By Benjamin Draper, Sports Editor
When it opened in 1983, Bud Metheny Ballpark started off as a state-of-the-art facility, but has received major renovations throughout the years since. In 2021, the facility’s shortcomings finally caught up with the ODU baseball program after the Monarchs’ victory over Louisiana Tech in the Conference USA Tournament, where they earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. They then had the opportunity to host the NCAA regional, but were unable to do so because the facility did not meet the NCAA minimum standards.
As a result, the NCAA regional was moved to the University of South Carolina, where ODU met their demise.