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🙏 A Lasting Legacy
🏀 Road Dub
🙌 Welcome Home
​🦁 And much more!

🦁 A LASTING LEGACY

Dr. James Jarrett, Old Dominion’s director of athletics for 40 years, who turned ODU into a women’s basketball and field hockey national powerhouse, guided the University’s rise in men’s basketball and led the athletics program into Division I, passed away peacefully at his Norfolk home Thursday night surrounded by family.

Jarrett, 88, a native of Decatur, Illinois, came to ODU in 1967 as an associate professor in Health and Physical Education and quickly became a force for change at the university. A graduate of Southern Illinois and Florida State, where he received his PhD., he was named ODU’s director of athletics in 1970, replacing long-time AD Bud Metheny.

Under Jarrett’s leadership, ODU became the first college or university in Virginia to offer athletics scholarships to women in 1974 and as a result, the University became a national women’s sports powerhouse.

ODU won women’s basketball national championships in 1979, 1980 and 1985.

🦁 More On Jarrett’s Lasting Legacy

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Road Dub. ODU women’s hoops secured a late 56-53 victory against a gritty William & Mary squad on Sunday afternoon at Kaplan Arena.

Simaru Fields made a go-ahead three pointer with 1:26 remaining to give the Monarchs a three-point lead in the dying embers.

Fields and En’Dya Buford paced the offense for 35 points between the two guards. ODU grabbed 49 rebounds with 21 offensive rebounds, shot 40% from the three-point line, and 71% from the free throw line. ODU’s defense held the Tribe to 32.2% shooting from the field and 11.1% from behind the arc.

🏀 The Full Recap

🔼 Tourney Tandem. A pair of Monarchs brought home some hardware from the BIG EAST Field Hockey Tournament.

ODU midfielders Nicolette Saccomandi and Sian Emslie were both recognized.

Saccomandi, a junior out of Thorton, Pennsylvania, started all 18 games this season. Scoring a goal against Villanova and owning seven assists, she etched nine points for her third season as a Monarch. 

Emslie, a senior out of Canterbury Kent, England, started 15 games this season and leads the team with 23 points on eight goals and seven assists. She ranks third in points, sixth in assists, eighth in goals and is a member of the All-BIG EAST second team.

🦁 MONARCH TRIVIA

Sunday’s victory in Williamsburg marked the third time in four games this season that ODU has held the opposition to 60 points or less.

How many times did the Monarchs hold their opponents to 60 or less last year?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

🗓️ ON THE DOCKET

Tuesday, November 18th
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Xavier @ 7pm

Thursday, November 20th
🏊 Swimming at Navy Invitational

Friday, November 21st
🏀 Women’s Basketball at East Carolina @ 11am
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Morgan State @ 7pm
🏊 Swimming at Navy Invitational

Saturday, November 22nd
🏈 Football at Georgia Southern @ 1pm
🏊 Swimming at Navy Invitational

Sunday, November 23rd
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. North Carolina Central @ 2pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Drexel @ 2pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 14 times

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