WORCESTER, Mass. - Holy Cross head softball coach Jon Ladino has announced the program's 2026 schedule with the campaign set to get underway on Feb. 20 against Harvard and USC Upstate as part of the Upstate Classic in Spartanburg, S.C.

The Crusaders are scheduled to play a total of 52 games including 15 home games at the friendly confines of Freshman Field.

Later on opening weekend, Holy Cross will also take on Wofford and Robert Morris in the Sparkle City Invite on Feb. 21 and 22. To close out the month, the Crusaders are set to battle Stony Brook and Central Connecticut State in a round robin hosted by the Blue Devils on Feb. 28 and Mar 1.

Holy Cross is slated to take on Delaware State and Maryland Eastern Shore in midweek road doubleheaders (Mar. 3-4). From there, Ladino's team heads to Norfolk State for the Spartan Round Up that includes contests against FDU, North Dakota and the host Spartans from Mar. 6-8.

Following consecutive doubleheaders at UMBC on Mar. 14-15, the Crusaders begin Patriot League play at Bucknell with a series on Mar. 21-22.

Dartmouth comes to Freshman Field for a home-opening doubleheader on Mar. 24 and starts a seven-game homestand for the Crusaders that features a conference series versus Colgate (Mar. 28-29) and a doubleheader versus Stonehill (Apr. 1).

After a three-game Patriot League series at Lehigh on Apr. 4-5, Holy Cross is slated to take on URI (Apr. 7) and UMass Lowell (Apr. 14) in a pair of road twin bills. The Crusaders return home on Apr. 16 for a doubleheader versus Merrimack and then resumes conference play as Lafayette comes to town on Apr. 18-19.

Holy Cross hits the road to battle defending Patriot League champion Boston Univ. in a three-game series on Apr. 25-26 before heading to New Haven for its final midweek doubleheader of the regular season on Apr. 29.

On May 2-3, the Crusaders will close out the regular season by hosting conference foe Army West Point.

The 2026 Patriot League tournament will be held May 7-9 at the home of the No. 1 seed.


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