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