Nov. 28, 2006

CANYON, Texas - Over the past two weeks three members of the West Texas A&M women's soccer team played for their respective country's in competition around the world. Senior Sarit Shenar and freshman Adi Stein played for the Israeli National Team at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) championship preliminary round, while freshman Jenelle Nedd's Trinidad & Tobago team played in the quarterfinal round of World Cup qualifying.

The Israeli National Team went 3-0 after defeating Latvia 3-0 on Nov. 18, getting past Armenia 1-0 Nov. 20 and rolling over Bosnia-Herzegovina 5-2 on Nov. 23 to win their group.

Shenar scored the final goal in the match against Latvia, hit the match-winner against Armenia and scored four goals against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Stein meanwhile, did not register any goals in the preliminary round, but did provide four assists in the match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, all of which were to Shenar.

Israel was just one of four teams to go unbeaten in the preliminaries, and will play again in April and October of next year in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Championships.

In the quarterfinal round of World Cup qualifying, Trinidad & Tobago fell to Mexico 3-0 on Nov. 19 in Miami. Nedd and her teammates went 5-1 in World Cup qualifying this year. The top three teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean qualify for the World Cup in 2007. Trinidad & Tobago placed fifth in the group, just missing next year's tournament.