TGIF, ODU Fam. A week full of lab work. Now, it’s time to lace ‘em up.

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

🏈 Rivalry Week
📈 Raising The Bar
🏀 Coming Soon
​🦁 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Rivalry Week. Bounce back week for the ODU football team is here as the Monarchs get set for a second straight road game, a rivalry showdown with the Dukes of JMU.

Sitting at 4-2 overall, ODU looks to keep pace at the top of the Sun Belt East Division standings when they travel to Harrisonburg for a 3:30 pm Saturday afternoon matchup.

It is the second TowneBank Royal Rivalry matchup of the season after ODU women’s soccer brought home a 1-0 victory over the Dukes last month.

🏈 Game Preview: ODU at JMU

🔼 Raising The Bar. The three words repeated by every Old Dominion men’s basketball player when the team breaks from a huddle says it all about the expectations the Monarchs have for themselves for the 2025-26 season.

“Sun Belt Champions,” they say in unison.

ODU last won a championship nearly seven years ago, when the Monarchs won three thrilling games in three nights to claim the 2019 Conference USA title in Frisco, Texas.

Coming off ODU's best recruiting season in a long time, hopes are very high this season. Lindy’s Magazine picks ODU to finish second in the Sun Belt.

But it was clear at Wednesday night’s Meet the Monarchs event that this team’s goals don’t include finishing second.

🏀 Max With Minium: Expectations Are High As Tip-Off Draws Near

🔼 Coming Soon. Tick, tick, tick.

The time is almost here. Monarch hoops are coming. 17 days away from tipoff.

🏀 The 2025-26 ODU Men’s Hoops Schedule

🏀 The 2025-26 ODU Women’s Hoops Schedule

🦁 MONARCH TRIVIA

Earlier this week, Jared Koenig became the fifth former Monarch to appear in a MLB league championship series when he tossed 1.2 scoreless innings against the Dodgers.

Who was the first ODU alum to appear in a league championship series?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

🗓️ ON THE DOCKET

Friday, October 17th
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Temple @ 12pm
🏊 Swimming vs. Gardner-Webb @ 4:30pm
🏐 Volleyball vs. Georgia State @ 6pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Louisiana @ 7pm
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Evie Odom Invitational (Virginia Beach, Va.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Atlantic Regionals (Blacksburg, Va.)

Saturday, October 18th
🏊 Swimming vs. Gardner-Webb @ 9:30am
🏐 Volleyball vs. Georgia State @ 2pm
🏈 Football at JMU @ 3:30pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. UCF @ 7pm
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Evie Odom Invitational (Virginia Beach, Va.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Atlantic Regionals (Blacksburg, Va.)

Sunday, October 19th
🏑 Field Hockey at Delaware @ 1pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Atlantic Regionals (Blacksburg, Va.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: John Montague (California Angels in 1979 against Baltimore)

🦁 Let’s go Monarchs!