Old Dominion Monarchs

Now, before we move on to Tennant McVay's word of the day and onto Kentucky, I just wanna take it back to the end of last week.

We had the Hall of Fame induction for Old Dominion Sports.

Had a fabulous opportunity to talk with Tim Hopkinson.

Um, what a delightful gentleman-

he is.

Uh, had his family there.

I've really started to pay more attention, just 'cause I haven't been around Old Dominion soccer as long as I've been around football and basketball and those sorts of sports.

But really trying to be more observant and seeing the, the alumni who've been coming back, some who are, seem to be there at every match that are probably-

so nino before we started we briefly talked about your kind of like your high school path Obviously played high school soccer in Woodbridge for a year, but then you go off to Croatia and Colorado Springs.

So take us through that path that led you to Old Dominion and the kind of things you've learned in that period.

Yeah, so I've been at DC my whole life, DC United Academy, and I got an opportunity to go overseas in Croatia.

Things didn't work out according to some conflicts with my past club, but I learned a lot in Croatia.

During the E-line match, you're on the receiving end of a penalty, which always puts your team in a good situation.

And then Radford, you know, there's a yellow that's upgraded to a red there.

Tennant has talked about your game and how special it is and why he really wanted to bring you to Old Dominion.

Talk a little bit about the pressure that you put on defenders in one-on-one situations.

Gamecocks number one in the country in that ranking.

They're at 13th ranked Old Dominion Friday night at 7 o'clock.

How big of a story is this?

It's big time.

say and show, but top drawer soccer does have Carolina ranked number one in the nation.

They'll head to beautiful.

Norfolk, Virginia, to take on 13th-ranked Old Dominion on Friday night at 7 o'clock.

That game will air on ESPN+.

They are the

Monarchs.

They are indeed the Monarchs.

They are the Monarchs.

Donovan, let's go with Tulsa.

The Golden Hurricane.