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