Melanie Rizzotti

Grateful for the Tacoma Weekly’s Article on our team tacomaweekly.com/culture-powers…

“The team played together, and it was a complete team win. We played defense as a unit, anticipated slides and made in-game adjustments. Tonight was a total team effort.” -Head Coach Melanie Rizzotti #GOLUTES golutes.com/news/2026/4/8/…

Dominant second half defense propels PLU to win over the Loggers. #GOLUTES Six different goals scorers tonight for the Lutes.

"I'm a coach because I love basketball but I get to lead women, I get to impact lives positively, that's my real job." This is just one of many reasons Shea Ralph was named the AP Coach of the Year. Her dedication to shaping the women of today's generation is remarkable.

Best pregame cellys in the country! Make sure to catch the Lutes in action today at 1 when they face Kalamazoo #GoLutes

The Lutes with a big dub to begin the week!! Taylee Alldredge led PLU with three points and Paige Hackman finished with six caused turnovers.#GOLUTES

Not to sound like a potted plant, but sunlight and fresh air really makes a difference if you even care.

200 AND COUNTING ‼️ Kassie Diller with her fifth save today against Pacific surpassed 200 career saves as a Lute. #GOLUTES

Lock down defense 🔒 Congrats to Gracie Cecka on earning NWC Defensive Player of the Week! #GoLutes golutes.com/news/2026/3/2/…

Schilli & Cecka Named NWC Women’s Lacrosse Student-Athletes of the Week @golutes @plu_wlax @PSLoggers @PSlacrosse nwcsports.com/news/2026/3/2/…

"We're on the rise! It's great to see us build from our last game and more connections being made across the field. Gracie and Kathleen were forces in the midfield and Sami was unstoppable in transition," -HC Melanie Rizzotti #GoLutes golutes.com/news/2026/2/27…

Lutes showed out last night!! PLU secured a 12-10 win over Eastern Oregon. Check out the highlights. #GOLUTES | #PLULax

Hear from Taylee Alldredge who had five goals in PLU’s Friday night dub over Eastern Oregon.

Full Spring Ahead. Lutes spring sports are in action this weekend. Make sure to check them out!! #GOLUTES

Women's Lacrosse at Home 🥍🏡 Baseball on the Road ⚾️🛣️ Learn more in this week's Around Luteville #GoLutes golutes.com/news/2026/2/26…

🏀➡️🥍➡️🇯🇵 Brandi Tobin came to PLU as a basketball player. She left as a two sport star. Learn about her next chapter of her journey as a pro player in Japan for the Koalas #GoLutes #WhyD3 golutes.com/news/2026/2/26…

I’m in love with this sentence: “Discipline feels boring until you witness what it creates.”

A mentor once told me this: Confidence is less about knowing you’ll win and more about knowing you’ll bounce back even if you don’t. Real confidence is built on resilience. Adaptability. Tolerance for uncertainty. Fear loses when you embrace that failure is never final.

“I am so excited for this group and to keep building with them.” -Head Coach Melanie Rizzotti #GOLUTES golutes.com/news/2026/2/20…

the art of not being ready and doing it anyway will take you further than you ever imagined.