VU’s Joe Germanese Named to MVC All-Tournament Team

VU’s Joe Germanese Named to MVC All-Tournament Team

11/15/2004

VU’s Joe Germanese Named to MVC All-Tournament Team

OMAHA, Neb. – Vanderbilt freshman forward Joe Germanese was named to the 2004 Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team following the league’s championship game Sunday at Morrison Stadium (Creighton).

SMU’s Ryan Latham scored with 22 seconds remaining in the match to lead the Mustangs to a 2-1 victory over Tulsa in the title match of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Soccer Championship.  The No. 3 SMU Mustangs will represent the MVC as the league’s automatic qualifier in the NCAA Tournament.

The Commodores lost in first round action to SMU, 2-0, in Dallas, Texas.  Of the Commodores five shots, Germanese totaled three, including one on goal.  Germanese was also named the MVC’s Freshman of the Year, while earning All-Freshman Team honors.

Germanese is only the second Commodore to earn MVC All-Tournament honors and the first since 1999 when Travis Weeks was selected to the team. 

Below is the 2004 Missouri Valley All-Tournament Team.

2004 Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team
Joe Germanese, Vanderbilt
Jon Watson, Southwest Missouri State
Marc Burch, Evansville
Matt Nickell, Drake
Matt Wieland, Creighton
Michael Krause, Creighton
Cody Kother, Bradley
Preston Good, Bradley
Terry Boss, Tulsa
Ryan Pore, Tulsa
Brian McCurdy, Tulsa
Israel Jones, SMU
Ross Spencer, SMU
Ryan Latham, SMU
Ugo Ihemelu, MVP