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
- Jenna Gray goes up for the tight pass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Baylor’s Ryan McGuyre enjoys a light moment at practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s Stephanie Samedy hits from the backrow as her teammates cover/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s Rachel Kilkelly lunges for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Madeleine Gates hits the quick set in practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Meghan McClure outraces Morgan Hentz for this pass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Wisconsin’s Sydney Hilley reaches for a high pass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Wisconsin’s Molly Haggerty practices hitting over the block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Sydney Hilley sets as the Wisconsin offense prepares/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s Bayley McMenimen jump sets/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Ryan McGuyre tests his team’s defense/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Morgan Hentz scrambles for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Sydney Hilley sets during the Wisconsin scrimmage/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Minnesota’s CC McGraw makes a pancake div/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
- The Baylor team prays at the conclusion of practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- The dry Pittsburgh climate creates hair-raising conditions/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Caitie Baird and Natalie Berty take a selfie/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 poses for a pre-championship photo/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Stanford’s Jenna Gray makes an overhand dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Airi Miyabe blows a bubble during practice/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
- Jenna Gray picks up the short ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com