European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 12, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 Navratilova tops Seles ties Evert with 157 crowns Martina Navratilova reacts after beating Monica Seles for Milestone Victory sunday. By Dennis Georgatos Oakland Calif. A the record was almost an afterthought for Martina Navratilova. What mattered was whom she beat to reach it. Navratilova Defeated top ranked Monica Seles 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on sunday to win the California Virginia slims. It was Navratilova a 157th tournament title equating Chris Evert a career record for tournament wins. A this is As satisfying As you can get outside a grand slam tournament a said Navratilova who spent seven years atop the women a rankings. She said she Wasny to thinking of equating Evert a record As much As reviving her sagging Confidence. A to beat the no. 1 player in the world is enough a Navratilova said. A but tying the record was a huge  Navratilova evened her record against Seles at 2-2 this season and 5-5 Overall. She had lost her last two meetings to Seles in the finals of the . Open and a tournament in Milan. A i really wanted to win this time a Navratilova said. A i lost to her 6-4 in the third set in Milan and was bummed  those losses she said left her physically and emotionally drained. A Craig Kardon her coach brought me Back up and 1 was Able to get it together on the court a Navratilova said. Immediately after match Point Navratilova walked Over to Kara on and him a kiss. Navratilova who at 35 was More than twice the age of her 17-year-old opponent kept Seles off balance with an a gave arc Shive so rec and Volley game. Seles who lost serve Only twice in three matches leading up tothe final was broken eight times by Navratilova. A my serve had t let me Down in a Long time As much As it did today a Seles said. Quot in practice its of but when there a pressure my serve Isnit  in the decisive set Navratilova took command by holding serve at love getting the final Point with a backhand Volley to take a 3-1 Lead. With Seles Down 2-4 and at break Point Navratilova hit a shot that she thought was a Winner. The Linesman ruled the shot Good but was overruled by Umpire Larry Becker to make the score Deuce drawing a vigorous protest from Navratilova. Seles twice look the advantage before Navratilova won three straight Points securing the break and a 5-2 Lead when Seles was wide on a backhand. A i was determined to win the match and keep attacking not to let it get to me a Navratilova said. Seles came Back to break Navratilova fighting off a match Point but it turned out to be just a holding action. Attacking Selest serve Navratilova broke her again taking the last three Points in succession for the $70,000 first prize. Seles who has made the finals in each of her 14 tournaments this year earned $35,000. Navratilova and Seles each held serve through the first four games of the first set. But Navratilova then broke Seles three straight times to take the first . Blackhawk Blank whalers 3-0 by the associated press Chicago red Belfour looked like his old self thanks to a Little help from his teammates. The Chicago Blackhawk limited Hartford to 18 shots sunday night and Belfour last seasons Vezina trophy Winner stopped them All in a 3-0 Victory. Belfour who held out until the last week of october earned his fifth career shutout and first since his return nine Days earlier. Brent Sutter Steve Conroyd and Mike Stapleton scored As Chicago moved Back into first place in the Norris division one Point ahead of St. Louis which lost 6-4 at Detroit. Sutter scored 67 seconds into the game Conroyd beat Kay Whitmore with a screened slap shot at 12 51 of the second period and Stapleton scored late in the third after a Giveaway. In other games sunday red wings 6, blues 4 Detroit St. Louis which lost 10-3 in Detroit on thursday came closer but still  win As Bob pro Bert had Detroit a first and last goals. Ron Sutter scored twice and Brett Hull had his nil leading 16th goal of the season for the  6, islanders 0 Vancouver British Columbia a Kirk Mclean stopped 28 shots for his first shutout since 1988-89 As Vancouver routed the visiting islanders. Mclean became the first Vancouver goaltender to shut out the islanders since Gary Smith did it in 1974.capitals 10, Nordques 3 Randy Burridge had the Best Day of his nil career with two goals Ana three assists As wishing Quebec Senad the nest Day three assists As Wai ton handed Quebec its worst loss of the season. Dino Ciccarelli and Mike Ridley also had two goals each for the capitals. Ciccarelli a second goal of the game and 11th this season at 5 13 of the third period brought derisive cheers from the crowd of 14,523 at the Coli see a number of whom accorded the visitors a standing ovation. Joe Sakic scored twice for the nordic us whose other goal was scored by Mats  regains 2nd behind flu in a poll by the associated press Miami regained sole Possession of second place in sundays associated press College football poll setting up a 1 is. 2 showdown with Florida state on saturday at Tallahassee. A up polls on Page 24. The hurricanes who were tied with Washington for the runner up spot last week moved one Point ahead of the huskies after beating West Virginia 27-3. Miami 8-0 received three first place votes and 1,413 Points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. No. 3 Washington 9-0which Defeated Southern California 14-3, got four first place votes and 1,412 Points. Florida state 10-0 held on to the top spot after Downing South Carolina 38-10. The seminoles received 53 of 60 first place votes and 1,492 Points. The Florida state Miami game will be the first 1-2 matchup since top ranked notre Dame beat no. 2 Michigan 24-19 sept. 16,1989. Michigan 8-1 remained no. 4 in this week s Pou after whipping Northwestern 59-14. Florida 8-1 moved up a place to no. 5 after beating Georgia 45-13. California 8-1 Rose one spot to no. 6 following a 27-14 Victory Over Oregon state and Alabama 8-1 jumped one place to no. 7 after edging Louisiana state 20-17. Penn state 8-2which blasted Maryland 47-7, climbed one spot to no. 8. Iowa 8-1 also went up a notch to no. 9, after beating Indiana 38-21. Tennessee a 35-34 Victory Over notre Dame boosted the volunteers 6-2 three places to no. 10 and dropped the Irish 8-2 seven spots to no. 12. Nebraska 7-1-1 stayed no. 11 after clobbering Kansas 59-23. Texas a amp a was 13th, followed by East Carolina Clemson Colorado Syracuse Oklahoma Ohio state Baylor Virginia Stanford Brigham Young North Carolina state and Illinois. Stanford by and Illinois moved into the top 25, replacing Urcla Georgia and Indiana. Stanford 6-3 jumped to no. 22 a its first ranking since 1986 a after beating Urcla 27-10. By 7-3 moved up to no. 23 after winning its seventh straight a 56-31 Victory Over Wyoming. Illinois 6-3 grabbed the final spot in the poll following a 41-14 pounding of Purdue. Up ranks huskies no. 2 new York up Florida state and Miami six Days away from next weeks showdown for the right to choose their postseason plans remained sandwiched around Washington in sunday s up off College football ratings. No. 1 Florida state regained some of the ground it has lost Over recent weeks receiving 73 of 86 first place votes cast by members of the National football foundation and finished with 2,133 Points. Sundays total represented a gain of three first place votes and 27 Points Over last week. Washington which passed Miami for the no. 2 ranking last week doubled its margin Over Miami after receiving 10 first place votes and 2,036 Points. The hurricanes wound up with 2,010 Points