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Many American sports team names and mascots are based upon or use religious symbolism. The majority are scholastic teams at institutions founded by various denominations of Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant. Saints is the most popular of these names not only at religious schools but public schools. However, the latter are often ...
The Holy Cross Crusaders are the athletic teams representing the College of the Holy Cross.They compete in NCAA Division I, primarily as members of the Patriot League.In ice hockey, a sport not sponsored by the Patriot League for either sex, the Crusaders are members of two other leagues, with men competing in the Atlantic Hockey Association and women in Hockey East.
Holy Cross enjoyed a football renaissance over the next decade under coaches Rick E. Carter (35–19–2) and especially Mark Duffner (60–5–1). In 1983, the team was No. 3 in the nation in I-AA under Carter. Under Duffner, Holy Cross became the nation's most successful I-AA program. There were 11–0 seasons in both 1987 and 1991.
Spencer also has direct ties to Holy Cross and the Indians football team. Spencer was the linebackers coach for the school for four years from 2017-2021 and left the position to focus on the Holy ...
Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts, primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were played on the adjoining baseball field. The stadium has a capacity of 23,500. [1]
In 1977, Holy Cross defeated a talented Providence team twice on last-second shots by forward Chris Potter and led top-ranked Michigan at the half in the first round of the NCAA tournament before being defeated. [7] The following year, Sports Illustrated ranked Holy Cross and freshman of the year Ronnie Perry ninth in its pre-season poll.
In 2017 the Friars reintroduced a costumed dalmatian mascot as a companion to Friar Dom; a prior version had existed in the late 1990s. Both are based on the traditional dalmatian mascot of both the college and the Dominican Order in general; dalmatians have been called "the watchdogs of the Lord." The most recent live dalmatian mascot on ...
1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team; 1992–93 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team; 2000–01 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team; 2001–02 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team; 2002–03 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team; 2006–07 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team