Holy Cross Crusaders baseball

Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
2024 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team
Founded	1876
University	College of the Holy Cross
Head coach	Ed Kahovec (5th season)
Conference	Patriot League
Location	Worcester, Massachusetts
Home stadium	Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field ; (Capacity: 3,000)
Nickname	Crusaders
Colors	Royal purple;
NCAA Tournament champions
	1952
College World Series appearances
	1952, 1958, 1962, 1963
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1978, 2017
Conference tournament champions
	Patriot League: 2017
Regular season conference champions
	MAAC: 1986; Patriot League: 2013

For information on all College of the Holy Cross sports, see Holy Cross Crusaders

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.

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).

NCAA tournament

The Crusaders have participated in the NCAA tournament on 11 occasions and have advanced to the College World Series four times, winning in 1952.

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1952	6–1	.857	College World Series Champion
1954	0–1	.000	NCAA District I playoffs
1955	0–1	.000	NCAA District I playoffs
1958	5–2	.714	College World Series
1960	1–1	.500	NCAA District I playoffs
1962	4–2	.667	College World Series
1963	4–2	.667	College World Series
1965	1–2	.333	NCAA District I playoffs
1967	0–2	.000	NCAA District I playoffs
1978	1–2	.333	NCAA Northeast Regional
2017	1–2	.333	NCAA Corvallis Regional
TOTALS	23–18	.561

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College World Series Most Outstanding Player

1952–James O'Neill

Awards and honors

Source:^[6]

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

Patriot League Pitcher of the Year

Matt Shapiro, 2008
John Colella, 2013

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

References

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

External links

Official website

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[1] "Visual Identity Toolkit". College of the Holy Cross. Retrieved August 4, 2024.

[baseball-2] "Holy Cross Crusaders". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

[NCAA-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] [1]. Retrieved 2017-March-1.

[6] "Holy Cross Baseball Honors & Awards" (PDF).

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v t e Patriot League baseball
Teams	Army Black Knights Bucknell Bison Holy Cross Crusaders Lafayette Leopards Lehigh Mountain Hawks Navy Midshipmen
Championships & awards	Patriot League baseball tournament

v t e Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
Venues	Worcester Oval (1892–1902) Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field (1903–present)
People	Notable players
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics