# 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. 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. 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, 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 eleven occasions and have advanced to the College World Series four times, winning in 1952.
| Season | Region | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 1952 | College World Series | Upper 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 1 | Semifinals | Boston University | L 1–8 |
| 1955 | District 1 | Semifinals | Massachusetts | L 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 1 | Semifinals 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 1 | Finals | Connecticut | L 4–7 W 5–0 L 0–7 |
| 1967 | District 1 | Semifinals | Massachusetts | L 0–4 L 0–6 |
| 1978 | Northeast Regional | Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals | St. John's Temple St. John's | W 5–3 L 7–8 L 12–14 |
| 2017 | Corvallis Regional | Regionals | Oregon State Nebraska Yale | L 2–8 W 7–4 L 5–9 |
| TOTALS | 23–18 | .561 | |

### College World Series Most Outstanding Player

* 1952–James O'Neill

## Awards and honors

Source:

### 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