WASHINGTON – Georgetown University Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Ricky Fried announced the hiring of Julie Morse as an assistant coach on Wednesday. Morse comes to the Hilltop from Campbell University where she focused on defensive development.

"I am thrilled to welcome Julie to the Hoya family," said Fried. "Julie's wealth of experience, on the field and the sidelines, will help solidify our defense. She is an excellent teacher of the game who has shown the ability to develop individual players and defensive units. I can't wait to get started working with Julie."

Last season at Campbell, the Camels went 8-7 with an impressive mark of 5-1 in the Big South Conference. The team boasted a four-game win streak to close out the regular season. The Camels had a record seven players on the All-Big South team including a pair of defenders. In a shortened 2020 season, Morse's first in Buies Creek, the Camels went 2-7 before the season was called due to COVID-19.

Prior to Campbell, Morse spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Washington College where she helped the Shorewomen to top 25 IWLCA poll rankings in each of her final two seasons, including No. 24 in the final poll of 2019, going 12-6 overall and 7-2 in Centennial Conference play. Five Shorewomen were named All-Centennial Conference in 2019, while two claimed all-region nods.

Prior to Washington, Morse played at Loyola, helping the Greyhounds to three conference titles, reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Tournament two times and advancing to the second round twice in her career. Loyola won the BIG EAST championship in 2012 and consecutive Patriot League championships in 2014 and 2015. As a senior, she helped the team rank No. 10 nationally in the final IWLCA Division I poll, and was a part of the 15th-best scoring defense in the nation.

An Easton, Maryland native, Morse graduated from Loyola in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in speech-language pathology, and has also coached at the prep and club ranks, with stops at Saint Peter and Paul High School, Bay Area Lacrosse Club and Maximum Exposure Lacrosse Camp. She was also a coach and leadership counselor at the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy.

Morse is currently working on a master's in sports leadership from VCU which she will complete in 2022. She resides in the District of Columbia.

"I am thrilled to join Georgetown Lacrosse," said Morse. "Georgetown has such a rich tradition of success, I am grateful to Ricky for the opportunity to be a part of it. I can't wait to get to work!"