NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament – Game 1 — Photo Gallery

This is the photo gallery for Spike, Dig, Kill – Part 1

Stanford (in white) battled USC in the first semi-final. Stanford won in five games.

The Stanford band plays in celebration of the victory.

And the Stanford crowd goes wild.

Stanford vs USA — Photo Gallery

The main posting for this gallery is Stanford vs USA.

The atmosphere was very relaxed and casual before the game. Very different from a WNBA game.

Diana Taurasi is having a chat with Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer.

USA coach Anne Donovan is relaxing on the bench, while assistant coach Mike Thibault chats.

All of a sudden the teams started taking off their warmups and converging mid-court.

Ah, group photo time.

Just in case we didn’t know why we were there.

The teams then exchanged gifts. Wonder what they were.

Then we had tipoff. Lisa Leslie doesn’t look like she even jumped.

The infamous Stanford band and tree mascot kept us entertained during timeouts.

Halftime entertainment were Irish dancers.

Meanwhile back to the game.

Everyone shakes hands for a game well played.

This version of the USA team meet at center court for one last time before they scatterer to their various jobs and teams throughout the world.