Happy Hump Day. The crowd. The excitement. The win.

Let’s do it all again! This time, we’ll welcome another ACC team back to Ballard, this time, they’ll be visiting for the first time and playing their first road game of the season.

So let’s welcome them ODU style…

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

🏈 Praise for QB1
⚽️ Tribal Takedown
🎾 Holding Court
👑 And much, much more!

🏈 DATE WITH THE DEMON DEACONS

For the second straight season, an ACC opponent is coming to Norfolk.

This time, Wake Forest visits Ballard Stadium for the first time in program history after their 2020 visit was cancelled.

After an absolute thriller last Saturday over an upstart Louisiana squad, the Monarchs will look to continue their momentum against a 2-0 Wake Forest team that has notched wins against Elon (37-17) and Vanderbilt (36-20).

The Demon Deacons will be playing their first road game of the 2023 season.

🎥: Coach Rahne Weekly Press Conference
🎟: Limited Tickets Remaining
🎥: Victory Vibes

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Grant The Great. Two games into his Monarch career and QB1 is adding to his resume.

In just his second career start, Grant Wilson completed 13-of-19 passes for 247 yards and four touchdown passes and ran for one as well in Old Dominion's 38-31 win over Louisiana on Saturday night.

That performance by Wilson earned him a pair of honors this weekend as he was named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 List and the DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Player of the Week.

Wilson is tied for ninth in the country this season with six touchdown passes.

🔼 There Goes That Man Again. Different year, same result.

Junior star LB Jason Henderson picked up his first Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week accolade after his 17 tackle performance in Saturday’s win over Louisiana.

It’s the fourth weekly conference accolade of his career and second in the Sun Belt.

Henderson currently sits third in the country with 28 tackles through the first two weeks of the season. 2

🔼 Tribal Takedown. It’s been 11 years since the ODU men’s soccer program went unbeaten through the first five games of the season.

Heading into Sun Belt conference play, that’s exactly where the Monarchs (2-0-3) find themselves after a thrilling 1-0 shutout victory on the road at local rival William & Mary on Tuesday night.

It’s the second straight clean sheet for the Blue & White with sophomore keeper Michael Statham coming up with six saves in the victory. Pierce Galloway, a grad student transfer from Williamette, scored his first ODU goal with 10 minutes left in the second half and that would be enough.

🔼 Teeing Off. ODU’s men’s golf team got their 2023-24 campaign off and running this week, earning a top-five finish at the 2023 River Run Collegiate in Davidson, N.C.

As a team, the Monarchs recorded rounds of 288 and 279 on Monday. ODU then recorded a 283 in the final round on Tuesday to finish with a 10-over par total of 850. Last year, the Monarchs finished 13th at the same event, this year, they jumped eight spots to land in the top-five.

🤝 HELPING HANDS

Join us as we team up for a campus wide food drive to benefit so many in our community!

This week kicks off a week long campaign… let’s come together and give back!

👑 JOIN THE TEAM

Our friends at Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists has been serving Hampton Roads for over 100 years and is proud to be the team physicians for ODU Athletics.

With 4 convenient locations, 24 physicians, eight orthopaedic specialties, and 4 walk-in clinics—Atlantic Orthopaedics Specialists is the largest, most comprehensive orthoapedic practice in our region.

🎾 HOLDING COURT

We love our local partners!

Thanks to a great partnership with the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club, the ODU men’s tennis program will host the first-ever NYCC College Tennis Invitational next week.

Local tennis powers Virginia Tech, JMU, William & Mary and College of Charleston will all come to Norfolk for three days of high-level collegiate tennis.

🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA

Earlier we mentioned that this fall is the first time since 2012 that the ODU men’s soccer program has started a season unbeaten through the first five games of the season.

In 2012, the Monarchs got off to a 6-0 start on their way to the CAA Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

During that 2012 CAA Championship game, the Blue & White won a thrilling 1-0 victory. Which Monarch scored the game-winner in that title game?

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

Thursday, September 14
🏐 Volleyball at West Virginia @ 10am l Live Video l Live Stats
🏐 Volleyball vs. Robert Morris @ 3:30pm (at WVU) l Live Video l Live Stats

Friday, September 15
🏐 Volleyball vs. North Dakota St. @ 12pm (at WVU) l Live Video l Live Stats
🏑 Field Hockey at #10 Liberty @ 3pm l Live Video l Live Stats
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Coastal Carolina @ 6pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Kitty Harrison Invitational (Chapel Hill, NC)

Saturday, September 15
🏈 Football vs. Wake Forest @ 12pm l Tickets l Listen Live
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Georgia State @ 7pm l Live Stats
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Kitty Harrison Invitational (Chapel Hill, NC)
⛵️ Sailing at Chesapeake Invitational (Annapolis, Md.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Tribe Invitational (Williamsburg, Va.)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Ivan Militar.

In a battle of two top-25 teams (ODU was 24, Northeastern was 25), sophomore midfielder Ivan Militar scored less than 10 minutes into the second half to supply the game-winner for the Monarchs.

🦁 Enjoy your Wednesday Monarchs!