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Five Owls Receive Invite to Play with National Teams
7/19/2019 3:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Five members of the Florida Atlantic University women's basketball team have been invited to play with their respective national teams this summer.
Nikola Ozola will play in the U-19 World Cup with the Latvian team and then team up with the U-20 team for the European Championship.
Janeta Rozentale and Sofia Galeron will also play in the U-20 European Championship with their national teams. Galeron will play with Spain and Rozentale will join Ozola on the Latvian team. Lotta Vehka-Aho will play for Finland in the European Championship Division B.
Astou Gaye has been invited to compete with France in the U-23 3x3 World Championships, but will decline the offer due to an injury.
The U-20 European Championship Division A and B will be played Aug. 3-11. The Division A tournament will be played in Klatovy, Czech Republic and B will take place in Prishtina, Kosovo. Spain and Latvia are both in Group A for the group phase of the Division A Championship along with Serbia and Portugal. Finland is in Group D of the Division B side along with Greece and Bulgaria.
The U-19 World Cup will be played July 20-28 in Thailand. Ozola and Latvia are in Group A with Mozambique, Canada and Thailand. The Latvian team will play Canada first on July 20.
All five players will join the Owls for the upcoming season as newcomers. Ozola and Vehka-Aho will be true freshmen and Gaye is a junior college transfer. Rozentale and Galeron are transfers who will sit out the 2019-20 season.
For complete coverage of FAU women's basketball, follow us on Twitter (@FAU_WBB), Instagram (@FAU_WBB) and Facebook (Florida Atlantic Women's Basketball).
Nikola Ozola will play in the U-19 World Cup with the Latvian team and then team up with the U-20 team for the European Championship.
Janeta Rozentale and Sofia Galeron will also play in the U-20 European Championship with their national teams. Galeron will play with Spain and Rozentale will join Ozola on the Latvian team. Lotta Vehka-Aho will play for Finland in the European Championship Division B.
Astou Gaye has been invited to compete with France in the U-23 3x3 World Championships, but will decline the offer due to an injury.
The U-20 European Championship Division A and B will be played Aug. 3-11. The Division A tournament will be played in Klatovy, Czech Republic and B will take place in Prishtina, Kosovo. Spain and Latvia are both in Group A for the group phase of the Division A Championship along with Serbia and Portugal. Finland is in Group D of the Division B side along with Greece and Bulgaria.
The U-19 World Cup will be played July 20-28 in Thailand. Ozola and Latvia are in Group A with Mozambique, Canada and Thailand. The Latvian team will play Canada first on July 20.
All five players will join the Owls for the upcoming season as newcomers. Ozola and Vehka-Aho will be true freshmen and Gaye is a junior college transfer. Rozentale and Galeron are transfers who will sit out the 2019-20 season.
For complete coverage of FAU women's basketball, follow us on Twitter (@FAU_WBB), Instagram (@FAU_WBB) and Facebook (Florida Atlantic Women's Basketball).
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