Holy Cross Women’s Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 8, 2026 · CSM Staff
Holy Cross Crusaders
Patriot (23-9, 14-4)
Big Wins: 12/16Vermont (46-45), 1/3 at Navy (66-55)
Bad Losses: 11/16 at Marist (77-78), 1/7 Lehigh (57-60)
Coach: Candice Green
Probable Starters:
Meg Cahalan, Senior, Forward, 15.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.0 apg
Kendall Eddy, Junior, Guard, 8.0 ppg, 2.7 apg, 3.0 rpg, 2.2 spg
Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly, Senior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 1.7 apg, 6.5 rpg
Simone Foreman, Senior, Guard, 8.5 ppg, 1.0 apg, 7.3 rpg
Kaitlyn Flanagan, Senior, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 4.2 apg, 2.7 rpg
Key Role Players:
Hannah Griffin, Junior, Guard, 3.3 ppg, 1.6 apg, 2.9 rpg
Janie Bachmann, Junior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 60.4 (280th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.1 (24, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.6 (173, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.3 (47, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.1 (278, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 27.1 (313, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.8 (102, 6)
Rebound Margin: 1.7 (156, 4)
Assists Per Game: 14.5 (91, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.7 (91, 5)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2024 | NCAA | First Four win over UT Martin |
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Iowa |
| 2023 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Maryland |
| 2022 | NIT | First Round loss to Colombia |
| 2012 | WBI | First Round win over New Hampshire |
| 2012 | WBI | Quarterfinal loss to Manhattan |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Duke |
| 2005 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Ohio State |
| 2003 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Penn State |
| 2002 | NIT | First Round loss to Vermont |
| 2001 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Florida |
*all team stats through 3/5
