The Holy Cross baseball team, whichcaptured its second consecutive Patriot League Tournament championship last week by taking a best-of-three series at Bucknell, will open play in the NCAA Tournament against No. 6 overall seed Texas in the Austin Regional at 1 p.m. May 29.
The Crusaders gathered on campus May 25 for the Selection Show and erupted when ESPN revealed their matchup.
Austin is one of 16 regionals, which each feature four teams playing in a double-elimination format. UC Santa Barbara and Tarleton State are the other teams in the Austin Regional.
Holy Cross (25-28) is making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1962 and 1963. This is HC’s 13thoverall NCAA appearance.
Texas (40-13) is making its record 65thNCAA appearance and is hosting for the 39thtime in program history.
TheLonghornsfell to Arkansas in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
Texas is one of 12 SEC teams in the 64-team NCAA field.
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Sophomore left-hander Dylan Volantis (8-1, 2.00, 109 strikeouts, 22 walks) heads the Longhorns’ pitching staff and ranks fourth in the country in ERA.
Freshman left fielder Anthony Pack Jr. was the SEC Freshman of the Year after leading the conference in batting average (.400) in SEC games.
Last season, Holy Cross played in the Chapel Hill Regional and lost games to North Carolina and Nebraska.
HC graduated eight seniors from that outstanding team and started 2026 slowly before coming together down the stretch. The Crusaders, who became the first No. 4 seed in 16 seasons to capture the PL tourney title, have won nine of their last 13 games and have registered 25 or more victories for the third straight season.
HC’s 17 road wins are its most since 2016.
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