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