LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Samantha Klupchak scored three times to garner Player of the Game honors as Southeast Division Champion/No. 15-ranked Florida State University edged North Atlantic Division Champion/No. 14 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 10-9, in a 13th/15th place game at the 2023 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship hosted by the University of California-Los Angeles.
Playing at UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center, the Seminoles tie for 13th place and the Engineers tie for 15th as the 13th and 15th place games in the 16-team championship tournament are not played out due to a lack of facility time.
Florida State – which previously finished in 13th place as the host institution for the 2015 Women’s National College Club Championship – fell behind in the first quarter as MIT’s Shannon Moreno converted a man-up chance with 5:24 on the clock to stake the Engineers to a 1-0 lead.
The Seminoles pulled ahead in the second quarter as Lindsey Chessman (4:08, man-up), Khloe Riordan (2:07, man-up) and Samantha Klupchak (1:20, man-up) ticked off a trio of power-play scores to provide FSU a 3-1 lead.
Moreno cut Florida State’s lead down to a single goal prior to the conclusion of the first half as she drilled in a shot with 57 seconds to go in the second quarter to move the Engineers within one at 3-2.
Moreno balanced the scoreboard to start the third quarter by putting a shot into the twine at 5:41 prior to Sophie Reynolds returning the Engineers to the lead at 4:28. Samantha Klupchak responded for Florida State at 3:33 via a penalty shot , but Moreno completed a hat-trick at 2:10 to provide the Engineers another one goal lead at 5-4.
Samantha Klupchak pulled Florida State even at five-all (1:41), Amanda Jackson pushed MIT back ahead (1:21) and River Hastings delivered an equalizer for the Seminoles (1:06) to knot the contest at six-all.
In the fourth quarter, Jackson provided MIT another one-goal lead by cashing in on a man-up chance at 4:50, but Chessman notched a tying strike at 4:32.
MIT continued to acquire one goal leads and give them back over the next three minutes as Jackson (3:18; 2:41) was matched by Jackie Klupchak at both 3:02 and1:52 to make it a nine-all game.
Medley Bohn delivered the deciding factor with 1:01 left in regulation as she accounted for the game-winning goal to allow Florida State to escape with a 10-9 win.
Moreno and Jackson led MIT with four goals, while Reynolds put away one shot. Mak Kirkman-Davis made three saves in taking the loss.
Samantha Klupchak (three), Chessman (two) and Jackie Klupchak (two) combined for seven goals with Hastings, Riordan and Bohn chipping in single tallies. Goalkeeper Tessa Waterman concluded the contest with two saves.
| 1st Q | 2nd Q | 3rd Q | 4th Q | – | FINAL | |
| No. 15 Florida State University |
0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | 10 |
| No. 14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | 9 |
| MIT Goals: | Shannon Moreno (4); Amanda Jackson (4); Sophie Reynolds | |||||
| Florida State Goals: | Samantha Klupchak (3); Lindsey Chessman (2); Jackie Klupchak (2); River Hastings; Khloe Riordan; Medley Bohn | |||||
| Saves: | MIT – Mak Kirkman-Davis (3) ; Florida State – Tessa Waterman (2) | |||||
| Exclusions: | MIT – 10 ; Florida State – 4 | |||||
| Advantage Opportunities: | MIT – 2-for-4; Florida State – 4-for-10 | |||||
| Sprints: | MIT – 2-for-4 (3rd, 4th) ; Florida State – 2-for-4 (1st, 2nd) | |||||
| Cards/Misconducts: | MIT – ; Florida State – YC (Head coach Adam Gaffey, 19 seconds left in 4th Q) | |||||
| Officials: | Jerry Lozano, Brandon Skiba | |||||
Florida State University’s Khloe Riordan (#16) eyes a potential opening as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Heejung Chung (#12) defends
Florida State University’s Lindsey Chessman (#6) rises as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Medley Bohn (#14) looks to shoot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology goalkeeper Mak Kirkman-Davis (#1) tries to stop a shot by Florida State University’s Khloe Riordan (#16)
