NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion women's tennis head coach Dominic Manilla announced the Monarchs complete schedule for the fall, as well as the spring on Monday. In all, ODU will compete in six different fall events and have 22 dual matches in the spring.
Thirteen of those 22 spring matches will take place at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. Eleven of ODU's opponents in the spring ended last season nationally ranked by the ITA. The Monarchs will take on nine Power Five schools in the spring and six in-state foes.
"This year's schedule is demanding," said Manilla. "With Rice and FIU earning the top mid major recruiting classes in the nation, recruiting just isn't enough. We need to recruit top players and be absolutely committed to developing them even further."
In the fall, the Monarchs will have student-athletes playing the Wahoowa Invitational, North Carolina Ranked +1, ITA Regionals, ITA All-Americans and ITA Super Regionals with the possibility of the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships in early November to close out the fall slate.
In the spring, Old Dominion will host Penn State, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Temple, Harvard, Kennesaw State, Norfolk State, East Carolina, William & Mary, VCU, Navy, James Madison and Charlotte. To begin March, the Monarchs will have four straight homes matches and then all six regular season matches in April will take place at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
ODU will travel to Virginia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Miami, Kansas, Navy, Princeton and Columbia, while also having a neutral site match against either Michigan or Ole Miss as part of the ITA Kickoff in Atlanta.
"This schedule will help develop our players and the program even more prominently at the national level," concluded Manilla. "Our players and staff will be pushed every week. The goal is to improve and to be playing our best tennis in April and May."
The Conference USA Tournament will take place April 21-24 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Last season marked Old Dominion's second ever conference championship and first ever in Conference USA. Last year's NCAA tournament appearance was the third in program history. Old Dominion then picked up its first win in program history in the NCAA Tournament after taking down No. 33 nationally ranked Arkansas by a 4-2 score in the First Round. ODU ended the season nationally ranked No. 30.
2021 Fall Schedule:
Sept. 17-19: Wahoowa Invitational (Charlottesville, Va.)
Sept. 24-26: North Carolina Ranked +1 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Oct. 1-4: ITA Regionals (Lynchburg, Va.)
Oct. 4-10: ITA All-Americans (Charleston, S.C.)
Oct. 22-25: ITA Super Regionals (Charlottesville, Va.)
Nov. 4-7: Oracle ITA Fall National Championships (San Diego, Calif.)
2022 Spring Schedule:
Jan. 16: Penn State (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
Jan. 23: at Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.)
Jan. 28: at Georgia Tech (ITA Kickoff Weekend in Atlanta, Ga.)
Jan. 29: vs. Michigan OR Ole Miss (ITA Kickoff Weekend in Atlanta, Ga.)
Feb. 3: at Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)
Feb. 5: at Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.)
Feb. 18: Virginia Tech (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
Feb. 20: at Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)
Feb. 25: Missouri (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
March 5: Temple (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
March 6: Harvard (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
March 10: Kennesaw State (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
March 10: Norfolk State (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
March 24: at Navy (Annapolis, Md.)
March 25: at Princeton (Princeton, N.J.)
March 27: at Columbia (New York City, N.Y.)
April 2: East Carolina (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
April 3: William & Mary (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
April 8: VCU (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
April 10: Navy (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
April 16: James Madison (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
April 17: Charlotte* (Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center)
April 21-24: C-USA Tournament (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Home matches in bold
*Indicates a C-USA match
Manilla Rolls Out Monarchs Complete Fall and Spring Schedules
