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1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team

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1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
District I champions
ConferenceIndependent
Record21–5
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →

The 1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field. The team was coached by Albert Riopel in his 2nd year as head coach at Holy Cross.

The Crusaders won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Santa Clara Broncos.

Roster

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1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
INF Bob Arena /
John Burke /
OF Tony Capo / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Patrick Connors /
Hank Cutting /
Pat Gallager /R
Michael Henighan /
9 C Dave Holborn /
Jim Holloran /R
So
Tom Jordan /
So
Joseph Killion /
Paul Morano /
C Jim Murphy /
19 INF John Peterman /R
Jr
William Prizio /R
P Don Riedl /
Jr Worcester, Massachusetts
P Mike Skane /LHL
So
OF Tommy Smith (C) /R
INF Al Snyder /
P Paul Symeon /
Joseph Trombly /
INF Barry Tyne /L
Edward Widronak /R
Head coach

Albert Riopel

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 2, 2021

Schedule

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1962 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball game log
Regular season
April (4–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
1 April Boston University Unknown • Unknown 18–0 1–0
2 April Williams Unknown • Unknown 4–2 2–0
3 April AIC Unknown • Unknown 6–4 2–0
4 April 26 Dartmouth Fitton FieldWorcester, Massachusetts 6–1 4–0
5 April 28 Ithaca Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 6–7 4–1
May (10–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
6 May Providence Unknown • Unknown 6–5 5–1
7 May 4 Seton Hall Unknown • Unknown 2–8 5–2
8 May Brown Unknown • Unknown 11–4 6–2
9 May 8 UMass Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 3–2 7–2
10 May Providence Unknown • Unknown 11–3 8–2
11 May Northeastern Unknown • Unknown 10–9 9–2
12 May 16 Harvard Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 7–4 10–2
13 May 19 at Dartmouth Red Rolfe FieldHanover, New Hampshire 14–4 11–2
14 May Worcester Tech Unknown • Unknown 20–0 12–2
15 May 26 Springfield Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 15–7 13–2
16 May 30 Boston College Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 4–9 13–3
17 May 31 Amherst Unknown • Unknown 8–7 14–3
June (3–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
18 June 1 Yale Unknown • Unknown 15–5 15–3
19 June 2 at Boston College John Shea FieldChestnut Hill, Massachusetts 10–1 16–3
Postseason
District I Playoff (3–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
20 June vs Vermont Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 7–5 17–3
21 June vs Bridgeport Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 5–2 18–3
22 June vs Vermont Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 12–5 19–3
June (1–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
23 June 9 Boston College Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 4–2 20–3
College World Series (1–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
24 June 11 vs Colorado State College Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 4–3 21–3
25 June 12 vs Michigan Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–11 21–4
26 June 13 vs Santa Clara Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–12 21–5

References

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