The Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 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 12 times and has advanced to the College World Series on four occasions, capturing the title in 1952. 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.
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. They captured their second Patriot League Tournament championship in 2025, defeating Lehigh in the semifinal series and sweeping Army in the championship series. In 2026, as the No. 4 seed, the Crusaders won back-to-back Patriot League Tournament Championships for the first time in program history, sweeping Army in the semifinal series before beating Bucknell in three games in the championship series. Holy Cross became the first No. 4 seed to win the Patriot League Tournament Championship since 2010.
The Crusaders have had 33 players selected by Major League teams in the MLB draft, most recently Nick Lovullo (Boston Red Sox, 2016), Brendan King (Chicago Cubs, 2017), Declan Cronin (Chicago White Sox, 2019) and Danny Macchiarola (Seattle Mariners, 2025).
NCAA tournament The Crusaders have participated in the NCAA tournament on thirteen occasions and have advanced to the College World Series four times, winning in 1952.. Retrieved 2017-March-1. 1952 College World Series Upper Round 1Upper Round 2Lower Round 2Lower Round 2SemifinalsFinal Game 1Final Game 2 Western MichiganMissouriTexasWestern MichiganPenn StateMissouriMissouri W 5–1L 0–1W 2–1W 15–3W 15–4W 7–3W 8–4 1954 District 1 Semifinals Boston University L 1–8 1955 District 1 Semifinals Massachusetts L 0–1 1958 District 1College World Series Semifinals Game 1 Semifinals Game 2District FinalCWS Upper Round 1CWS Upper Round 2CWS Upper Round 3CWS Semifinals ColbyColbyConnecticutUSCClemsonMissouriUSC W 4–3W 5–1W 2–1 (10)W 3–0W 17–4L 1–4L 2–6 1960 District 1 SemifinalsDistrict Final American InternationalBoston College W 5–1L 4–5 1962 District 1College World Series Quarterfinals SemifinalsDistrict FinalCWS Round 1CWS Round 2CWS Lower Round 2 VermontBridgeportVermontColorado State CollegeMichiganSanta Clara W 7–5W 5–2W 12–5W 4–3L 4–11L 7–12 1963 District 1College World Series Semifinals Game 1Semifinals Game 2Final Game 1Final Game 2CWS Upper Round 1CWS Lower Round 1 Boston CollegeProvidenceMissouriUSC W 4–0W 7–4W 11–0W 7–4L 0–3L 5–6 1965 District 1 Finals Connecticut L 4–7W 5–0L 0–7 1967 District 1 Semifinals Massachusetts L 0–4L 0–6 1978 Northeast Regional Round 1Round 2Quarterfinals St. John'sTempleSt. John'sW 5–3L 7–8L 12–14 2017 Corvallis Regional Regionals Oregon StateNebraskaYale L 2–8W 7–4L 5–9 2025 Chapel Hill Regional Regionals North CarolinaNebraska L 0–4L 1–4 2026 Austin Regional Regionals TexasUC Santa Barbara L 1–19 L 1-15 23–22
College World Series Most Outstanding Player
1952–James O'Neill
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NCAA All-American
Jim Sweeney (3rd Team), 1999
Academic All-American
Nick DeAngelis (2nd Team), 1970 Bill Doran (2nd Team), 1976 Ron Perry (1st Team), 1978-1980 Todd Dextradeur (1st Team), 1990 Tom Miller (2nd Team), 1991 Gerard Lambert (3rd Team), 1991-1992 Paige Brennan (2nd Team), 1993; (3rd Team), 1994
Freshman All-American
Austin Masel, 2017 Ben Dellacono, 2020
Patriot League Patriot League Player of the Year
Jim Sweeney, 1999 Peter Summa, 2001 Matt Perry, 2009 Jordan Enos, 2013 CJ Egrie, 2025 CJ Egrie, 2026
Patriot League Pitcher of the Year
Matt Shapiro, 2008 John Colella, 2013 Jaden Wywoda, 2025
Patriot League Rookie of the Year
Tyler Stampone, 2006 Stephen Wadsworth, 2010 Cam O'Neill, 2015 Austin Masel, 2017
Patriot League All-Decade Team
Terrence Butt, 1990s
Patriot League 25th Anniversary Team (2015)
John Colella Matt Perry Jim Sweeney
Patriot League Outstanding Leadership & Character Award
Declan Cronin, 2019
See also 1952 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team 1952 College World Series Jack Barry List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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