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What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!
🏈 The Royal Rumble
⚽️ All Tied Up
🏀 Back In The Lab
✍️ And much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 The Royal Rumble. This one needs no introduction. It’s JMU week.
ODU returns home to open Sun Belt Conference play against longtime foe and undefeated JMU in the annual TowneBank Royal Rivalry game on Saturday night at Ballard Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+.
🏈 Previewing The Matchup
🎥 Coach Rahne’s Weekly Press Conference
🎟️ Buy Tickets For Saturday’s Showdown
🔼 All Tied Up. On a night filled with wind and damp conditions, the ODU women’s soccer team opened up Sun Belt play by battling Louisiana to a 0-0 scoreless draw on Thursday night at the ODU Soccer Complex.
Ellie Goodrich played all 90 minutes and recorded her third clean sheet of the season while making two saves to keep the game level.
🔼 Lauding Lucia. For the first time in her career, ODU women’s golf standout Lucia Gonzalez has been named the Sun Belt Women’s Golfer of the Week.
A fourth year from Monterrey, Mexico, Gonzalez led the Monarchs at the Lady Paladin Invitational last weekend at the Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, South Carolina.
After hitting an opening round of 73 on Friday and carding a 70 in Saturday’s second round, she entered Sunday’s final round tied for 12th place at one-under par. Gonzalez proceeded to make seven birdies with a four-under 68 for her final trip around the course. That effort propelled her into a tie for eighth place at five-under 211.
🔼 Back In The Lab. With just under 40 days separating us from the return of ODU hoops, the Monarchs hit the court this week for the first official practices for the upcoming 2026-27 seasons.
🦁 CALLED TO THE HALL
This weekend, ODU Athletics will officially enshrine five Monarch legends into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame.
This year’s class includes Maggie Simmermacher (Women’s Golf), Tim Hopkinson (Men’s Soccer), Sarah Breen (Field Hockey), Taylor Heinicke (Football), and Daniel Hudson (Baseball).
The five Monarch legends will be inducted during the Jeff & Billye Chernitzer Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner, which is scheduled for Friday night in Chartway Arena.
🗓️ ON THE DOCKET
* All Times are Eastern
Friday, September 25th
🏐 Volleyball vs. App State @ 6 pm l Tickets
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA All-American Championships (Cary, N.C.)
Saturday, September 26th
🏈 Football vs. JMU @ 6 pm l Tickets l ESPN+
⛵️ Sailing at St. Mary’s (Md.)
Sunday, September 27th
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Saint Louis @ 11 am
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at App State @ 1 pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Georgia Southern @ 7 pm
⛵️ Sailing at St. Mary’s (Md.)
Monday, September 28th
🏑 Field Hockey at William & Mary @ 6 pm
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Ironwood Collegiate Classic (Greenville, N.C.)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Tot Hill Farm Invitational (Asheboro, N.C.)
Tuesday, September 29th
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Ironwood Collegiate Classic (Greenville, N.C.)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Tot Hill Farm Invitational (Asheboro, N.C.)
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