The Diamond Heels are back in the NCAA Super Regionals with a trip to the College World Series on the line for the eleventh time since the format change in 1999. Standing in their way is West Virginia, winners of the Tucson Regional last weekend. The Mountaineers put on a dominant underdog sweep of their regional bracket consisting of No. 13 Arizona, Dallas Baptist, and Grand Canyon. They will travel to Chapel Hill as underdogs once again, with an opportunity to go to Omaha for the first time in program history.
West Virginia (36-22, 19-11) finished fourth in their conference and had question marks about securing an NCAA Tournament bid after going two-and-out in the Big 12 tournament.