Good Morning, ODU Fam. The Monarchs are ready to unleash the roar with a JAM-PACKED weekend of action!
What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!
🏐 Opening Acts
⚽️ Making The List
🎥 The Rise Of The Pride: Episode 1
🦁 And much more!
🎥 MONARCHS+: THE RISE OF THE PRIDE
The offseason started as soon as the final buzzer sounded last year for the ODU men's basketball program. Go behind the scenes as the Monarchs went to work rebuilding their roster, team chemistry and much more in the first episode in our "Rise Of The Pride" series.
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Opening Acts. A busy weekend is in store for ODU Athletics, with plenty of opportunities for Monarch fans to check out some action.
ODU volleyball opens its season by hosting the Quest for the Crown at the ODU Volleyball Center, facing USC Upstate and St. John’s on Friday before closing the tournament against Elon on Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, the men’s soccer team looks to keep its hot start rolling when the 2-0 Monarchs host Lehigh Friday night at 7 p.m.
On the road, ODU field hockey begins its 2026 campaign with a challenging weekend in Columbus, Ohio. The Monarchs open against host Ohio State Friday at 4 p.m. before returning to Buckeye Varsity Field Saturday afternoon for a 3 p.m. matchup with Bellarmine.
🔼 Making The List. The resume of ODU women’s soccer star Ashlynn Kulha continues to get longer and longer.
This week, Kulha was named to the Hermann Trophy NCAA Division I Watch List.
The Hermann Trophy is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club and is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year.
Kulha was the first-ever Sun Belt women’s soccer player to earn back-to-back Sun Belt Defender of the Year awards this past season. She has now been awarded Sun Belt Preseason Defender of the Year in back-to-back seasons and was named to the Sun Belt Preseason Team. She also was selected to the All-Southeast Regional Team by the United Soccer Coaches.
🏈 COUNTIN’ DOWN: 8️⃣ DAYS TIL KICKOFF
There are plenty of new, exciting faces on this year’s ODU Football roster, including #8️⃣ Greg Johnson.
Johnson arrives in Norfolk with two years of eligibility left after spending two seasons at Navy and a year at Garden City Community College.
The 5-10, 190-pound hard-hitting safety racked up 65 tackles and five INTs last season and looks to make an immediate impact for the Monarchs this fall.
🗓️ ON THE DOCKET
* All Times are Eastern
Friday, August 28th
🏐 Volleyball vs. USC Upstate @ 10 am
🏑 Field Hockey at Ohio State @ 4 pm
🏐 Volleyball vs. St. John’s @ 7 pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Lehigh @ 7 pm
Saturday, August 29th
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Bellarmine @ 3 pm (Columbus, Ohio)
🏐 Volleyball vs. Elon @ 6 pm
Tuesday, September 1st
🏐 Volleyball at Norfolk State @ 6 pm
Wednesday, September 2nd
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Radford @ 6 pm
Thursday, September 3rd
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Maryland @ 7 pm
Friday, September 4th
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Princeton @ 3 pm (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
🏐 Volleyball vs. Virginia Tech @ 6 pm (Rock Hill, S.C.)
Saturday, September 5th
🏐 Volleyball at Winthrop @ 2 pm
🏈 Football vs. Norfolk State @ 6 pm l ESPN+
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