There was a ton of great action Thursday as Wisconsin defeated Baylor 25-27, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19 and Stanford defeated Minnesota 25-19, 25-22, 25-22 to set up a Stanford-Wisconsin final Saturday-night NCAA Tournament championship-match final.
VolleyballMag.com’s Ed Chan, Michael Gomez, and Tim Britt captured the action. Just click on any photo to view it full size.
And if you missed the semifinals or want to prep for the title match, you can find our coverage here:
Semifinal 1: Wisconsin vs Baylor
Semifinal 2: Stanford vs Minnesota
Our Wisconsin feature
Our feature on defending-champion Stanford
NCAA Final preview
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- Stanford setter Jenna Gray dumps against Minnesota’s Taylor Morgan/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Stanford cheerleading squad/Michael Gomez photography
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- Regan Pittman hits the overpass unopposed/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Tiffany Clark lunges for a tipped ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Wisconsin’s Molly Haggerty, Danielle Hart, and Madison Duello celebrate/TechandPhoto Images
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- Regan Pittman snaps a spike past Madeleine Gates/Michael Gomez photography
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- CC McGraw waits to serve/Michael Gomez photography
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- Tiffany Clark, Molly Haggerty, Dana Rettke, Izzy Ashburn, Sydney Hilley celebrate the semifinal win/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Lauren Barnes comes up with a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Lauren Barnes yells in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- CC McGraw makes the pancake dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Grace Loberg and Hannah Lockin joust/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Jenna Gray dumps on two/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Marieke van der Mark leaps to celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Wisconsin’s Grace Loberg finds a line opening/TechandPhoto Images
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- Adanna Rollins receives the ball for serve/Michael Gomez photography
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- Baylor”s Yossiana Pressley reaches way over/Michael Gomez photography
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- CC McGraw leaps in celebration/Michael Gomez photography
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- Morgan Hentz and Jenna Gray vie for the ball/Michael Gomez photography
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- Baylor’s Hannah Lockin reaches to joust/Michael Gomez photography
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- Adanna Rollins is stopped by Holly Campbell and Kathryn Plummer/Michael Gomez photography
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- Gia Milana and Shelly Stafford celebrates the stuff block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Badgers thank their fans/Michael Gomez photography
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- CC McGraw digs a ball/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kathryn Plummer gets her hands on the Baylor attack/Michael Gomez photography
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- Lauren Barnes jumps in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz lays out for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz acknowledges a teammates’ block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kevin Hambly communicates with his squad/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kathryn Plummer blasts a ball past Taylor Morgan and Stephanie Samedy
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- Yossiana Pressley reaches high for a spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- Meghan McClure prepares to serve/Michael Gomez photography
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- Jenna Gray jump sets/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Dana Rettke hits a Sydney Hilley slide set/TechandPhoto Images
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- Gia Milana and Shelly Stafford are all smiles after a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kylie Miller sets against the PPG Paints arena backdrop/Michael Gomez photography
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- Shelly Stafford, Marieke van der Mark are ecstatic after a Baylor point/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley elevates for a spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- Adanna Rollins is congratulated by her teammates after a block/Michael Gomez photography
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- Marieke van der Mark turns her lefty swing line/TechandPhoto Images
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- Dana Rettke leaps into the Wisconsin huddle/TechandPhoto Images
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- The Stanford bench celebrates/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Gia Milana rips a spike angle/TechandPhoto Images
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- The Wisconsin Badgers pregame huddle/Michael Gomez photography
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- Stephanie Samedy flies to reach the back row set/Michael Gomez photography
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- Lauren Barnes takes flight after a ball off the back line/TechandPhoto Images
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- Morgan Hentz lunges for a dig/TechandPhoto Images
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- Dana Rettke gets a one-on-one opportunity against Yossiana Pressley/TechandPhoto Images
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- Baylor celebrates/Michael Gomez photography
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- Wisconsin volleyball in pregame introductions/Michael Gomez photography
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- Tara Wulf makes a running bump set/Michael Gomez photography
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- Madison Duello takes a high swing off the hands/TechandPhoto Images
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- Kathryn Plummerturn a back row spike inside out/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stephanie Samedy is all smiles/Michael Gomez photography
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- Madeleine Gates goes one-on-one against Alexis Hart/Michael Gomez photography
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- Dana Rettke leaps in jubilation/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Taylor Morgan, CC McGraw, Kylie Miller celebrate/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Wisconsin bench congratulates their starters/TechandPhoto Images
