The last four teams in the NCAA volleyball tournament held practices Wednesday, and Ed Chan’s gallery of Baylor, Wisconsin, Stanford, and Minnesota practices is below. Click on any photo for the full-size image.
Also see our additional coverage from Wednesday’s practices:
Four NCAA teams left and each got big help along the way from key transfers
McGuyre, top-seeded Baylor building some bigger than accolades
More of what they said Wednesday from the NCAA championship
- The Baylor team prays at the conclusion of practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Jenna Gray picks up the short ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Jenna Gray makes an overhand dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford poses for a pre-championship photo/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Sydney Hilley sets during the Wisconsin scrimmage/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Baylor’s Ryan McGuyre enjoys a light moment at practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- The dry Pittsburgh climate creates hair-raising conditions/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- A fisheye view of Minnesota warming up/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford coach Kevin Hambly warms up Jenna Gray/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Wisconsin’s Sydney Hilley reaches for a high pass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Ryan McGuyre tests his team’s defense/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Madeleine Gates hits the quick set in practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Wisconsin’s Molly Haggerty practices hitting over the block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Caitie Baird and Natalie Berty take a selfie/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s Rachel Kilkelly lunges for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Dana Rettke serves at PPG Paint arena/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Wisconsin prepares for the national semifinals/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Meghan McClure outraces Morgan Hentz for this pass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s CC McGraw makes a pancake div/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s Stephanie Samedy hits from the backrow as her teammates cover/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s Bayley McMenimen jump sets/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Airi Miyabe blows a bubble during practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Sydney Hilley sets as the Wisconsin offense prepares/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Morgan Hentz scrambles for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Jenna Gray goes up for the tight pass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com