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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- Baylor”s Yossiana Pressley reaches way over/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kathryn Plummer turns a back row set back towards the line/TechandPhoto Images
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- Morgan Hentz pursues the ball to the press tables/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz acknowledges a teammates’ block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Madison Duello takes a high swing off the hands/TechandPhoto Images
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- Baylor middle Kara McGhee blocks with Hannah Lockin/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Wisconsin Badgers pregame huddle/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Stanford cheering squad is anxious for a win/Michael Gomez photography
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- Gia Milana, Shelly Stafford, Hannah Lockin celebrate in the Baylor huddle/TechandPhoto Images
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- Stephanie Samedy celebrates/Michael Gomez photography
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- Baylor’s Hannah Lockin reaches to joust/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kylie Miller sets against the PPG Paints arena backdrop/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Stanford tree/Michael Gomez photography
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- Stephanie Samedy celebrates with her team/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kathryn Plummerturn a back row spike inside out/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Meghan McClure reaches for an angle spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- Yossiana Pressley elevates for a spike/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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- M.E. Dodge celebrates a Grace Loberg block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Marieke van der Mark leaps to celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Baylor’s Marieke van der Mark and Shelly Stafford hug/TechandPhoto Images
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- Taylor Morgan, CC McGraw, Kylie Miller celebrate/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 hits a Sydney Hilley slide set/TechandPhoto Images
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- CC McGraw celebrates as the Stanford attack falls wide/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Danielle Hart swings at a slide set/Michael Gomez photography
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- CC McGraw makes the pancake dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz lays out for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Regan Pittman hits the overpass unopposed/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Stanford crowd supports their team/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Dana Rettke gets a one-on-one opportunity against Yossiana Pressley/TechandPhoto Images
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- Wisconsin celebrates/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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- Grace Loberg and Hannah Lockin joust/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Lauren Barnes comes up with a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- M.E. Dodge and Dana Rettke celebrate the point/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley reaches high for a spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- Kathryn Plummer gets her hands on the Baylor attack/Michael Gomez photography
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- Wisconsin’s Molly Haggerty, Danielle Hart, and Madison Duello celebrate/TechandPhoto Images
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- Lauren Barnes leaps into the huddle/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Jenna Gray jump sets/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Madeleine Gates hits around the block of Regan Pittman/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley attracts the Wisconsin block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- CC McGraw waits to serve/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kate Formico and Caitie Baird chest bump/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kathryn Plummer hitts off the hands of Minnesota’s Taylor Morgan
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- Taylor Morgan and Airi Miyabe celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- CC McGraw leaps in celebration/Michael Gomez photography
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- Gia Milana and Shelly Stafford are all smiles after a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Stanford bench celebrates/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley prepares for a spike in the PPG Paints arena/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Baylor’s Shelly Stafford finds her way through the block/Michael Gomez photography
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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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- Stephanie Samedy is all smiles/Michael Gomez photography
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- Wisconsin’s Grace Loberg finds a line opening/TechandPhoto Images
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- Regan Pittman snaps a spike past Madeleine Gates/Michael Gomez photography
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- Wisconsin volleyball in pregame introductions/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Wisconsin bench congratulates their starters/TechandPhoto Images
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- Tiffany Clark lunges for a tipped ball/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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- Molly Haggerty takes advantage of the hole in the Baylor block/TechandPhoto Images
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- The Badgers thank their fans/Michael Gomez photography
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- Holly Campbell reaches high for a quick set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Alexis Hart goes high hands against the Stanford block/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kevin Hambly communicates with his squad/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Gia Milana, Shelly Stafford, Hannah Lockin celebrate the point/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Madeleine Gates and Kathryn Plummer put up a formidable block for Stanford/TechandPhoto Images
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- Jenna Gray runs the Stanford offense/Michael Gomez photography
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- Stanford takes a team jump to celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Morgan Hentz extends for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Regan Pittman celebrates in the Minnesota huddle/Michael Gomez photography
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- Morgan Hentz and Jenna Gray vie for the ball/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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- Taylor Morgan gets way up for a kill/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Adanna Rollins is congratulated by her teammates after a block/Michael Gomez photography
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- Gia Milana spikes as her teammates cover/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Adanna Rollins receives the ball for serve/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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- Baylor celebrates/Michael Gomez photography
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- Stanford setter Jenna Gray dumps against Minnesota’s Taylor Morgan/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Kathryn Plummer blasts a ball past Taylor Morgan and Stephanie Samedy
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- Minnesota’s Stephanie Samedy had 13 kills Thursday against Stanford/TechandPhoto Images
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- Yossiana Pressley winds up for a spike/TechandPhoto Images
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- Marieke van der Mark turns her lefty swing line/TechandPhoto Images
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- Meghan McClure prepares to serve/Michael Gomez photography
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- M.E. Dodge and Molly Haggerty hug after the Badgers’ semifinal win/Michael Gomez photography
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- Tara Wulf makes a running bump set/Michael Gomez photography
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- The Stanford band plays/Michael Gomez photography
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- Adanna Rollins is stopped by Holly Campbell and Kathryn Plummer/Michael Gomez photography
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- Lauren Barnes takes flight after a ball off the back line/TechandPhoto Images
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- Wisconsin volleyball reaches the national final/TechandPhoto Images
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- Morgan Hentz lunges for a dig/TechandPhoto Images
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- Lauren Barnes jumps in celebration/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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- Dana Rettke leaps into the Wisconsin huddle/TechandPhoto Images
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- Jenna Gray dumps on two/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Morgan Hentz lays out for a dig against Minnesota/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Bri Coleman serves at PPG Paints Arena/Michael Gomez photography
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- Morgan Hentz lays out for the pancake/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Gia Milana and Shelly Stafford celebrates the stuff block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Stanford cheerleading squad/Michael Gomez photography
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- Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke and Sydney celebrate a block/Michael Gomez photography
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- Kylie Miller sets as Kathryn Plummer keeps an eye on the dump/Michael Gomez photography
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- Baylor’s Yossiana Pressley attacks against Wisconsin in the first semifinal Thursday/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- CC McGraw digs a ball/Michael Gomez photography
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- Stephanie Samedy flies to reach the back row set/Michael Gomez photography
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- Yossiana Pressley hits angle as the Bears cover/TechandPhoto Images
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- Yossiana Pressley hits against Madison Duello, Danielle Hart, Grace Loberg/TechandPhoto Images
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- Yossiana Pressley goes up for a spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Yossiana Pressley hits as long serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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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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- Kathryn Plummer and Holly Campbell shut down this spike attempt by Stephanie Samedy/Michael Gomez photography
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- Gia Milana rips a spike angle/TechandPhoto Images
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- Dana Rettke leaps in jubilation/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Lauren Barnes yells in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Sydney Hilley backsets/Michael Gomez photography
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- Tiffany Clark enjoys the moment/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
