NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- It wasn't always pretty, but Old Dominion found the win column again after two straight losses.

Colton Joseph threw for three touchdowns and the Monarchs held off a late Appalachian State charge to top the Mountaineers, 24-21, at S.B. Ballard Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The victory improved ODU's record to 5-3, 2-2 in Sun Belt play.

"We did not play a perfect game like any stretch of the imagination, but anytime you can win a league game, you're excited," head coach Ricky Rahne said. "We led from beginning to end so that was good. We just left some things out there and it didn't need to be that exciting."

Old Dominion got on the scoreboard first in the first quarter. After Ryan Ramey came up with an interception, Joseph connected with Ke'Travion Hargrove on a jump

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