Good morning Monarchs. You feel that?

The goosebumps. The excitement. The smell of the tailgates.

Homecoming Week is HERE!

We’ve got all the details and much more!

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

🦁 Home Sweet Home
🏐 Two-For-One Special
🎟 Grab Your Chance To Win Today!
👑 And much, much more!

🏈 HOMECOMING WEEK

🔼 Home Sweet Home. Old friends, new friends, all sporting the same Blue and Gray!

There’s nothing like homecoming week on college campuses. The gatherings, the stories, the memories made.

ODU is back at Ballard for the third straight Saturday and will be the last time at home until Oct. 21st. Don’t miss out and join the party this weekend in Norfolk!

📝: Game 4 Preview - Homecoming Week at Ballard

🎟: Limited Tickets Remain! Secure Your Seat Today

🎥: Coach Rahne Weekly Press Conference

🙌: What A Crowd!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Two-For-One Special. Peanut Butter and Jelly. Pizza and Wings. Tom and Jerry. Classic combinations that always deliver.

For ODU volleyball, that combination is Myah Conway and Bailey Burgess. The standout duo swept the Sun Belt Conference accolades this week, taking home the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors announced yesterday by the league office.

A junior right side hitter from Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, Conway was named to the Mountaineer Invitational All-Tournament Team after leading the Monarchs with 44 kills (4.00/set) and hitting .371. She also racked up a team-high 50.5 points (4.49/set) to help ODU secure sweeps of West Virginia and Robert Morris last Thursday.
 
Burgess, a sophomore middle blocker out of Raleigh, North Carolina, led the league with 22 blocks (2.00/set) this past week. She tied her career high of nine blocks in the win over the Mountaineers, then followed that up with a six-block outing against the Colonials and another seven versus the Bison. Thanks to her effort at the net, ODU led the Sun Belt last week with 3.27 blocks per set.
 
This marks the third career weekly honor for Conway as she was a two-time CUSA Freshman of the Week in 2021. This is the first career weekly honor for Burgess.

🔼 Give Us Another One. Make it ✌️ straight for the Blue & White.

For the second straight week, ODU has taken home the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honor. Last week, Jason Henderson was recognized, this week, it was kinda the most obvious choice ever… LaMareon James.

James scored a pair of defensive touchdowns in Old Dominion's contest against Wake Forest on Saturday, scoring on an 80-yard fumble return and 66-yard interception return. He is the seventh player in FBS history to score on a fumble and interception return in the same game.

James is tied for the active career lead in non-offensive touchdowns with four. He is tied with Phillip Brooks of Kansas State and Teja Young of Ole Miss.

🔼 Flames Extinguished. No better time to head into conference play than when you’re on a hot streak. 

ODU’s volleyball squad will do just that this weekend after coming away with a thrilling five-set win, 3-2, over in-state rival Liberty on Tuesday night in Norfolk. The Monarchs have now won four of their past five matches heading into the conference opening weekend at Marshall.

Senior Teresa Atilano was phenomenal, turning in a 43-assist, 10-dig double-double, along with five blocks, four aces and two kills for performance to remember leading the Monarchs to victory. Myah Conway, once again, led the squad with 16 kills, while classmate Alice Munari added 11 to the offensive attack.

🔼 It’s Been A While. The last time that ODU started a season with an unbeaten streak of 7+ games, freshman William Arnesen wasn’t born yet.

On Tuesday night, Arnesen brought back the good ole days as his goal in the final 10 minutes proved to be the equalizer as the Monarchs drew a 1-1 tie with visiting VCU on a perfect night on the pitch.

The tie pushes ODU’s streak to seven games at 2-0-5 to start the 2023 season, making it the first time since 2003. That season, the Monarchs went 14-0-1 to start the campaign.

👕 BLUE OUT TO BEAT PROSTATE CANCER

This Saturday, September 23rd the SURF Foundation hosts the “Blue Out to Beat Prostate Cancer” presented by Sentara and Urology of Virginia. The SURF Foundation reminds you that early detection saves lives. One in eight American men will get some form of prostate cancer, and the earlier it's identified, the better the rates of survival.

We're honoring those survivors and asking you to please—get screened.

🎟 The Blue Out to Beat Cancer, Saturday, September 23rd, presented by Sentara and Urology of Virginia.

🎟 GRAB YOUR CHANCE TO WIN TODAY!

Who doesn’t love some great raffle prizes?
Who doesn’t love to support our ODU student-athletes?

Well, BOOM! We’ve got your chance to do both! The ODU Swimming program is hosting its first-ever fall raffle to help support the Monarchs with nearly 20 great prizes to try to win!

Don’t miss out! Grab your chance to win today!

🎟 Check Out The List Of Unbelievable Raffle Prizes

⏱ EARLY DETECTION

Prostate Cancer is more common than you might think. The average age of diagnosis is 66. If you’re 45 years of age as an African American male, or 50 for other groups, you need to be screened for prostate cancer. Early detection can save lives. Talk to your provider this month to see if screening is right for you. Sentara.

Improving health every day.

🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA

The Friendly Confines. There’s nothing like come good old home cooking, right?

Ballard Stadium has been exactly that for the Monarchs over the years, rattling opponents, electrifying the squad and building memories for a lifetime.

ODU has fed off the energy and this weekend, will do so again when it hosts its 87th home game.

Of the previous 86 games at Ballard, how many have the Monarchs won?

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 21
🏐 Volleyball at Marshall @ 6pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Louisiana @ 7pm l Live Stats

Friday, September 22
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. NYCC Collegiate Invitational (Norfolk, Va.)
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Temple @ 2pm l Live Video l Live Stats
🏐 Volleyball at Marshall @ 6pm
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Lady Paladin Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UNC Fall Invitational

Saturday, September 23
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. NYCC Collegiate Invitational (Norfolk, Va.)
🏈 Football vs. Texas A&M-Commerce @ 3:30pm l Live Video l Live Stats
🏊 Swimming vs. Blue/Gray Intrasquad
⛵️ Sailing at Kings Point, N.Y.
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Lady Paladin Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UNC Fall Invitational

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 55-31.

Since 2009, ODU has a .640 winning percentage in the friendly confines of Ballard Stadium.

🦁 Enjoy your day, y’all!