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 |