2023-24 Women's Soccer Roster

#34 Kristina Lynch 2022-23 Women's Soccer Roster

Midfielder


Height 5-7
Class Graduate
Eligibility Midfielder
Hometown Granger, IN
High School Penn / Florida St
Kristina Lynch - Women's Soccer - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

As a Graduate (2023)

  • CSC Academic All-District Team
  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Played in all 20 games with 15 starts, logging 1,092 minutes on the pitch
  • A career-high 6 goals – which tied for the 2nd most on the team
  • Scored 4 of her goals in ACC play which ranked 6th in the league
  • Dished out 2 assists
  • Produced a career-best 14 points
  • 29 shots, 14 on goal

As a Graduate (2022):

  • Medical redshirt due to an ankle injury sustained in the preseason. Rehabbed during the entire fall campaign.

Coach Norman on Lynch:

“We are all very excited to add Kristina to our team. As she grew up in the area we have watched Kristina play since high school. I have always thought Kristina to be one of the most talented attacking players in the country.  She is going to be a huge addition to an already talented attacking team. She loves to run at players 1v1, but also has the ability to combine and get behind defenders with her movement off the ball.  We can’t wait to be able to work with her and are very happy she decided to come back home to finish her college soccer career.”

FSU CAREER ACCOLADES:

  • Four-time All-ACC Academic Team member
  • Two-time NCAA National Champion (2018 & 2021)
  • Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-Region Team (2019 & 2021)
  • NCAA Elite 90 Winner (2020-21)
  • Two-time FSU Golden Torch winner (2018 & 2020)

As a Senior (2021):

  • Played in 24 games, starting 16 of them. Lynch totaled 1,004 minutes played during 2021.
  • Scored her first goal of the season against Pitt at home during a Seminoles’ 5-0 win (9/23).
  • Assisted Jenna Nighswonger’s 22nd-minute goal during the Seminoles’ 4-1 win at Clemson (10/1).
  • Scored her second goal of the season against No. 25 SMU during the second round of the NCAA Tournament (11/19).

As a Junior (2020):

  • Started in 14 of the 15 games she played in, playing a combined 828 minutes.
  • Finished the season with four goals on 21 shots.
  • Recorded her first goal of the season against Wake Forest (10/4) in FSU’s 4-0 win.
  • Grabbed her second goal of the season to give FSU a 2-1 lead over Pitt (10/15) in Florida State’s 4-1 win.
  • Earned her third and final goal of 2020 in the ACC Tournament semifinal against No. 6 Duke (11/13), helping to lead Florida State to a 4-0 win.
  • Scored her fourth goal of the season against Penn State (5/5) in the round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The goal came in the 31st minute to tie the game up at 1 as FSU went on to win 3-1.

As a Sophomore (2019):

  • Played in 15 games and started in one after recovering from a knee injury that ended her season in 2018.
  • Recorded two goals on the season.
  • Scored her first goal of the season in FSU’s 6-0 win over Samford (9/8)
  • Her second goal of the season came against Miami (10/18) in a 3-0 win over Florida State’s in-state rival.

As a Freshman (2018):

  • Appeared in 23 matches and started 20 in her first season at Florida State.
  • Scored the game-winning goal in the ACC Championship over No. 3 North Carolina for the Seminoles to clinch their sixth conference title.
  • Tied for fifth on the team with ten points on the year despite missing the last four matches of the season due to injury.
  • Registered four goals and two assists on the season.
  • Scored the first two goals of her Florida State career in the Seminoles’ 5-0 defeat over Troy on August 19.
  • Opened the scoring for the Seminoles in their 2-1 victory over Wake Forest (October 7).
  • Recorded assists in back-to-back games in the ACC Tournament in Florida State’s wins over No. 5 Duke and No. 11 Virginia in pursuit of its 2018 ACC Championship.

Prep:

  • 2017 United Soccer Coaches High School National Player of the Year
  • 2017 TopDrawerSoccer High School National Player of the Year
  • 2016-17 and 2017-18 Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 2016-17 and 2017-18 USA Today First Team All-American
  • 2017 Indiana Soccer Coaches Association (ISCA) Player of the Year
  • 2017-18 Indianapolis Star Girls Soccer and Female Athlete of the Year
  • Three-Time ISCA All-State honoree (2015-17)
  • Four-time ISCA All-District First Team (2014-17)
  • 2016 and 2017 Northern Indiana Conference (NIC) Player of the Year
  • Earned First Team All-NIC in all four seasons
  • 2017 Class 3A Indiana State Champion, 2016 Class 2A Indiana State Champion and was a runner-up for the 2015 Class 2A championship
  • Set Penn HS single-season records for goals (44), assists (26) and points (107). Also holds the school career records with 130 goals, 68 assists and 328 points.
  • 2010 and 2012 NFL Punt, Pass and Kick National Champion
  • 2016 and 2017 ISCA Academic All-State

CLUB/ODP:

  • Competed with the Indiana Fire Juniors, Indiana ODP and Region II ODP
  • 2015 US Youth Soccer ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Best XI Selection

PERSONAL:

  • Member of the National Honors Society, Key Club, Kingsman Court (HS Student Council), Student-Athlete Leadership Council and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Father, Greg Lynch, played baseball at the University of Wisconsin.