Happy Wednesday ODU Fam. It may be September, but this week, the Monarchs are channeling their inner Kevin McCallister.

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

🏠 Protect This House
📚 Class Acts
​🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Protect This House. Rest up ODU fam, we need you this weekend!

Beginning tomorrow night, the Monarchs are set to host six home games in a span of 48 hours.

Off to the best start in program history, the volleyball squad is set to host the ODU Invitational, starting with a showdown with Rutgers tomorrow night at 6 pm. The Monarchs will also battle Radford on Friday (6 pm) and UMES on Saturday (4 pm).

The 19th-ranked field hockey team host a top-20 showdown on Friday afternoon when 11th-ranked Liberty comes to town for a BIG EAST matchup.

Both soccer squads open up Sun Belt Conference this weekend with women’s soccer hosting Coastal Carolina on Friday (7 pm) and men’s soccer welcoming West Virginia on Saturday (7 pm).

🔼 Class Acts. Not only did last year’s ODU football squad earn a bowl victory, they also raised the bar in the classroom.

As a program, the Monarchs piled up a 3.03 grade point average during the 2023-24 academic year.

The 3.03 GPA was the highest for any Sun Belt Conference program and the Monarchs were the only program with a team cumulative GPA above 3.0.

🎙 INSIDE THE LIONS’ DEN

Jump inside the latest edition of the Voices of the Lions Den
as Ted Alexander and co-host Ryan Parncutt are joined by
ODU Football’s Diante Vines and Denzel Lowry.

🦁 MONARCH TRIVIA

This season, former ODU standout Daniel Hudson has been a shining star for the Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen.

Coming out of the pen, Hudson has picked up six wins for LA, his highest win total since 2019.

What’s Hudson’s highest single-season win total during his 15-year MLB career?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom for the answer!

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📅 ON THE DOCKET

Thursday, Sept. 19
🏐 Volleyball vs. Rutgers @ 6pm (ODU Invitational)

Friday, Sept. 20
🏑 Field Hockey vs. #11 Liberty @ 3pm
🏐 Volleyball vs. Radford @ 6pm (ODU Invitational)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Paladin Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Coastal Carolina @ 7pm

Saturday, Sept. 21
🏐 Volleyball vs. UMES @ 4pm (ODU Invitational)
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. West Virginia @ 7pm
⛵️ Sailing at Top 9 Combined (Ithaca, N.Y.)
🏊 Swimming at Blue/Grey Instrasquad
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA All-American (Cary, N.C.)
🎾 Men’s Tennis at ITA All-American (Tulsa, Okla.)

🦁 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 16.

Hudson won 16 games for the 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks.

🦁 Enjoy your day, ODU Fam!