The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 15, 1996 - If Morrison named Player of the Year JOE WESTRATE/Daily Big saves like this weren't enough to put Marty Turco on the A-CCHA team. softball toumey By Mark Snyder Daily Sports Writer The defending champs are back, but can they scalp the Seminoles? The Michigan softball team will be competing this afternoon in the open- inglrtid of the Florida State Lady Seminole Invitational. The Wolverines won the tourna- went last year and have three mem- Oers of the All-Tournament team on this season's roster. Jessica Lang, Cheryl Pearcy and last season's tournament MVP Sara Griffin lead the 9-6 Wolverines into the first round as defending champions. The 24-team field includes No. 9 Forida State, the only team ranked ahead of tfie Wolverines in the na- tional poll. In this week's USA To- ay/NCSA Coaches Poll, Michigan ell one spot to No. 15. Michigan would not face the Semi- noles until the semifinal or champi- onship rounds on Sunday, so the today's opponents - Miami (Ohio), Samford and Northern Iowa - are the immediate focus. Indiana and Ohio State will join the Wolverines in representing the Big Ten in -Tallahassee, Fla. Indiana is ranked 17th and brings a 12-6 record 4b the Sunshine State. The three-day tournament opens with the Wolverines playing three games on the first day. The Wolverines have played Mi- ami and Samford before, holding win- ning records against each. Michigan coach Carol Hutchins, the 1995 NCAA Coach of the Year, leads the Wolverines into the tournament with three hitters smacking the ball above a .380 clip. Lang, Kellyn Tate and Lisa Kelley are leading the batting barrage after the first 15 games. With the Big Ten season still two weeks away, the Wolverines will play one more tournament next weekend in Knoxville, Tenn. The early season has given the Wol- verines a chance to work out the kinks in their game. The tournament style allows Michi- gan to start correcting its problems in a competitive situation, playing con- stantly -many times more than once in a day. Michigan is coming off of a third- place finish at the Hillenbrand Invita- tional in Arizona last weekend. The Wolverines' performance in Tucson, Ariz., was highlighted by All- American Sara Griffin's perfect game against No. 10 Oklahoma. By Alan Goldenbach Daily Sports Writer DETROIT - Whether you call it revenge or payback for last year, it doesn't matter to Brendan Morrison. He's just happy. Morrison walked away with the CCHA Player of the Year award at the 13th annual CCHA awards banquet. The theme of this year's presentation was the 25th anniversary of the conference. After perhaps being robbed of the conference's top honor last year, the Michigan center seemed to be a unani- mous choice for the award this season despite missing almost a quarter of his team's games. Last year, while leading the nation in scoring, Morrison watched as Bowling Green's Brian Holzinger walked away with the league's top award. "Holzinger was a good player and de- serving of the award last year," the mod- est Morrison said. "It's nice to be recog- nized by the coaches and by the league. But it couldn't have been possible, though, Michigan baseball struggles down south The Michigan baseball team will head to Norman, Okla., this weekend to take on Oklahoma. The Wolverines have had a tough time down south so far, going 1410 on their annual spring trip. The Sooners are 12.6 after beating Baylor, 23-18 and 16-5, earlier this week. Michigan and Oklahoma will play a three-game set, beginning today and lasting through Sunday. The Wolverines will not open their home season until March 20, when they take on Eastern Michigan at Fisher Stadium. They will play at Purdue March 23-24 and at Indiana March 30-31. - From StafReports LOWEST PRICES! HIGHEST QUALITY! I FASTEST SERVICE! * 1002 PONTIAC TR. 994-1367 without the great support of my team- mates and coaches throughout the sea- son." Morrison was presented with the award by his coach, Red Berenson, who had a request of his star player. "All of the coaches can appreciate his talent," Berenson said. "He's a seri- ous, proficient student and a good kid. And he's going to graduate next year." Berenson's quote received quite a laugh from the audience, as there has been word that Morrison may leave Michigan after this, his junior year. Among Morrison's teammates to re- ceive honors was Kevin Hilton, who was also named to the All-Conference first team. Hilton also gained recogni- tion as being the league's top scorer. In 30 conference games, Hilton tallied 50 points on six goals and 44 assists. Left wing Jason Botterill and defenseman Steven Halko were hon- ored with second-team selections. At the end of the ceremonies, it was also announced that both Morrison and i ROADWAY PACKAGE SYSTEM PACKAGE HANDLERS PERFECT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Saving for tuition? Find part- time work, year round at RPS! - Earn up to $8.50 per hour Roadway Package System, a small package delivery service, hires package handlers to load and unload package vans and semi-trailers. If you are not afraid of hard work, are at least 18 years old and want to work 4-5 hours per day. Mon.-Fri., we can offer you $6.50/hr. to start, $7/hr. after 90 days, plus $1/hr. tuition assistance after 30 days. Excellent opportunity for promotion while a student and after graduation. Respond to: ROADWAY PACKAGE" SYSTEM, INC. 296 Jackson Plaza Ann Arbor, MI 48103 313-665-3323 E01AAE PERSONAL VALUES: In or Out of the Classroom A dialogue on the place of personal values in the academic community PANEL Prof. Frederick Neidhardt, Medical School Prof. Larue Hosmer, School of Bus Ad Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini, LS&A Lisa De Boer, grad student William Plevan, senior, LS&A Santosh Pandipati, senior, LS&A, INTEFLEX Lake Superior State defenseman Keith Aldridge are among the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, given annu- ally to the nation's top collegian. But the evening's big winner was Western Michigan goaltender Marc Magliarditi. The freshman netminder walked away three awards including Rookie of the Year, Best Goaltender, and an All-CCHA first team selection. Maglairditi's league-leading 2.25 goals-against average,.920 save percent- age and five shutouts - a league record - combined to make him the first fresh- man to earn the league's top goaltender award and the first rookie to earn first- team honors since Lake Superior's Bruce Hoffort did in 1988. Speaking of the Lakers, as a team they proved to have the most successful evening. Besides capturing the regular- season title, which earned them the inau- gural regular season trophy, several Lak- ers came away with individual honors. Both the top defensive defenseman and offensive defenseman awards went to Lakers as Mike Matteucci and Aldridge took the awards. Aldridge's award was somewhat predictable as he was among the top CCHA blueliners in scoring all season and a first-team se- lection a year ago. But Matteucci wop the award over Michigan's Steven Halko, who took the honors last season and had an equal, if not better, cam- paign this season. Lake Superior's sweep of the defen- sive awards continued as Bates Battaglia was named Best Defensive Forward. Battaglia's six shorthanded goals were second to the eight of Michigan's Joh Madden, who seemed just as viable-i candidate for the award. Coach of the Year was a pretty obvi- ous choice, as Western Michigan's Bill Wilkinson took the award. In his 14th season behind the Bronco bench, Wilkinson guided his team to 21 con- ference wins - a huge improvement from its nine victories of a year ago - and kept his team at or near the top of the conference all season. 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