Julia Backman - 2015 Women's Soccer - LIU Post


#7 Julia Backman

Position: Forward/Midfield
Height: 5-5
Class: Junior
Hometown: Morsil, Sweden
Previous School: JB Gymnasiet

2015: All-ECC Second Team … started all 21 games … tied for second on the team in goals (9) … third on the team in points (19) … had three game winners … added an assist … scored both goals in a 2-1 win over American International (Sep. 6) … had five points (2G, 1A) in a 5-1 win over Wilmington (Sep. 23).

2014: ECAC All-Star Second Team ... Daktronics All-East Region Second Team ... All-ECC First Team ... started all 19 games ... third on the team with five goals and 12 points total ... ranked seventh in the ECC with three game-winning goals and second in conference on penalty kicks (2-2) ... converted a penalty kick for the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over then-No. 4 AIC (Sept. 6) ... scored goals in consecutive wins over Southern New Hampshire (Sept. 17), Saint Thomas Aquinas (Sept. 20), and Molloy (Sept. 24) ... struck for a marker in NCAA First Round victory versus Assumption (Nov. 14).

2013: All-ECC Second-Team … started 15 of the 17 games she appeared in … tied for second on the team, and ranked seventh in the ECC in assists (5) … fourth on the squad in goals (5) and points (15) … tallied three-point (1 G, 1 A) showings versus Caldwell (Sept. 23), Daemen (Oct. 6) and Mercy (Oct. 26) … scored the Pioneers’ only goal in an ECC Tournament semifinal at Bridgeport (Nov. 7).

Prior to LIU Post: Played for Bjorn Hamberg at JB Gymnasiet in Ostersund, Sweden.

Personal: Younger of Eero and Gunilla’s two daughters … has an older sister, Hanna … favorite athlete is Lotta Schelin and person she admires most is her sister, Hanna … enjoys singing and table tennis … currently undecided on a major.

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