BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Top-seeded Holy Cross (29-23, 17-8 PL) welcomes No. 3 Army West Point (25-23, 14-11 PL) in the best two-of-three-game 2025 Patriot League Baseball Championship Series when it begins on Sunday, May 18 at Fitton Field.
The start of the championship series was pushed back one day due to the potential of thunderstorms in Worcester area on Saturday. Live coverage of each game of the Patriot League Baseball Championship Series will be available live on ESPN+ with Corey Nidoh providing play-by-play and Paige Messier reporting from the sideline.
The six-time defending Patriot League Champion Black Knights aim for the program’s 14th League crown and third under head coach Chris Tracz after a dramatic 10-innning, game-three win against No. 2 Navy in the semifinals. Two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year Ed Kahovec returned Holy Cross to the Patriot League Championship Series for the first time since 2017, when the Crusaders swept Bucknell, marking the last team to win a League crown before Army West Point’s current streak.
The Patriot League Championship Series winner will receive the League’s automatic berth to the NCAA Baseball Regionals. For more information about the 2025 Patriot League Baseball Championship, visit CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL.
No. 3 Army West Point at No. 1 Holy Cross (Fitton Field/Worcester, Mass.)
| Date | Game | Time | Coverage |
| Sunday, May 18 | Championship Game 1 – Army West Point at Holy Cross | 1:05 p.m. | ESPN+ | Stats |
| Monday, May 19 | Championship Game 2– Army West Point at Holy Cross | 6:05 p.m. | ESPN+ | Stats |
| Tuesday, May 20 | Championship Game 3 – Army West Point at Holy Cross (if necessary) | 5:05 p.m. | ESPN+ | Stats |
2025 Patriot League Baseball Championship – Championship Series
NO. 3 ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (25-23, 14-11 PL) AT NO. 1 HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (29-23, 17-8 PL)
Fitton Field/Worcester, Mass. Sun at 1 p.m. | Mon. at 6 p.m. | Tues. at 5 p.m. (ESPN+)
WATCH: GAME 1 | GAME 2 | GAME 3
LIVE STATS | CHAMPIONSHIP STATS | GAME PROGRAM
ARMY VS. HOLY CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY: Army West Point and Holy Cross have played 15 games in six postseason series. The Black Knights have gone 10-5, winning five of the six best-two-of-three-game series’, capturing the League crown in 2012 and 2013. The Crusaders’ lone series win against the Black Knights came in a 2-0 sweep in the 2017 semifinals. Holy Cross went on to win the 2017 League crown, marking the last team to win it before the Black Knights reeled off six straight Patriot League titles.
PREVIEWS: ARMY WEST POINT | HOLY CROSS
2025 ARMY WEST POINT – HOLY CROSS REGULAR-SEASON SERIES
April 4 – Army West Point 4, at Holy Cross 0 (7) (BOX SCORE)
April 4 – At Holy Cross 5, Army West Point 4 (BOX SCORE)
April 6 – At Holy Cross 4, Army West Point 3 (7) (BOX SCORE)
April 6 – Army West Point 6, at Holy Cross 0 (BOX SCORE)
April 16 – Holy Cross 12, at Army West Point 6 (BOX SCORE)
2013 Patriot League Championship Series (at Worcester, Mass.) – Army sweeps series
Game 1: No. 3 Army West Point 9, No. 1 Holy Cross 4
Game 2: No. 3 Army West Point 5, No. 1 Holy Cross 4
2012 Patriot League Championship Series (at West Point, N.Y.) – Army wins two games to one
Game 1: No.1 Army West Point 4, No. 2 Holy Cross
Game 2: No. 2 Holy Cross 7, No. 1 Army West Point 4
Game 3: No. 1 Army West Point 8, No. 2 Holy Cross 4
ABOUT THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
The Patriot League is in its fourth decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes who are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.
