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