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WAC's NCAA tournament berth goes to GCU
5/25/2024 9:38:00 PM | Baseball, Paul Coro
Regular-season conference title gives Lopes 3rd regional appearance in 4 years
Grand Canyon will make its third NCAA tournament appearance in four years on the merits of its regular-season dominance in the WAC.
GCU earned the conference's automatic berth to an NCAA regional as the WAC regular-season champion because WAC Tournament champion Tarleton State is ineligible for NCAA postseason play in the last year of its Division I transition period.
The Lopes get a reprieve for being eliminated from the WAC Tournament on Thursday night with the chance to show the merits of their 23-7 conference season. GCU won the WAC by five games.
"Our guys earned this by winning the WAC over a 30-game schedule," Lopes head coach Gregg Wallis said. "When we lost in the tournament, it was tough. We knew we had one out. And it hit. We're grateful for this opportunity and excited to see where we are going for an NCAA regional."
GCU will learn its NCAA tournament fate at 9 a.m. Monday, when the 64-team field with 16 regionals is unveiled on ESPN2. The four-team, double-elimination regionals will begin Friday and run through Monday, June 3.
The Lopes were sent to Tucson in 2021 for a regional hosted by Arizona and Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 2022 for a regional hosted by Oklahoma State.
Eleven current GCU players were on the program's last regional team in 2022, including WAC Player of the Year Tyler Wilson and fellow starters such as Elijah Buries, Dustin Crenshaw and Cade Verdusco. Thet group also includes Maxwell Andeel, Beau Ankeney, Daniel Avitia, John Sheehan, Shawn Triplett, Bryan Webb and Carter Young.
GCU earned the conference's automatic berth to an NCAA regional as the WAC regular-season champion because WAC Tournament champion Tarleton State is ineligible for NCAA postseason play in the last year of its Division I transition period.The Lopes get a reprieve for being eliminated from the WAC Tournament on Thursday night with the chance to show the merits of their 23-7 conference season. GCU won the WAC by five games.
"Our guys earned this by winning the WAC over a 30-game schedule," Lopes head coach Gregg Wallis said. "When we lost in the tournament, it was tough. We knew we had one out. And it hit. We're grateful for this opportunity and excited to see where we are going for an NCAA regional."
GCU will learn its NCAA tournament fate at 9 a.m. Monday, when the 64-team field with 16 regionals is unveiled on ESPN2. The four-team, double-elimination regionals will begin Friday and run through Monday, June 3.
The Lopes were sent to Tucson in 2021 for a regional hosted by Arizona and Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 2022 for a regional hosted by Oklahoma State.
Eleven current GCU players were on the program's last regional team in 2022, including WAC Player of the Year Tyler Wilson and fellow starters such as Elijah Buries, Dustin Crenshaw and Cade Verdusco. Thet group also includes Maxwell Andeel, Beau Ankeney, Daniel Avitia, John Sheehan, Shawn Triplett, Bryan Webb and Carter Young.
𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆. 🙌
— Grand Canyon Baseball (@GCU_Baseball) May 26, 2024
The WAC regular-season champion by five games, the Lopes are going to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years! pic.twitter.com/WssfKW1Vmb
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