The Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team currently competes in the Patriot League. The Crusaders are currently coached by head coach Candice Green.

History The Crusaders began play in 1974. They went 0–12, coached by Sharon Dupre in her only season. For their first six years (1974–1980), the Crusaders were in Division III, going 37–60 during that time. From 1980 to 1982, the Crusaders were in Division II, going 43–8 during their two season tenure before making the jump to Division I. The Crusaders joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 1983. In their seven season tenure, they won two conference tournaments. In 1990, the Crusaders joined the Patriot League. They have won the Patriot League women's basketball tournament 14 times, the most of any school in the League.

Postseason

NCAA tournament results The Crusaders have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 15 times. Their record is 2–15. 1985 7 Round of 32 Ohio State L 102–60 1989 9 Round of 48 Temple L 90–80 1991 11 Round of 48Round of 32 MarylandAuburn W 81–74 (OT)L 84–58 1995 16 Round of 64 Colorado L 83–49 1996 15 Round of 64 Old Dominion L 83–56 1998 14 Round of 64 Louisiana Tech L 86–58 1999 14 Round of 64 Duke L 79–51 2000 15 Round of 64 Rutgers L 91–70 2001 14 Round of 64 Florida L 84–52 2003 13 Round of 64 Penn State L 64–33 2005 15 Round of 64 Ohio State L 89–46 2007 16 Round of 64 Duke L 81–44 2023 15 Round of 64 Maryland L 93–61 2024 16 First FourRound of 64 UT MartinIowa W 72–45L 91–65 2026 15 First Round Michigan L 48–83

WNIT results The Crusaders have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) twice. 2002 First Round Vermont L 70–63 2022 First Round Columbia L 80–69

WBI results The Crusaders have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) once. 2012 First Round Quarterfinal New HampshireManhattan W 63–59L 78–63

Player accolades

MAAC Player of the Year 1985 – Janet Hourihan 1987 – Tracy Quinn

Patriot League Player of the Year 1991 – Mary Helen Walker 1992 – Norinne Powers 1993 – Norinne Powers 1994 – Laurie Carson 1995 – Lauren Maney 1996 – Lauren Maney 1997 – Kathy Courtney 1998 – Amy O’Brien 1999 – Amy O’Brien 2000 – Anna Kinne 2008 – Briana McFadden 2021–22 – Avery Labarbra

Coaching history Coach Years Record ConferenceRecord ConferenceTitles Sharon Dupre 1974–1975 0–12 () N/A Pat Corcoran 1975–1978 21–26 () N/A Kevin McAuley 1979–1980 16–22 () N/A Togo Palazzi 1980–1985 103–28 () 18–6 () 1 Bill Gibbons 1985–2019 613–410 () 273–134 () 11 Ann McInerney (interim) 2019–2020 26–15 () 17–10 () Maureen Magarity 2020–2024 72–41 () 45–23 () 1 Candice Green 2025– 42–22 () 25–11 () 1 Totals 893–576 () 378–184 () 14

Season-by-season results Holy Cross played in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) 1983 to 1990 before joining the Patriot League in 1990. 1974–75 0–12 n/a1975–76 8–7 n/a1976–77 8–9 n/a1977–78 5–10 n/a1978–79 7–10 n/a1979–80 9–12 n/a1980–81 20–4 n/a1981–82 23–4 n/a1982–83 19–6 n/a1983–84 20–7 9–3 1984–85 21–7 9–31985–86 21–7 8–41986–87 19–10 8–4 1987–88 21–8 9–3 1988–89 21–10 10–2 1989–90 20–10 7–3 1990–91 25–6 12–01991–92 16–13 10–41992–93 22–7 12–21993–94 15–14 10–41994–95 21–9 12–21995–96 23–10 9–3 1996–97 23–4 12–01997–98 21–9 10–2 1998–99 21–8 11–1 1999–00 23–7 11–1 2000–01 21–9 11–1 2001–02 23–8 12–2 2002–03 24–8 13–1 2003–04 13–15 8–6 2004–05 20–11 12–2 2005–06 16–14 10–4 2006–07 15–18 7–7 2007–08 19–13 10–4 2008–09 13–17 8–6 2009–10 10–21 5–9 2010–11 10–20 6–8 2011–12 19–15 7–7 2012–13 18–14 8–6 2013–14 20–14 10–8 2014–15 15–17 11–7 2015–16 13–17 10–8 2016–17 8–21 6–122017–18 13–18 7–112018–19 18–13 9–92019–20 19–11 7–42020–21 7–8 7–72020–21 20–9 14–42021–22 20–11 14–42022–23 24–9 13–52023–24 21–13 11–72024–25 19–12 11–72025–26 23–10 14–42026–27 0–0 0–0TOTAL 872–560 414–169

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