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Women’s Golf

Women’s Golf is one of the intercollegiate sports played at Old Dominion University (ODU). Matches are played at the Lambert’s Point Golf Course. The women’s golf team is currently a member of the Sun Belt Conference. History The women’s golf team made their debut in the fall of 2003 under head coach Patrick Kotten. Leah… read more »

Men’s Golf

Men’s Golf is one of the intercollegiate sports played at Old Dominion University (ODU). Matches are played at Lambert’s Point Golf Course. The golf team is a member of the Sun Belt Conference. History Men’s golf has been played at ODU since the 1940s and gained National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I status for… read more »

Women’s Tennis

Women’s Tennis is one of the intercollegiate sports played at Old Dominion University (ODU). Matches are currently played at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center. The women’s tennis team is a member of the Sun Belt Conference. History While tennis has been an intramural sport at ODU as far back as the 1950s, women’s tennis became… read more »

Men’s Tennis

Men’s Tennis is one of the intercollegiate sports played at Old Dominion University (ODU). Matches are currently played at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center. The men’s tennis team is a member of the Sun Belt Conference. History While tennis has been an intramural sport at ODU as far back as the 1930s, men’s tennis gained… read more »

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is one of the intercollegiate sports at Old Dominion University (ODU). Lacrosse games at ODU are currently played at L.R. Hill Sports Complex at the corner of 43rd Street and Powhatan Avenue. The lacrosse team is part of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). History Women’s lacrosse began as an intermural club sport in 1978,… read more »

Volleyball

Volleyball is one of the intercollegiate athletic sports played at Old Dominion University (ODU). Volleyball’s first season was in 2020, and games take place at the ODU Volleyball Center, which is located right next to the Jim Jarret Athletic Administration Building. The volleyball team is part of the Sun Belt Conference. History In 2019, it… read more »

Rowing

Women’s Rowing has been a varsity sport at Old Dominion University (ODU) since its inception in 2008. The main facility for the rowing team is the Women’s Intercollegiate Rowing Center located on the north side of Lakewood Park off the Lafayette River. History Women’s rowing was a club sport at Old Dominion dating back to… read more »

Women’s Soccer at ODU

Women’s Soccer at Old Dominion University (ODU) takes place at the ODU Soccer Complex located off 43rd Street. History Women’s Soccer began at ODU in 1994, when the university was part of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) conference, with Joe Pereira as the first Head Coach. In 2021, the Women’s Soccer team won their first Conference USA… read more »

Big Blue Beast

The Big Blue Beast was an advertising campaign run by Intercollegiate Athletics at Old Dominion University (ODU) during the 1982-1983 academic year, mostly at men’s and women’s basketball games. History With hopes of attracting more fans to support ODU basketball and enthusiasm during games at Norfolk Scope, ODU Athletics created the Big Blue Beast advertising… read more »

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