All-Region Teams

EVANSVILLE - After a resurgent season that saw the Aces reach their second-straight MVC Championship Final, the University of Evansville men's soccer team placed four student-athletes on the United Soccer Coaches all-region teams, it was announced in a release from the organization on Wednesday morning.

Leading the way for Evansville was freshman forward Nacho Diaz, who received first-team all-West region honors. Coming to Evansville from Almeria, Spain, Diaz made an immediate impact on the team and the conference. The MVC's league leader with nine goals and 21 points, Diaz tallied two goals in a game three times this season and recorded a pair of game-winning goals. In the Missouri Valley Conference postseason awards, Diaz was named MVC Freshman of the Year and was selected to the league's all-conference first team and all-freshman team.

Capturing second team all-region honors, graduate goalkeeper Alex Vidizzoni proved to be a force in goal for the Aces this season. The Codroipo, Italy native recorded eight shutouts on the year, putting him inside the top 10 in both single-season and career shutouts despite playing just 17 matches in the white and purple. Vidizzoni was in goal for each of Evansville's eight wins and ended the year with a 0.88 goals-against average. For his efforts, Vidizzoni was selected as second team all-MVC by the Conference.

Earning third team all-region recognition were senior defender Ethan Garvey and sophomore midfielder Jose Vivas. In his fourth year anchoring the Aces backline, Garvey helped Evansville to eight wins in 2022, while limiting opposing attacks to just 0.95 goals per game. In the midfield, Vivas was one of the driving forces behind a resurgent Evansville offense, scoring four goals and dishing-out three assists as UE amassed 24 goals on the season.

The four all-region honorees for the Aces are the most since Evansville also earned four all-region selection following the 2009 campaign. In all, 13 student-athletes from the MVC were selected to their respective all-region teams with a league-best four coming from Missouri State and UE.
 

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