Erin Bengston enters her first season as an assistant coach for the Holy Cross softball team in 2023.
A four year member of the Crusader softball program, Bengston appeared in 137 games at Holy Cross making 136 starts. She recorded a career .279 batting average with a .372 on-base percentage and .441 slugging percentage.
Bengston finished her Crusader career ranking fifth all-time in career doubles (32), sixth all-time in walks (52) and slugging percentage (.441) while being tied for seventh all-time in career home runs (7) and in runs batted in (71). She holds the single-season doubles mark of 16 which she set as a freshman in 2019 and set the program single-season record in walks (29) as a senior.
In 2022, Bengston was on the Crusader team that won 20 games for the first time since 1999 and tied for the third most wins (21) during a single season in program history.
The four-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll honoree (2019-2022) graduated from Holy Cross in 2022 with a degree in psychology/studio art.
