Holy Cross Crusaders baseball

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Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team
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Founded1876;149 years ago (1876)
University College of the Holy Cross
Head coach Ed Kahovec (6th season)
Conference Patriot League
Location Worcester, Massachusetts
Home stadium Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field
(Capacity: 3,000)
Nickname Crusaders
ColorsRoyal purple [1]
 
College World Series champions
1952
College World Series appearances
1952, 1958, 1962, 1963
NCAA tournament appearances
1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1978, 2017, 2025
Conference tournament champions
Patriot League: 2017, 2025
Conference regular season champions
MAAC: 1986
Patriot League: 2013, 2025

The Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Patriot League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Hanover Insurance Park at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Crusaders are coached by Ed Kahovec. Holy Cross has participated in the NCAA tournament 11 times and has advanced to the College World Series on four occasions, capturing the title in 1952. [3] The team earned its first Patriot League regular season title in 2013 before falling in the Patriot League Championship Series for the third time in four years. The team also boasts recent wins over top 10 teams, defeating #4 Texas A&M in 2012 and #7 Mississippi State in 2014.

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In 2017, the team won its first Patriot League Tournament championship by sweeping Army and Bucknell. It was the fifth PLCS appearance for the Crusaders in eight years. The Crusaders have had 32 players selected by Major League teams in the MLB Draft, [4] most recently Nick Lovullo (Boston Red Sox, 2016), Brendan King (Chicago Cubs, 2017), and Declan Cronin (Chicago White Sox, 2019).

A Crusaders pitcher at George C. Page Stadium in 2009 Dan Seip.jpg
A Crusaders pitcher at George C. Page Stadium in 2009

NCAA tournament

The Crusaders have participated in the NCAA tournament on twelve occasions and have advanced to the College World Series four times, winning in 1952. [5]

SeasonRegionRoundOpponentResult
1952 College World SeriesUpper Round 1
Upper Round 2
Lower Round 2
Lower Round 2
Semifinals
Final Game 1
Final Game 2		Western Michigan
Missouri
Texas
Western Michigan
Penn State
Missouri
Missouri		W 5–1
L 0–1
W 2–1
W 15–3
W 15–4
W 7–3
W 8–4
1954 District 1SemifinalsBoston UniversityL 1–8
1955 District 1SemifinalsMassachusettsL 0–1
1958 District 1
College World Series		Semifinals Game 1
Semifinals Game 2
District Final
CWS Upper Round 1
CWS Upper Round 2
CWS Upper Round 3
CWS Semifinals		Colby
Colby
Connecticut
USC
Clemson
Missouri
USC		W 4–3
W 5–1
W 2–1 (10)
W 3–0
W 17–4
L 1–4
L 2–6
1960 District 1Semifinals
District Final		American International
Boston College		W 5–1
L 4–5
1962 District 1
College World Series		Quarterfinals
Semifinals
District Final
CWS Round 1
CWS Round 2
CWS Lower Round 2		Vermont
Bridgeport
Vermont
Colorado State College
Michigan
Santa Clara		W 7–5
W 5–2
W 12–5
W 4–3
L 4–11
L 7–12
1963 District 1
College World Series		Semifinals Game 1
Semifinals Game 2
Final Game 1
Final Game 2
CWS Upper Round 1
CWS Lower Round 1		Boston College
Providence
Missouri
USC		W 4–0
W 7–4
W 11–0
W 7–4
L 0–3
L 5–6
1965 District 1FinalsConnecticutL 4–7
W 5–0
L 0–7
1967 District 1SemifinalsMassachusettsL 0–4
L 0–6
1978 Northeast RegionalRound 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals		St. John's
Temple
St. John's		W 5–3
L 7–8
L 12–14
2017 Corvallis RegionalRegionalsOregon State
Nebraska
Yale		L 2–8
W 7–4
L 5–9
2025 Chapel Hill RegionalRegionalsNorth Carolina
TBD
TOTALS
23–18.561

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

Awards and honors

Source: [6]

NCAA

All-American

Academic All-American

Freshman All-American

Patriot League

Patriot League Player of the Year

Patriot League Pitcher of the Year

Patriot League Rookie of the Year

Patriot League All-Decade Team

Patriot League 25th Anniversary Team (2015)

Patriot League Outstanding Leadership & Character Award

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Visual Identity Toolkit". College of the Holy Cross. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Holy Cross Crusaders". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 182. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Crusaders in Major League Baseball" (PDF).
  5. ↑ . Retrieved 2017-March-1.
  6. ↑ "Holy Cross Baseball Honors & Awards" (PDF).
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