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