WHO: #2 Old Dominion (9-6-2, 7-1-2 SBC) vs #7 Marshall (8-5-5, 4-3-3 SBC)
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 9 – 2:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Foley, Ala. / Foley Sports Tourism Complex
LAST MEETING: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2025=6 – ODU 3-0 MU
STREAM: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: Click Here
NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion women’s soccer enters the 2026 Sun Belt Conference Championships as the second seed and faces seventh seeded Marshall on Monday. The Monarchs face off against the Herd at 2:30 p.m. in Foley, Alabama at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex.
The game will be streamed to ESPN+ and live stats will be available.
LAST MEETING:
Old Dominion women’s soccer defeated Marshall, 3-0 on Thursday, October 8 at the ODU Soccer Complex this season. Second year forward Ashley Economopoulos scored two goals for her first points of the season. ODU outshot MU, 19-4, and had a 5-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Monarchs allowed the Thundering Herd one corner kick in 90 minutes but were awarded six. McEntarfer and Holmes both played 90 minutes in the winning effort and Mullen led the Monarchs with a team high four shots.
ABOUT ODU:
The Monarchs defeated Coastal Carolina, 2-0 on Senior Day on Sunday, October 25 and Georgia State, 1-0 on Sunday, November 1 in Atlanta. ODU improved to 9-6-2 overall and 7-1-2 in the Sun Belt for 23 conference points and a share of the Sun Belt Regular Season Championship. Old Dominion is on a four-game win streak after beating Georgia Southern (2-1) and LA Tech (4-0) as well.
Ashlynn Kulha earned a historic third-straight Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year and Ellie Goodrich was selected Sun Belt Goalkeeper of the Year. Seven Monarchs were selected to All-Sun Belt Teams. The Silver and Blue earned four All-Sun Belt First Team nods with 36.3% of the conference’s first team consisting of Monarchs. The Old Dominion backline earned its dues for only allowing three goals in conference play and holding opposing scoring offenses to a 0.71 rating. That 0.71 rating means ODU’s defense held opponents to the average scoring offense of the 317th ranked program in Division-I. Joining Kulha and Goodrich on the First Team were Libby Holmes and Dylan McEntarfer. ODU’s Economopoulos earned a nod on the All-Sun Belt Third Team. Madison Telmer and Ally Richardson pair up the middle of the pitch on the All-Sun Belt Third Team.
The Silver and Blue have a +12-goal differential with 24 goals scored and 12 conceded. The Monarchs average 11.4 shots a game and allow opponents to average 8.9 attempts per game. With 12 goals allowed in all games played, three goals allowed in SBC games, and eight shutouts, the Monarchs rank first in the conference in all three statistical categories.
Economopoulos and Riley Mullen are tied for a team high 11 points. Economopoulos has recorded all of her points in Sun Belt games. She notched a brace against Marshall (3-0) and LA Tech (4-0), scored a goal last time out against CCU (2-0), and provided an assist against JMU in a 2-1 defeat. The Grantville, Pennsylvania native has scored the game-winning goal in three of the last six games. Mullen scored the game-winning goal against the Panthers in the Monarchs’ last game and has four goals and three assists this season.
Goodrich has made 15 appearances and 13 starts in goal for the Silver and Blue. She has a record of 8-5-2 in net. The Alexandria, Virginia native has eight shutouts, made 24 saves, and has a 75% save percentage. Her eight clean sheets are tied for 28th in the nation and rank first in the Sun Belt.
ABOUT MU:
Marshall finished the season with a 4-1 victory at Coastal Carolina and is 1-2-1 in its last four games. The Herd ended the regular season with a 8-5-5 overall record and a 4-3-3 record in the Sun Belt. MU is led by third year head coach Rafa Simoes.
Witkotia Mikrut has a team leading 17 points from seven goals and three assists to earn Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year and an All-Sun Belt Third Team selection. Geovanna Souza ranks second on the Herd with 11 points followed by Delfina Lombardi’s 10 points in third. Souza has five assists and three goals while Lombardi has four assists and three goals.
Marshall has a +1-goal-differential this season with 27 goals scored to 26 conceded. The Herd averages 1.5 goals a game and takes an average of 12.7 shots on 41.7% shot on target efficiency. MU has a +3-corner kick margin with 81 taken to 78 conceded.
Emma Durand has started 17 games in goal for the Herd, has made 61 saves, and kept a 72.6% save percentage. She has an 8-4-5 record in net, three shutouts, and a 1.35 goals against average.
UP NEXT:
The winner of the game will go on to face either App State or Louisiana who kick off on the same day at noon. The Monarchs met both this season and collected two points across the two games. ODU drew Louisiana, 0-0 on Thursday, September 24 and drew the Mountaineers in a 0-0 final on Sunday, Sept. 27 in Boone, North Carolina.