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- Tiffany Clark enjoys the moment/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Gia Milana spikes as her teammates cover/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Wisconsin’s Tiffany Clark goes all out for a dig in Thursday’s NCAA national semifinals/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Wisconsin’s Grace Loberg jousts with Baylor’s Hannah Lockin/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley hits as long serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kylie Miller sets as Kathryn Plummer keeps an eye on the dump/Michael Gomez photography
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- Holly Campbell reaches high for a quick set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz lays out for the pancake/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- M.E. Dodge celebrates a Grace Loberg block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Taylor Morgan gets way up for a kill/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Lauren Barnes leaps into the huddle/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley winds up for a spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- The Stanford cheering squad is anxious for a win/Michael Gomez photography
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- Baylor’s Shelly Stafford finds her way through the block/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Stanford crowd supports their team/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stephanie Samedy celebrates/Michael Gomez photography
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- Minnesota’s Taylor Morgan hits over Stanford’s Holly Campbell and Meghan McClure/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Bri Coleman serves at PPG Paints Arena/Michael Gomez photography
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- Alexis Hart goes high hands against the Stanford block/Michael Gomez photography
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- Danielle Hart swings at a slide set/Michael Gomez photography
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- Taylor Morgan and Airi Miyabe celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Ryan McGuyre and Kelly Sheffield enjoy a light moment before their national semifinal/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- M.E. Dodge and Molly Haggerty hug after the Badgers’ semifinal win/Michael Gomez photography
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- Meghan McClure reaches for an angle spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- Baylor’s Marieke van der Mark and Shelly Stafford hug/TechandPhoto Images
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- Wisconsin volleyball reaches the national final/TechandPhoto Images
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- Minnesota’s Stephanie Samedy had 13 kills Thursday against Stanford/TechandPhoto Images
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- Kate Formico and Caitie Baird chest bump/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford takes a team jump to celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke and Sydney Hilley, celebrating a block at last year’s NCAA Championship, lead the top-ranked Badgers into the spring 2021 season/Michael Gomez photography
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- Madeleine Gates hits around the block of Regan Pittman/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kathryn Plummer and Holly Campbell shut down this spike attempt by Stephanie Samedy/Michael Gomez photography
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- Stephanie Samedy celebrates with her team/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Stanford tree/Michael Gomez photography
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- Wisconsin celebrates/Michael Gomez photography
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- Madeleine Gates and Kathryn Plummer put up a formidable block for Stanford/TechandPhoto Images
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- Baylor’s Shelly Stafford is blocked, from left, by Wisconsin’s Madison Duello, Danielle Hart, and Grace Loberg/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kathryn Plummer hitts off the hands of Minnesota’s Taylor Morgan
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- Yossiana Pressley hits angle as the Bears cover/TechandPhoto Images
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- Kathryn Plummer turns a back row set back towards the line/TechandPhoto Images
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- Regan Pittman and her Minnesota teammates celebrate a point against Stanford in the 2019 NCAA semifinals/Michael Gomez photography
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- Sydney Hilley backsets/Michael Gomez photography
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- Gia Milana, Shelly Stafford, Hannah Lockin celebrate the point/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley hits against Madison Duello, Danielle Hart, Grace Loberg/TechandPhoto Images
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- CC McGraw celebrates as the Stanford attack falls wide/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Baylor’s Yossiana Pressley attacks against Wisconsin in the first semifinal Thursday/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Gia Milana, Shelly Stafford, Hannah Lockin celebrate in the Baylor huddle/TechandPhoto Images
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- Yossiana Pressley goes up for a spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Jenna Gray runs the Stanford offense/Michael Gomez photography
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- M.E. Dodge and Dana Rettke celebrate the point/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Baylor middle Kara McGhee blocks with Hannah Lockin/Michael Gomez photography
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- Morgan Hentz extends for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz pursues the ball to the press tables/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- In this shot, Baylor’s Yossiana Pressley gets ready to attack in last year’s NCAA national semifinals in Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints arena. Will we have an NCAA Championship in 2020?/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Stanford band plays/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kathryn Plummer hits out of the back row against Regan Pittman and Kylie Miller/TechandPhoto Images
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- Yossiana Pressley attracts the Wisconsin block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Molly Haggerty takes advantage of the hole in the Baylor block/TechandPhoto Images
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- Stanford’s Morgan Hentz lays out for a dig against Minnesota/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
