OREM, Utah — Utah Valley University women's basketball is going dancing. The Wolverines have received their first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament following California Baptist's WAC Tournament Championship win on Saturday. 

CBU, which moved to 25-0 on the year with its win over Grand Canyon, is in its third year transitioning to NCAA Division I and not yet eligible for the NCAA Tournament. The WAC Council (league athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athlete representatives) initially voted prior to the conference season that should California Baptist win both the WAC regular season and tournament, that the team that finished second in the regular season would represent the league. That vote was later supported by the league presidents. 

"Obviously it's not a conventional way to go to the tournament but it's the way the rules were decided. Having been to the tournament several times myself as a coach, it's an experience I'd love for my girls to have," UVU head coach Dan Nielson said. "California Baptist has had such a great year. It is a shame that they can't go because they really are a fantastic team and Coach Jarrod Olsen has done such a great job and done something that most coaches don't get to do, which is go undefeated."

Utah Valley is currently 13-6 overall on the season and went 10-4 in WAC play, its most wins and best finish since joining the league in 2013-14. The Wolverines also had four representatives earn All-WAC honors, including first-team selections Maria Carvalho and Josie Williams. Shay Fano and Nehaa Sohail both received honorable mention All-WAC. 

The NCAA Tournament Selection Show will air Monday evening on ESPN.