WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary volleyball team (2-1) will take on Old Dominion (2-0) on the road for its first midweek match of the season Tuesday. This will be the Tribe's fourth away match of their 10-straight to start the season, prior to their home opener on Sept. 16^th against College of Charleston.

The match will be available for streaming on ESPN+ and live stats will be broadcast at the link below.
 

Match Information (Match 4)
Date/Time	Tuesday, August 29th – 5 p.m. at Old Dominion
Location	Norfolk, Va. – ODU Volleyball Center
ESPN+	W&M at Old Dominion
Live Stats	W&M at Old Dominion
Match Notes	W&M Notes

 
LAST TIME OUT
Opening their season at the Mountaineer Classic, the Tribe played three weekend matches in Boone, N.C. against App State, Tennessee Tech and Bellarmine. W&M took their final two matches of the weekend after falling to host App State.

A five-set battle against Tennessee Tech concluded in a 3-2 (18-25, 25-15, 18-25, 25-10, 15-10) come-from-behind win in day one and a 3-1 (25-18, 18-25, 25-20, 25-18) victory over Bellarmine capped the Tribe's weekend.

Outside hitter Taylor Burrell paced the offense with 35 points and 27 kills and tied for the team-lead in aces with six. She also recorded 13 digs, averaged 2.92 points per set, and tallied three blocks in the first three matches of her fourth season, which earned her a spot on the All-Tournament team.

Burrell was joined on the All-Tournament team by sophomore libero Lindsay Kahren, who recorded a team-leading 35 digs, averaging 2.92 digs per set. Against Tennessee Tech, she posted a career-best 16 digs in the match.
 
THE ADAMS ERA
Ryan Adams earned his first win as Head Coach of the W&M volleyball squad on opening night with the Tribe's five-set win over Tennessee Tech. The team's 2-1 record marks the best three-match start for a W&M volleyball head coach in their first year since Melissa Aldrich Shelton went 3-0 in the team's 19-win 2008 season.
 
MEET THE OPPONENT
Prior to ODU's founding as a varsity sport, the teams faced off in a pair of matches in 1981, as William & Mary went 2-0. Old Dominion's inaugural Division I season was just shy of three years ago, beginning their campaign January 2021 in the postponed 2020 season. This upcoming match will be the first time W&M will take on the Monarchs' varsity program.

Last season, ODU finished with a 12-16 record, going 7-7 in Sun Belt play.

Going 2-0 in their first weekend of play at the Quest for the Crown tournament, four Monarchs earned All-Tournament honors and freshman Bryanna Jones was named Tournament MVP.

ODU's offense is ranked No. 27 nationally in hitting percentage and first in the Sun Belt Conference with a .308 mark. Teresa Atilano's 10.57 assists per set land her in the top 36 nationally.
 
FAST FORWARD
The Tribe will take to the road for the weekend, traveling to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for the Bucknell Invitational. Once again kicking off their weekend against the host team, W&M will face Bucknell in their lone Friday match at 7 p.m. on Sept. 1. A pair of Saturday matches will kick off with Cornell at 10 a.m and the Tribe will take on Niagara at 4 p.m. on Sept. 2.
 
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