NIT - Damer | 03/24 23:00 | 124 | Old Dominion damer v North Carolina A&T damer | L | 45-48 | |
WNCAAB | 03/10 16:30 | 2 | [66] Old Dominion damer v Marshall damer [44] | L | 70-76 | |
WNCAAB | 03/08 20:00 | 3 | Old Dominion damer v UL Monroe damer | W | 67-64 | |
WNCAAB | 03/01 23:30 | - | [73] James Madison damer v Old Dominion damer [54] | L | 70-58 | |
WNCAAB | 02/27 23:30 | - | Old Dominion damer v Georgia Southern damer | W | 61-54 | |
WNCAAB | 02/24 22:00 | - | Georgia State damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 51-67 | |
WNCAAB | 02/22 23:30 | - | Appalachian State damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 62-81 | |
WNCAAB | 02/17 19:00 | - | [50] Marshall damer v Old Dominion damer [55] | L | 89-75 | |
WNCAAB | 02/14 23:30 | - | Old Dominion damer v Coastal Carolina damer | W | 65-58 | |
WNCAAB | 02/10 18:00 | - | Kent State damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 76-82 | |
WNCAAB | 02/07 23:30 | - | Old Dominion damer v Troja damer | W | 63-59 | |
WNCAAB | 02/03 18:00 | - | Arkansas State damer v Old Dominion damer | L | 76-63 | |
WNCAAB | 01/31 17:00 | - | Texas State damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 58-66 | |
WNCAAB | 01/27 18:00 | - | Old Dominion damer v Georgia State damer | W | 73-65 | |
WNCAAB | 01/25 23:30 | - | Old Dominion damer v Appalachian State damer | W | 68-49 | |
WNCAAB | 01/20 19:00 | - | James Madison damer v Old Dominion damer | L | 72-64 | |
WNCAAB | 01/18 23:00 | - | Marshall damer v Old Dominion damer | L | 90-60 | |
WNCAAB | 01/13 19:00 | - | Georgia Southern damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 50-70 | |
WNCAAB | 01/10 23:00 | - | Coastal Carolina damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 57-71 | |
WNCAAB | 01/06 18:00 | - | [167] Southern Miss damer v Old Dominion damer [87] | W | 62-68 | |
WNCAAB | 01/04 23:30 | - | Old Dominion damer v UL Lafayette damer | L | 61-66 | |
WNCAAB | 12/30 19:00 | - | South Alabama damer v Old Dominion damer | W | 56-62 | |
WNCAAB | 12/20 23:30 | - | [5] NC State damer v Old Dominion damer [56] | L | 87-50 | |
WNCAAB | 12/17 18:00 | - | [35] Old Dominion damer v VA Commonwealth damer [29] | L | 50-64 | |
WNCAAB | 12/08 00:00 | - | [35] Old Dominion damer v Delaware damer [148] | W | 57-53 | |
WNCAAB | 12/03 18:00 | - | [65] Florida Gulf Coast damer v Old Dominion damer [41] | W | 42-55 | |
WNCAAB | 12/01 00:00 | - | [54] Old Dominion damer v William & Mary damer [257] | W | 72-66 | |
WNCAAB | 11/28 23:30 | - | [278] Elon damer v Old Dominion damer [78] | W | 29-60 | |
WNCAAB | 11/17 16:00 | - | [203] Texas Southern damer v Old Dominion damer [53] | W | 38-57 | |
WNCAAB | 11/14 23:30 | - | [314] Xavier damer v Old Dominion damer [81] | W | 43-55 |
The Old Dominion Monarchs women’s basketball team (formerly the Lady Monarchs) represents Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
The ODU Monarchs women's basketball team contributed to the initial rise in popularity of women's intercollegiate basketball in the United States in the 1970s. Women's college basketball was organized under the auspices of the AIAW in the early 1970s, at a time when competitive power was distributed among small colleges that had established a niche (such as Immaculata, Delta State, West Chester State, Wayland Baptist and Stephen F. Austin).
ODU won two AIAW national championships in 1979 and 1980 in dominating fashion with star players, Nancy Lieberman and Anne Donovan. Led by Medina Dixon and Tracy Claxton, ODU won the NCAA Division 1 championship in 1985, defeating the University of Georgia 70–65.
ODU along with UCLA and Tennessee, among others, led the rise to prominence of large schools with national reputations to the top intercollegiate level, before the NCAA began sponsoring sports for women.