Athletic Division
NCAA Division I-AA
Athletic Conferences
Football: Colonial Athletic Association
Basketball: Colonial Athletic Association
School Colors
Blue and gray
School Nickname
Monarchs/Lady Monarchs (lion)
Men Playing Varsity Sports
248 - 4%
Women Playing Varsity Sports
211 - 3%
Men's Varsity Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Football
- Golf
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Swimming and diving
- Tennis
- Wrestling
Women's Varsity Sports
- Basketball
- Field hockey
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Swimming and diving
- Tennis
Club Sports
- Aikido (coed)
- Basketball (women's)
- Cricket (men)
- Fast pitch softball (women)
- Fencing (coed)
- Field hockey (coed)
- Ice hockey
- Karate-Doh (coed)
- Lacrosse (men)
- Powerlifting and body building
- Rock climbing
- Rowing (coed)
- Rugby (men)
- Running (coed)
- Soccer (men's and women's)
- WHISTLE (officiating club)
Intramurals
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Billiards
- Dodgeball
- Flag Football
- Horseshoes
- Inner tube water polo
- Pickleball
- Ultimate Frisbee
Athletic Fields & Facilities
- 47th Street Gym
- Athletic Administration Gym
- Student Recreation Center
- University Fitness Center (UFC)
- Whitehurst Fitness Center
Most Popular Sports
The Lady Monarchs basketball team-as they've been so prestigiously named-dominates our campus without a doubt. Field hockey also seems to be really popular-almost everyone knows a field hockey player. Men's basketball may take a backseat to women's, but it isn't overlooked. The inaugural season of football starts in Fall 2009.
Most Overlooked Teams
Most of the teams at ODU get equal press by word of mouth and in the student-run newspaper the Mace and Crown.
School Spirit
Old Dominion might seem apathetic during the school year, what with school work and jobs piling up on each other, students barely have enough time for themselves. But when Homecoming comes around, students are eager to paint their faces and join in the parades and the fun. Sporting events like basketball and field hockey break the monotony of tedious school weeks, and masses of students crowd the stands of the Ted Constant Convocation Center or the stands in Foreman Field and cheer on their favorite teams.
Getting Tickets
You may want to camp out to get tickets for an ODU sporting event. Especially if you're trying to get into a Lady Monarchs game.
Ticket Office:
(757)-683-4444
odusports.cstv.com/tickets/oldd-tickets-home.html