The 2025–26 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, who were led by second-year head coach Candice Green, played their home games at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as members of the Patriot League.
Previous season The Crusaders finished the 2024–25 season 19–12, 11–7 in Patriot League play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They defeated in Navy in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament before being eliminated by Lehigh in the semifinals.
Preseason On October 16, 2025, the Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll. Holy Cross was picked to finish fourth in the Patriot League regular season.
Preseason rankings Patriot League preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Navy 71 (2) 2 Army 68 (2) 3 Loyola (MD) 63 (3) 4 Holy Cross 60 (2) 5 Lehigh 57 (1) 6 Colgate 34 7 Bucknell 33 8 Boston University 32 9 Lafayette 21 10 American 11 Source:
Preseason All-Patriot League Team Preseason All-Patriot League TeamPlayerPositionYearKaitlyn FlanaganGuardSenior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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