10 - Andrew Jenkins - Freshman
25 - Drew Compton - Freshman
28 - Dylan Strickland - Freshman
29 - John Anderson - Freshman
40 - John Giesler - Freshman
42 - Justyn-Henry Malloy - Sophomore
Outfielders
1 - Tres Gonzalez - Freshman
3 - Jake DeLeo - Freshman
5 - Colin Hall - Junior
23 - Stephen Reid - Freshman
38 - Tervell Johnson - Freshman
Utility
12 - Jackson Finley - Freshman
14 - Austin Wilhite - Senior
26 - Hank Thomas - Freshman
50 - Brad Grenkoski - Freshman
2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball game log (31–25)
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Georgia Tech team member * Non-conference game
Regular season (28–21)
February (6–1)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
February 19
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Eastern Kentucky *
No. 15
Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia
W 12–6
Finley (1–0)
Williams (0–1)
—
713
1–0
—
Box Score Recap
February 20
2:30 p.m.
ACCNX
Eastern Kentucky*
No. 15
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 6–9
Kelly (1–0)
Archer (0–1)
Brian (1)
713
1–1
—
Box Score Recap
February 21
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Eastern Kentucky*
No. 15
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 7–1
Crawford (1–0)
Lewis (0–1)
—
713
2–1
—
Box Score Recap
February 24
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Mercer *
No. 15
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 7–3
Mannelly (1–0)
Green (0–1)
Bartnicki (1)
713
3–1
—
Box Score Recap
February 26
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 13 NC State
No. 15
Doak Field Raleigh, North Carolina
W 9–2
Hurter (1–0)
Justice (0–1)
—
198
4–1
1–0
Box Score Recap
February 27
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 13 NC State
No. 15
Doak Field
W 8–3
Smith (1–1)
Klyman (1–2)
Finley (1)
198
5–1
2–0
Box Score Recap
February 28
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 13 NC State
No. 15
Doak Field
W 8–4
King (1–0)
Villaman (0–1)
—
327
6–1
3–0
Box Score Recap
March (7–6)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
March 3
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Georgia State *
No. 10
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 1–10
Patel (1–2)
Roedig (0–1)
—
713
6–2
—
Box Score Recap
March 5
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 3 Louisville
No. 10
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 6–13
Kirian (2–0)
Hurter (1–1)
—
713
6–3
3–1
Box Score Recap
March 6
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 3 Louisville
No. 10
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 19–6
Archer (1–1)
Elliott (1–1)
—
713
7–3
4–1
Box Score Recap
March 7
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 3 Louisville
No. 10
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 13–9
Finley (2–0)
Smith (2–1)
—
713
8–3
5–1
Box Score Recap
March 12
7:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 19 Pitt
No. 7
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 9–11
Pouliot (2–0)
Bartnicki (0–1)
McCrum (3)
713
8–4
5–2
Box Score Recap
March 13
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 19 Pitt
No. 7
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 5–3
Archer (2–1)
Gilbertson (2–2)
—
713
9–4
6–2
Box Score Recap
March 14
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 19 Pitt
No. 7
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 12–18
Hansen (1–0)
Crawford (1–1)
—
713
9–5
6–3
Box Score Recap
March 17
3:00 p.m.
ACCN
Georgia Southern *
No. 11
Russ Chandler Stadium
Postponed (inclement weather), makeup date TBD
9–5
—
Report
March 19
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at Wake Forest
No. 11
David F. Couch Ballpark Winston-Salem, North Carolina
L 2–6
Cusick (1–0)
Hurter (1–2)
—
327
9–6
6–4
Box Score Recap
March 20
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at Wake Forest
No. 11
David F. Couch Ballpark
W 3–1
Archer (3–1)
Fleming (1–2)
Maxwell (2)
315
10–6
6–4
Box Score Recap
March 21
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at Wake Forest
No. 11
David F. Couch Ballpark
W 8–1
Crawford (2–1)
Lowder (0–1)
Siegel (1)
441
11–6
7–4
Box Score Recap
March 26
7:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Duke
No. 11
Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, North Carolina
W 5–2
Hurter (2–2)
Nifong (1–3)
Bartnicki (2)
0
12–6
8–4
Box Score Recap
March 27
7:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Duke
No. 11
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
W 3–0
Archer (4–1)
Williams (2–2)
Maxwell (3)
0
13–6
9–4
Box Score Recap
March 28
11:00 a.m.
