. . . June 1996

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Hockey Team Takes NCAA Title;
Gymnasts, Softballers Among the Nation's Best

Hockey Coach Red Berenson completed his mission of raising the U-M hockey program from doormat in April when junior All-American Brendan Morrison of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada, scored a sudden-death overtime goal to bring U-M its first national title since 1964. The 3-2 victory over Colorado College in Cincinnati March 30 marked Berenson's 300th career win.	Photo courtesy U-M Sports Information
	Other noteworthy tourney appearances were turned in by the women's gymnastic team, which finished sixth in the nation, and the softball team, which made back-to-back appearances in the eight-team College World Series before again losing two straight in the double-elimination tournament in Columbus, Georgia. The young Wolverines were led by senior All-American Wendy Marshall of Long Island, New York.
	Coach Carole Hutchins's softball team finished 51-14 following defeats by a strong UCLA team and a determined Iowa squad whom they'd defeated in two out of three games earlier this season. Sophomore pitcher-slugger and All-American Sara Griffin of Simi Valley, California, had won 19 straight games before entering the World Series. The two tournament losses were both squeakers, 2-0 and 3-2.

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