Holy Cross Crusaders baseball

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 Greg DiCenzo. 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.

Holy Cross Crusaders
Founded1876
UniversityCollege of the Holy Cross
Head coachEd Kahovec (2nd season)
ConferencePatriot League
LocationWorcester, Massachusetts
Home stadiumHanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field
(Capacity: 3,000)
NicknameCrusaders
ColorsRoyal Purple[1]
    
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
Conference champions
MAAC: 1986
Patriot League: 2013
For information on all College of the Holy Cross sports, see Holy Cross Crusaders

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

[5]

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

Awards and honors[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

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

See also

References
  1. College of the Holy Cross Identity Standards and Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  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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