Upcoming Event: Women's Soccer versus Alabama on September 7, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer
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2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Saunicheva, Julia
Jersey Number 11
Julia Saunicheva
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
- Prev School:
Bio
Honors/Awards: All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2023), ACC Honor Roll (2025, 2024)
2024 -- Junior (At Duke): All-ACC Academic Team ... saw action in 18 contests ... tallied one goal, two assists and four points ... posted her first collegiate goal in a 7-0 victory over Boston College ... added assists in the NCAA Tournament first round against Howard and versus Missouri ... appeared in 536 minutes ... her goal against Boston College was the game-winner ... helped lead Duke to just the fourth ACC Regular Season title in program history with a 9-0-1 ledger and an appearance in the NCAA College Cup ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2023 -- Sophomore (At Duke): Appeared in 12 matches, while making two starts in her first year in Durham ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... missed the start of the regular season due to an injury she suffered during the summer ... made her first start as a Blue Devil at home against East Carolina ... also started at Virginia Tech, but left after 14 minutes following an injury ... attempted a career-high three shots at Boston College ... played a season-high 61 minutes on the road at No. 3 Stanford ... attempted six shots and played 319 minutes.
2022 -- Freshman (At UCLA): Saw action in eight matches with the Bruins and helped UCLA win the 2022 NCAA Championship … saw action in a season-high 31 minutes against Iowa … appeared in two NCAA Tournament matches against Northern Arizona and Central Florida … faced the Blue Devils in Durham and played 11 minutes.
Prep/Club: Competed for two years at Leland High School and was a part of the 2021 BVAL League Champion team … was selected BVAL Junior of the Year in 2020 and led her squad in goals (10) and assists (3) … played with Duke’s Elle Piper on Bay Area Surf, which was ranked as the No. 1 club team since 2015-16 and won the 2019 and 2021 National Championship … was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI in 2019 … called into the U.S. U-20 National Team training camp in October of 2021 … was part of the national team pools from U-15 to U-20 … assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2019 U-15/16 matchup against the Netherlands.
Personal: Full name is Julia Saunicheva … daughter of Konstantin and Galina … has one brother, Michael … at Leland H.S., received the Gold Seal Merit Diploma and the President’s Award for Educational Excellence ... majoring in psychology.
Last updated 8/28/2025
2024 -- Junior (At Duke): All-ACC Academic Team ... saw action in 18 contests ... tallied one goal, two assists and four points ... posted her first collegiate goal in a 7-0 victory over Boston College ... added assists in the NCAA Tournament first round against Howard and versus Missouri ... appeared in 536 minutes ... her goal against Boston College was the game-winner ... helped lead Duke to just the fourth ACC Regular Season title in program history with a 9-0-1 ledger and an appearance in the NCAA College Cup ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2023 -- Sophomore (At Duke): Appeared in 12 matches, while making two starts in her first year in Durham ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... missed the start of the regular season due to an injury she suffered during the summer ... made her first start as a Blue Devil at home against East Carolina ... also started at Virginia Tech, but left after 14 minutes following an injury ... attempted a career-high three shots at Boston College ... played a season-high 61 minutes on the road at No. 3 Stanford ... attempted six shots and played 319 minutes.
2022 -- Freshman (At UCLA): Saw action in eight matches with the Bruins and helped UCLA win the 2022 NCAA Championship … saw action in a season-high 31 minutes against Iowa … appeared in two NCAA Tournament matches against Northern Arizona and Central Florida … faced the Blue Devils in Durham and played 11 minutes.
Prep/Club: Competed for two years at Leland High School and was a part of the 2021 BVAL League Champion team … was selected BVAL Junior of the Year in 2020 and led her squad in goals (10) and assists (3) … played with Duke’s Elle Piper on Bay Area Surf, which was ranked as the No. 1 club team since 2015-16 and won the 2019 and 2021 National Championship … was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI in 2019 … called into the U.S. U-20 National Team training camp in October of 2021 … was part of the national team pools from U-15 to U-20 … assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2019 U-15/16 matchup against the Netherlands.
Personal: Full name is Julia Saunicheva … daughter of Konstantin and Galina … has one brother, Michael … at Leland H.S., received the Gold Seal Merit Diploma and the President’s Award for Educational Excellence ... majoring in psychology.
Last updated 8/28/2025
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