Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics By Mike Sidhly NEFJ Correspondent It’s rare for one matchup to symbolize a team’s season in its entirety, but that’s what Holy Cross faced on Saturday afternoon. With so much promise that was followed by a harsh reality check, and a late resurgence with a call to glory. This season has been anything but conventional for the Crusaders, who started the year 0-4 and……

By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Correspondent WORCESTER – Holy Cross continued its strong and rather stunning push for postseason berth on Saturday, upsetting No. 19 Richmond 33-14 behind their suddenly surging running game. Entering this matchup the scouting report on the Richmond (6-2, 4-2 Patriot League) defense was their dominant defensive line, the Crusaders’ offensive line took it to the Spiders throughout the day at Fitton Field, as they helped the…

On Friday afternoon, the full Holy Cross schedule was released with dates and locations for 2026. Times are still to be determined, but Year 3 of the Dan Curran Era in Worcester begins August 29th at home. Here’s the full slate: Aug. 29 – vs. Lehigh Sept. 5 – at Colgate Sept. 12 – at Miami (OH) Sept. 19 – vs. Yale Sept. 26 – at Lafayette* Oct. 3 -…

After a strong finish to a disappointing year – Holy Cross won back-to-back games to close out the season, including a blowout over Georgetown at Fenway Park – Dan Curran and his staff brought 10 new players into the fold on NSD Wednesday. The Crusaders built positive momentum heading into the offseason and this is a great start in trying to maintain that positive momentum heading into Year 3 for…

Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics The Holy Cross program and its fan base find themselves in unfamiliar territory heading into Thanksgiving. Usually – at least for the last six years – Holy Cross was battling for the Patriot League title, or already making plans for the postseason. But, 2025 has been a rare down year and there will be no playoff appearance for Dan Curran’s crew after this Saturday….

It took a while, but Holy Cross earned its first victory of the year this past weekend. The Crusaders took down new Patriot League foe Richmond on the road with a true team effort, getting contributions in all three phases. Now, despite being 1-6, Dan Curran’s team is 1-1 in the league with an outside chance of keeping the dream alive for a share of a seventh straight league title….

It hasn’t been the year anyone wearing purple and white has wanted. At 0-6, Holy Cross has stunningly been on the wrong end of all sorts of games this season. Close loses, blowouts, you name it.The Crusaders have been through it. Still, confidence and effort has not wavered. Coming off a much-needed bye week, Holy Cross hits the road this weekend in search of its first win when they take…

Holy Cross still has one more non-conference game left a week from this Saturday when New England rival Harvard visits Fitton Field. But, the goal for Dan Curran and his Crusaders has always been to be ready to go when the Patriot League schedule began. That comes this weekend when Holy Cross travels to Fordham. Sitting at 0-4 after the most recent loss to Yale last Saturday, the Crusaders are…

The headline sounds weird with an 0-3 team, I get it. But, Holy Cross has lost its first three games this season by a combined total of seven points. After nearly upsetting a good MAC team in NIU, the Crusaders went up to Wildcat Stadium and narrowly missed taking down the UNH. Last week, the Crusaders took No. 5 Rhode Island to the final minute at Fitton Field before falling…