Ben Morhac was named head coach of the Notre Dame College women’s lacrosse program on December 20, 2019. He will be entering his fourth season at the helm of the program.
The Falcons went on to repeat as MEC Champions in Morhac's third season at NDC. After a tough non-conference schedule, the Falcons won three consecutive games at the end of the regular season to capture the top seed in the conference tournament. In the semifinals, NDC shutout an opponent for the first time in program history, defeating Davis & Elkins 22-0. They beat Frostburg State in the title game, 17-15. After the season, eight players were given All-MEC honors and Emileigh Scott was named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game. This season, Scott ranked second in the country with 12 draw controls per game and 10th with 4.07 goals per game. She broke the program record in draw controls for a single game and a season.
In his second season, and first full campaign as head coach, the Falcons broke several records. For the first time since 2008, the program won 12 games in a season. For the first time since joining the Mountain East Conference in 2015, NDC won nine conference games and secured the No. 1 seed in the MEC Tournament. The Falcons made more history at the conference tournament when they defeated Charleston and Frostburg State to capture the program's first MEC Tournament title. Morhac was named MEC Coach of the Year and 11 players were named to one of the All-MEC teams. After the conference tournament, three were named to the All-Tournament Team and freshman Charlotte Vari was named tournament MVP after scoring eight goals over the two games. Four student-athletes were named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
In 2021, the Falcons ranked 13th in NCAA Division II with 10.9 caused turnovers per game, they ranked 14th in draw controls per game with 15.1, 17th in lowest amount of turnovers per game with 15.4 and 18th in saves percentage at 47.5 percent. Goalkeeper Mackenzie Levine ranked fourth in the nation with 155 saves.
Five games into his first season as head coach at NDC, the season was canceled due to COVID-19.
Morhac comes to Notre Dame after coaching at Morningside College, last season. He was in charge of building the new women’s lacrosse program, along with assisting on the men's lacrosse coaching staff and working as the Director of Operations. Morhac also ran a lacrosse camp in the summer.
Before his stop in Sioux Falls, Iowa, Morhac was the head lacrosse coach of Clarke University’s men’s and women’s programs along with filling the Director of Operations role. In his first season, he took the men’s program from one win in the history of the program to four wins and tied the women’s program record in wins, with five. The men’s lacrosse program broke 23 team records and 14 individual records while the women broke 20 team records and 19 individual records. Two players were named to All-Conference teams and the two programs posted the highest team GPA’s in program history.
At the high school level, Morhac was a boy's lacrosse head coach at Big Walnut High School and Bexley High School. He turned both programs around and posted winning records at both schools. He also assisted the boy’s lacrosse program at Westerville South High School.
Morhac graduated from St. Norbert College in 2010 with a B.A. in Graphic Design. At St. Norbert, he played lacrosse, hockey and football. He was a starter on the lacrosse program all four years and was named First Team All-Conference goalie, three times.
|
Overall |
|
|
MEC |
|
|
| Season |
W |
L |
% |
W |
L |
% |
| 2020 |
2 |
3 |
.400 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| 2021* |
12 |
3 |
.800 |
9 |
1 |
.900 |
| 2022* |
10 |
6 |
.625 |
7 |
1 |
.875 |
| Totals |
24 |
12 |
.667 |
16 |
2 |
.889 |
* MEC Tournament Berth
