Grand Canyon becomes the 4th team to earn a trip to the 2019 NCBA DI World Series and so far the first team to make it in back-to-back seasons. Last year, GCU made it all the way to the National Semifinals but came up short. This year, just like last year they took on UC-Santa Barbara in the Southern Pacific Regional Tournament Championship. Only difference this year is that GCU came from the winners bracket and defeated the Gauchos 7-6 to move onto the NCBA DI World Series.