ACCNX
at Duke
No. 11
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
L 7–9
Johnson (1–3)
Crawford (2–2)
Loper (3)
0
13–7
9–5
Box Score Recap
April (7–10)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
April 1
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Virginia
No. 6
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 6–5
Hurter (3–2)
McGarry (0–4)
Bartnicki (3)
713
14–7
10–5
Box Score Recap
April 2
7:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Virginia
No. 6
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 2–8
Abbott (3–4)
Archer (4–2)
—
713
14–8
10–6
Box Score Recap
April 3
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Virginia
No. 6
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 4–11
Vasil (4–2)
Crawford (2–3)
Schoch (5)
713
14–9
10–7
Box Score Recap
April 6
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
USC Upstate*
No. 15
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 3–9
Cubbler (1–0)
Roedig (0–2)
Hupp (3)
713
14–10
—
Box Score Recap
April 9
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 13 Notre Dame
No. 15
Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, Indiana
L 9–10
Sheridan (1–1)
Maxwell (0–1)
—
309
14–11
10–8
Box Score Recap
April 10
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 13 Notre Dame
No. 15
Frank Eck Stadium
L 0–7
Tyrell (2–1)
Archer (4–3)
Rao (2)
152
14–12
10–9
Box Score Recap
April 11
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 13 Notre Dame
No. 15
Frank Eck Stadium
W 4–2
Siegel (1–0)
Sheridan (1–2)
Bartnicki (4)
125
15–12
11–9
Box Score Recap
April 13
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
Auburn *
No. 20
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 3–7
Bright (3–3)
Grissom (0–1)
—
713
15–13
—
Box Score Recap
April 16
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 12 Virginia Tech
No. 20
English Field Blacksburg, Virginia
W 15–11
Bartnicki (1–1)
Heard (3–1)
—
731
16–13
12–9
Box Score Recap
April 17
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 12 Virginia Tech
No. 20
English Field
L 0–7
Simonelli (4–0)
Crawford (2–4)
Firoved (3)
1,000
16–14
12–10
Box Score Recap
April 18
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 12 Virginia Tech
No. 20
English Field
W 11–4
Maxwell (1–1)
Heard (3–2)
Grissom (1)
863
17–14
13–10
Box Score Recap
April 20
6:00 p.m.
ESPN+
at Georgia State*
No. 17
GSU Baseball Complex Decatur, Georgia
W 7–2
Brown (1–0)
Barquero (0–1)
Huff (1)
321
18–14
—
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April 23
7:30 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 15 Florida State
No. 17
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 0–9
Messick (4–2)
Hurter (3–3)
—
713
18–15
13–11
Box Score Recap
April 24
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 15 Florida State
No. 17
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 10–13
Hubbart (5–2)
Archer (4–4)
Hare (3)
713
18–16
13–12
Box Score Recap
April 25
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 15 Florida State
No. 17
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 9–8
Maxwell (2–1)
Ahearn (0–1)
Bartnicki (5)
713
19–16
14–12
Box Score Recap
April 27
7:00 p.m.
SECN
at No. 20 Georgia *Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
No. 24
Foley Field Athens, Georgia
W 7–5
Smith (2–0)
Bearden (3–1)
Bartnicki (6)
664
20–16
—
Box Score Recap
April 30
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
Kennesaw State *
No. 24
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 1–5
Rice (8–0)
Hurter (3–4)
Rine (5)
713
20–17
—
Box Score Recap
May (8–4)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
May 1
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Kennesaw State*
No. 24
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 13–5
Mannelly (2–0)
Torbert (5–3)
—
713
21–17
—
Box Score Recap
May 2
1:00 p.m.
YouTube
at Kennesaw State*
No. 24
Fred Stillwell Stadium Kennesaw, Georgia
L 5–10
Kennedy (6–0)
Smith (2–1)
Johnson (6)
120
21–18
—
Box Score Recap
May 7
7:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Clemson
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 6–1
Hurter (4–4)
Anglin (2–3)
—
935
22–18
15–12
Box Score Recap
May 8
4:00 p.m.
