1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team

1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
District I champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Independent
CB	No. 7
Record	13–10
Head coach	Albert Riopel (3rd season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

The 1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field. The team was coached by Albert Riopel in his 3rd year as head coach at Holy Cross.

The Crusaders won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.

Roster

1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town INF Tony Arena / — — Joe Armstrong / — — Jim Bidwell / — — OF Tony Capo (C) / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) — Sr Hank Cutting / — — C Bob Hargraves / — — 18 Jim Holloran /R — — Tom Jordan / — — Jr P Dick Joyce / — — So INF Bud Knittel / — — So Rick Manning / — — INF Paul Morano / — — Tim Murtaugh / — — 19 INF John Peterman /R — — Sr Bill Prizio /R — — P Don Riedl / — — Sr Worcester, Massachusetts Bill Sexton / — — P Mike Skane /L — — P Paul Symeon / — — John Wendelken / — — Ed Widronak / — — So	Head coach Albert Riopel Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 2, 2021

Schedule

1963 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball game log
Regular season
April (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 19 Connecticut Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 6–1 1–0 2 April 20 Ithaca Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 5–9 1–1 3 April 25 Assumption Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts 12–0 2–1 4 April 27 Dartmouth Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 2–1 3–1
May (5–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 5 May 1 at Providence Unknown • Providence, Rhode Island 1–2 3–2 6 May 3 AIC Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 8–2 4–2 7 May 4 Boston University Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 19–1 5–2 8 May 8 Brown Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 3–9 5–3 9 May 13 at Harvard Soldier's Field • Cambridge, Massachusetts 2–1 6–3 10 May Providence Unknown • Unknown 10–1 7–3 11 May 21 at UMass Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts 1–2 7–4 12 May Amherst Unknown • Unknown 15–1 8–4
Postseason
District I Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 13 May 29 Boston College John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 4–0 9–4 14 May 29 at Boston College John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 7–4 10–4
May (0–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 15 May 30 at Boston College John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 3–6 10–5
District I Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 16 June 1 Providence Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 11–0 11–5 17 June 1 Providence Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 7–4 12–5
June (1–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 June 3 at Dartmouth Red Rolfe Field • Hanover, New Hampshire 3–6 12–6 19 June Yale Unknown • Unknown 2–3 12–7 20 June Boston College Unknown • Unknown 0–3 12–8 21 June Boston College Unknown • Unknown 17–2 13–8
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 22 June 10 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–3 13–9 23 June 11 vs Southern California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–6 13–10