Monarch Brew 11/20: Feeling Just Peachy

Monarchs Drill Game-Winning FG To Take Down Ga Southern

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Monarch Brew Crew
November 20, 2023

Good Morning Monarchs! How about some fresh peaches with your breakfast? Maybe a little Peach cobbler for dessert at lunch today?

Those peaches may taste a little sweeter after a BIG time win in Statesboro and a shot at bowl eligibility this weekend at 🏠!

Plus, the women’s hoops squad keeps on ROLLIN’!

What all do we have stirring in today’s edition of the Brew? Check it out!

🏈 Feeling Just Peachy
🏀 Four The Kids
🤝 Building Bonds
👑 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Aren’t You A Peach. We’re not sure if Ethan Sanchez enjoys a good peach, but we surely enjoy him.

Sanchez capped off a thrilling victory with a 22-yard field goal as time expired to give the Monarchs a 20-17 road victory over Georgia Southern and give them a chance to earn bowl eligibility with a victory this Saturday.

It was one of the best defensive efforts in recent years as the Eagles entered the game averaging nearly 33 points and almost 450 yard per game, but the Monarchs locked down, limiting GSU to just 354 yards of total offense and only 17 points.

Junior QB Grant Wilson managed the offense all day, finishing 17-of-27 with 182 yards, a passing TD and a receiving TD… yes, you read that right.

🔼 Four The Kids. There’s no home court advantage or noise level quite like Education Day.

For those in attendance, their ears may still be ringing after ODU women moved to 4-0 with a decisive 57-38 victory over visiting Texas Southern on Friday.

With over 2,500 Norfolk area school children screaming their heads off, the Monarchs used a stifling defensive effort and other balanced scoring attack to reach 4-0 for the first time since 2012-13.

En'Dya Buford led the way for the Monarchs, scoring 10 points with five rebounds and four steals. Brenda Fontana and Mimi McCollister each had eight points each, while Simone Cunningham and Kaye Clark both chipped in seven points.

ODU has forced 20+ turnovers in each of the first four games and are limiting the opposition to just 44.8 points per game.

🔼 The Smartt Thing To Do - Pass To Stone. The pipeline continues! Norfolk to the NFL.

Stone Smartt… Welcome to the RedZone Channel.

The former Monarch hauled in his first career NFL TD in the Chargers’ trip to historic Lambeau field, taking a pass from Justin Herbert and scampering 51 yards to paydirt.

On the year, he’s played in 10 games, starting three, while having three catches for 80 yards.

🔼 Another Building Block. Four years down. More wins than ever. A bright future ahead.

The ODU volleyball team had their 2023 season come to a close after posting a program record for wins in a season with 14. The Monarchs dropped a three-set decision to Louisiana in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

Junior Myah Conway finished the season like she had played all year long with a 12-kill, 11-dig double-double to lead the way.

🔼 Chart Climbers. Move over T-Swift, we’ve got our own chart climbers right here in Norfolk.

After a dominant fall season, the Monarchs men’s squad had not one, but ✌️ doubles duos ranked in the top-35 nationally in the final ITA fall rankings.

On the strength of their run to the ITA Fall Nationals finals earlier this month, Connor van Schalkwyk and Codie van Schalkwyk finished the fall season ranked sixth nationally. This marks the highest ranked doubles team under Coach Mueller and the second highest in school history.
 
Cosme Rolland De Ravel and Jakob Cadonau earned an automatic bid to the ITA Fall Nationals by winning the ITA Atlantic Regional last month and now are ranked 33rd nationally heading into the spring.

🤝 BUILDING BONDS

It’s all about impacting generations around us.

A slew of Monarchs did just that last week, spending the morning at nearby Coleman Place Elementary to form friendships, build bonds and impact our future generations.

🎙 COACH SPEAK

How did the Monarchs pull it off in Statesboro?

How will they prepare for Senior Day and earning bowl eligiblity?

Learn it all and so much more TONIGHT at the Coach Rahne Coach’s Show at the Dirty Buffalo in Chesapeake!

Dirty Buffalo Chesapeake
612 Grassfield Pkwy
Chesapeake, VA 23322

🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA

The ODU women have owned the glass to start the 2023-24 season.

Through four games, the Monarchs have outrebounded their opponents in every game and are averaging a margin of +12.

Dating back to the end of the 2021-22 campaign, what is ODU’s record in the past 25 games in which they have outrebounded their opponent?

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

Wednesday, November 22
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Princeton @ 4pm

Saturday, November 25
🏈 Football vs. Georgia State @ 2pm

Sunday, November 26
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Drexel @ 2pm

Tuesday, November 28
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Elon @ 6:30pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 21-4.

The Lady Monarchs have won 21 of the past 25 matchups in which they’ve owned the glass. That includes a 16-3 ledger in such contests last season.

🦁 Let’s Get This Week Started, Y’all!