MORGANTOWN — West Virginia has found a saving grace in its pressure defense. The rest, according to head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, is still a work in progress. […]
Tag: WVU women's basketball
WVU defense leads the way, forces 41 turnovers in opening win against USC Upstate
MORGANTOWN — If nothing else, West Virginia’s pressure man-to-man defense made a good first impression. In her first regular season game as the Mountaineers’ head coach, Dawn […]
WVU, Dawn Plitzuweit roll in debut exhibition against Fairmont State
MORGANTOWN — Dawn Plitzuweit went to make a left turn into the WVU Coliseum on Sunday and sort of got a welcome-to-Morgantown moment. “I came two hours […]
Dawn Plitzuweit’s style is to have WVU play fast, be versatile
MORGANTOWN — The uniqueness to the style of play Dawn Plitzuweit wants to bring to the WVU women’s basketball team, she admits, is actually bits and pieces […]
Plitzuweit wastes no time in making connections with West Virginia and her team
MORGANTOWN — Dawn Plitzuweit knows she wasn’t brought to West Virginia to tear down foundations and rebuild. She knows she wasn’t brought to Morgantown to put WVU […]
Women belong in sports — and in coaching positions
Of the 16 teams under the West Virginia University athletics umbrella, there were only two female head coaches: Nikki Izzo-Brown, who heads the women’s soccer team, and […]
Dawn Plitzuweit grabs the reins of WVU’s women’s hoops program, ready to make a connection with players, community
MORGANTOWN — It started with names on a sheet of paper found mainly in WVU athletic director Shane Lyons’ pocket. With a name like Dawn Plitzuweit — […]
Dawn Plitzuweit fills out WVU coaching staff with her South Dakota assistants
MORGANTOWN — Prior to her introduction in becoming West Virginia’s sixth women’s basketball coach at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dawn Plitzuweit wasted little time in filling out her […]
West Virginia tabs South Dakota’s Dawn Plitzuweit as its next women’s hoops coach
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s hire for its sixth women’s basketball coach in the program’s history comes with the experience of already beating Baylor. The school announced Thursday […]
KK Deans will transfer from WVU women’s hoops team
MORGANTOWN — KK Deans became the latest entry into the transfer portal Tuesday, the junior guard announced on social media. Deans was the leading scorer for the […]
