The Mace & Crown

Trian Illiadis traveled to a few continents to attend Old Dominion University and play basketball.  So far neither he nor the university is regretting that decision. The 6-foot-3-inch senior from Australia is averaging 8.5 points per game as well as being one of the leaders in the Colonial Athletic Association in assists at 2.4 per [...]

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The day started off very well for both men’s and women’s tennis at Old Dominion University. The Monarchs beat the Retrievers 6-1 while the Lady Monarchs beat the Lady Retrievers 4-3. “We did pretty good, we got on top of the guys pretty quick,” Alfredo Rodriguez said.  Rodriguez is a junior at ODU.  Rodriguez played [...]

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The Old Dominion University Swim and Dive teams are racing towards the end of their seasons and both the men and women are looking to finish strong.  The Colonial Athletic Association Championships are set to start this week with dive beginning on Wednesday and swim on Thursday. “We’re looking forward to that, we’re getting excited [...]

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Sophomore Joey Burney’s triple in the bottom of the sixth inning gave his team the go ahead 2-1 lead. Old Dominion would add four insurance runs to defeat Temple 6-2 in the second game of a  double header Saturday at Bud Metheny Complex. “Before the game I was just talking to coach [Karl] Nonemaker about [...]

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The Monarchs’ bats were frustrated for the first five innings. Unable to get anything off Temple’s starting pitcher Matt Hockenberry, the team struggled to create any offense. At one point they were retired nine times in a row. Then the bats woke up. A two run sixth inning, two more in the eighth and ultimately [...]

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The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs (9-16, 6-7) took on the Drexel Lady Dragons (12-11, 8-5) at home in a Colonial Athletic Association matchup pitting two teams looking to make a late season push heading into the CAA tournament. The Lady Monarchs led by the number four scorer in the CAA, Tia Lewis, looked to provide the home [...]

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In the 2011 spring lacrosse season, Old Dominion finished with a 4-11 record, and 3-4 CAA record.  Instead of looking in the past with regret, the Lady Monarchs are looking into the present with eyes wide open. “In terms of last years record, they’re not going to put up with that,” Interim head coach Heather [...]

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Written By: Matthew McCracken Sports Editor Photo from google.com Old Dominion football adds another coach to their roster with the addition of Bradley Watkins.  Watkins will be overseeing the running backs for the Monarchs.  Watkins began his coaching career as a student assistant at Ohio Northern University helping the defensive line. Graduating from ONU in [...]

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The Old Dominion University Monarchs (16-11, 11-4) fell 68-64 to the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (22-5, 13-2) at the Ted Constant Center on Saturday, Feb. 11.  The game was a heart breaker for the 8,472 fans in attendance as they watched the rival Rams sweep the season series with the Monarchs. “The Ted Constant Center [...]

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Each year, over 49,000 student athletes compete in college sports around the country and show great leadership, determination and stamina as they represent their universities. 6-feet-2-inch Lady Monarch forward Mairi Buchan is a great example of these qualities.  The redshirt junior from Scotland is averaging 7.6 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game this [...]

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