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Monarch Brew 5/3: Best Part? We're Not Done Yet!
Monarchs Looking To Add To Already Banner Year
Monarch Brew Crew
May 03, 2024
TGIF ODU Fam. Entering the final month of the 2023-2024 athletic calendar, it’s already been truly a banner year for the Monarchs.
The best part about it?
We’ve got a jam packed Brew for you today! Check it out below!
💃 Dancing On Their Own
⛵️ Award-Winning Duo
🥍 Hey Arnold!
👑 And much, much more!
🏆 MAX WITH MINIUM: A BANNER YEAR
With four conference titles already in Norfolk, throw in a bowl game and another possible trophy on the diamond, it’s truly been a banner year for ODU Athletics.
Max with Minium goes in-depth on what the tennis titles have added to this already highly successful season.
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Showtime. The quest begins NOW.
Fresh off a sweep of the Sun Belt Conference Championships, the ODU tennis squad are set to kick off their NCAA Tournament journey beginning this afternoon in Raleigh.
Both teams drew the same opponent, South Carolina.
The men’s team is set to take the courts on Friday afternoon at 1, while the women will open up play on Saturday at 11 am.
🔼 Hey Arnold! It may have been only one season, but Emma Arnold left her impact on the ODU women’s lacrosse program.
A grad transfer from Lindenwood, Arnold led the Monarchs in goals and points in her only season in Norfolk, scoring 33 goals and 41 points this season. She started all 16 games, and also led the Monarchs with 57 draw controls and 27 caused turnovers.
For her outstanding play, Arnold was named to the First Team All-Conference squad this week.
🔼 Dancing On Their Own. While both the ODU men’s and women’s tennis squads are ready for the opening round of the big dance this weekend.
Some members of both squads have already secured spots to dance on their own at the 2024 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships later this month.
On the women’s side, Sofia Johnson earned the Sun Belt’s automatic bid, while the brotherly duo of Connor van Schalkwyk and Codie van Schalkwyk earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships.
The NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships will run May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The tournament draw will be announced on May 19.
🔼 Award Winning Duo. We’ll take two, please!
Rider Odom was named the MAISA Sports Person of the Year, while Odom and Parker Purrington earned second team All-MAISA honors, the MAISA announced on Wednesday.
Odom and Purrington have each been four-year starters for the Monarchs as skippers, helping ODU to a 13th place finish at last year’s open western semifinals.
This year, the Monarchs qualified as an at-large entry into the open semifinals which commence on May 24-25 in Boston, Massachusetts.
🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA
This weekend, the ODU baseball squad hits the road for a critical three-game Sun Belt series at Texas State, beginning this evening.
It’s another opportunity for the arsenal of Monarch arms to flex their muscles as they enter this weekend leading the Sun Belt with a 3.97 ERA.
Where does ODU rank nationally in that category?
Got a guess?
Scroll down to the bottom of this email and see if you had the right answer!
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📅 WHAT’S ON TAP?
Friday, May 3
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. South Carolina @ 1pm (NCAAs- Raleigh, N.C.)
⚾️ Baseball at Texas State @ 7pm
Saturday, May 4
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. South Carolina @ 11am (NCAAs - Raleigh, N.C.)
⚾️ Baseball at Texas State @ 3:30pm
Sunday, May 5
⚾️ Baseball at Texas State @ 12pm
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: Ninth.
Through games played on May 1, the Monarchs rank sixth in the country in WHIP (1.24), eighth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.97), ninth in ERA (3.97), 13th in walks allowed per nine innings (3.29) and 15th in hits allowed per nine innings (7.91). Old Dominion pitchers are holding opposing hitters to a .235 average against them.
🦁 Enjoy the weekend, y’all!