By Harry Minium
The home team won its opener in the Old Dominion Invitational, defeating Hampton Friday afternoon in four sets in the first meeting between the two Hampton Roads schools.
But Friday evening, West Virginia took just 90 minutes to dispatch the Monarchs, easily winning the first three sets at the ODU Volleyball Center before a crowd of 563, the largest crowd to see Old Dominion play a home match.
Attendance was limited last season, ODU's first playing volleyball, because of the pandemic. The ODU Volleyball Center seats 822 fans and for the first time, more than half the seats were full.