Career
She played National Collegiate Athletic Association women"s volleyball for California State University, Long Beach, where she helped lead her team to the 1989 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship title. Cross-Battle competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992, after having made her debut in 1990. Tara is currently working at Houston Juniors Volleyball Club.
She previously coached at Texas Pride in the 2011 club season as the head coach of the top 16s team
In the 2010 season she coached at Texas Tornados Volleyball club as the head 16s coach and took her team to nationals and got 13th place at nationals. The year before that, in 2009, her top 16s team got 9th in the nation.
Pallavolo Ancona (1992–1995)
Leites Nestlé (1996–1999)
Paraná Vôlei Clube (1999–2000)
Flamengo (2000–2001)
Volley Bergamo (2001–2002)
Reggio Emilia (2002–2003).