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Holy Cross Crusaders The Holy Cross Crusaders are the athletic teams representing the College of the Holy Cross. They primarily compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Patriot League. In ice hockey, a sport not sponsored by the Patriot League for either sex, th ...

'' The Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

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, United States. The team is a member of the

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, which is part of the

National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

's Division I. The team plays its home games at Hanover Insurance Park at

Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field is a baseball stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events, the baseball stadium also served as the home field for the Can-Am League Worcester Tornadoes ...

. The Crusaders are coached by Ed Kahovec. Holy Cross has participated in the NCAA Tournament 11 times and has advanced to the

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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. The Crusaders have had 32 players selected by Major League teams in the

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, most recently Nick Lovullo (

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, 2016), Brendan King (

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, 2017), and Declan Cronin (

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, 2019).

NCAA tournament

*The Crusaders have participated in the NCAA Tournament on 11 occasions and have advanced to the

four times, winning in 1952.

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

* 1952– James O'Neill

Awards and honors

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

External links

* 1876 establishments in Massachusetts Baseball teams established in 1876 {{Massachusetts-baseball-team-stub