BSSO
Clemson
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 6–5
Huff (1–0)
Gilbert (3–5)
—
1,163
23–18
16–12
Box Score Recap
May 9
1:00 p.m.
BSSO
Clemson
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 9–8
Crawford (3–4)
Clayton (6–2)
Huff (2)
1,163
24–18
17–12
Box Score Recap
May 14
7:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at Miami (FL)
No. 25
Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, Florida
W 14–3
Hurter (5–4)
McFarlane (2–1)
—
627
25–18
18–12
Box Score Recap
May 15
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at Miami (FL)
No. 25
Alex Rodriguez Park
L 3–10
Smith (3–0)
Archer (4–5)
—
641
25–19
18–13
Box Score Recap
May 16
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at Miami (FL)
No. 25
Alex Rodriguez Park
L 4–5
Bodanza (1–0)
Maxwell (2–2)
Palmquist (12)
604
25–20
18–14
Box Score Recap
May 18
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Georgia*Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 7–6 (14)
Medich (1–0)
Bearden (3–2)
—
1,163
26–20
—
Box Score Recap
May 20
7:00 p.m.
ACCNX
North Carolina
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 2–3
Love (7–4)
Bartnicki (1–2)
—
1,163
26–21
18–15
Box Score Recap
May 21
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
North Carolina
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 10–9
Bartnicki (2–2)
Gillian (1–2)
—
1,163
27–21
19–15
Box Score Recap
May 22
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
North Carolina
Russ Chandler Stadium
W 10–6
Grissom (1–1)
Alba (2–4)
Smith (1)
1,163
28–21
20–15
Box Score Recap
Postseason (3–4)
ACC Tournament (1–2)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACCT
Sources
May 26
7:00 p.m.
BSSO
vs. (11) ClemsonPool B
No. 17 (2)
Truist Field Charlotte, North Carolina
L 5–11
Sharpe (4–1)
Smith (2–2)
—
3,915
28–22
0–1
Box Score Recap
May 27
3:00 p.m.
BSSE
vs. (7) LouisvillePool B
No. 17 (2)
Truist Field
W 9–8 (12)
Brown (2–0)
Smith (3–4)
—
3,002
28–23
1–1
Box Score Recap
May 29
5:00 p.m.
ACCN
vs. No. 16 (3) NC StateSemifinals
No. 17 (2)
Truist Field
L 1–8
Highfill (6–2)
Grissom (1–2)
Justice (9)
4,960
29–23
1–2
Box Score Recap
NCAA Nashville Regional (2–2)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
NCAAT
Sources
June 4
12:00 p.m.
ESPN3
vs. (3) Indiana State *
No. 21 (2)
Hawkins Field Nashville, Tennessee
W 7–6
Siegel (2–0)
Fenlong (4–3)
Bartnicki (7)
3,055
30–23
1–0
Box Scor Recap
June 5
6:00 p.m.
ESPNU
at No. 4 (1) Vanderbilt *
No. 21 (2)
Hawkins Field
L 3–4
Leiter (9–3)
Grissom (1–3)
Maldonado (6)
3,294
30–24
1–1
Box Score Recap
June 6
2:00 p.m.
ESPN3
vs. (3) Indiana State*
No. 21 (2)
Hawkins Field
W 9–0
Archer (5–5)
Cline (4–3)
—
2,775
31–24
2–1
Box Score Recap
June 6
8:00 p.m.
ESPN3
at No. 4 (1) Vanderbilt*
No. 21 (2)
Hawkins Field
L 11–14 (11)
Murphy (3–1)
Siegel (2–1)
Maldonado (7)
3,257
31–25
2–2
Box Score Recap
Nashville Regional Teams
(1) Vanderbilt Commodores
(2) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
(3) Indiana State Sycamores
(4) Presbyterian Blue Hose
First round Semi-finals Finals 1 Vanderbilt 10 4 Presbyterian 0 1 Vanderbilt 4 2 Georgia Tech 3 3 Indiana State 6 2 Georgia Tech 7 1 Vanderbilt 2 Georgia Tech Lower round 1 Lower final 3 Indiana State 0 4 Presbyterian 2 2 Georgia Tech 9 3 Indiana State 9
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
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