European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes sports tuesday november 15,1994gators, tide gain in polls by the associated press top ranked Nebraska maintained its Lead Over no. 2 Penn state and Alabama climbed to no. 4. Sunday in the associated press College football poll. The Cor huskers topped the Kittany Lions 39-23 in first place votes and hold an Overall Lead of 18 Points in the Media poll the same margin As last week. Nebraska and Penn state also Are 1-2 in the Usa today can coaches poll. Both teams remained unbeaten saturday although neither had an easy time. Nebraska 11-0 needed two fourth Quarter touchdowns to pull away from wingless College football Iowa state 28-12. Penn state 9-0 overcame a 21-Point deficit to beat Illinois 3531. A a a a _. The victories clinched an Orange bowl berth for Nebraska and a Rose bowl trip for Penn state so they wont meet for the National championship. Florida moved up one spot to no. 3 and Alabama jumped two places to no. 4, the tides highest ranking this season the teams will meet in the Southeastern conference championship game at Atlanta dec. 3. The gators 8-1 clinched the Sec East title with a,48-17 Victory Over South Carolina. The tide 10-0 won the Sec West by beating Mississippi state 29-25. Miami t8-1 stayed no. 5 following a Sloppy 17-12 win Over Pittsburgh and Auburn 9-0-1 fell three spots to no. 6 after a 23-23 tit with Georgia that ended the tigers 20-game winning Streak. Auburn plays Alabama at Birmingham saturday. Rounding out the top 10 were Colorado 9-1florida state 8-1texas a amp a 9-0-1 and Colorado state 9-1. Colorado beat Kansas 51-26, Florida state downed notre Dame 23-16, Texas a amp a Defeated Louisville 26-10, and col Huber holds off Pierce by the associated press Philadelphia Anke Huber played the Best set of her career and nuns on to defeat Mary Pierce 6-0, 6-7 4-77-5 sunday for the championship of the $750,000 Virginia slims of Phila Delphia. Huber nearly blew a 4-0 Lead in the third set before she settled Down for her third Victory of the season. The 19-year-old German won the final two fames in the third set and broke Pierce a a serve with a forehand to win the tournament. A she pushed me a Huber said. A she pro Tennis was always there and she never gave up. I just tried to play my game and it worked  Huber who earned $150,000, has won two tournaments and is ranked 13th in the world despite not having a coach since september. She also beat Pierce in the porsche Tennis grand prix in Germany last month. Huber had the most difficult route to the final. She had three set victories Over Jennifer Capriati and Lisa Raymond beat Kimberly to in two sets and Gabriela Sabatini in three sets before facing the second seeded fierce. A a in a much More comfortable on the court and i think i have much More fun out there a Huber said. A i just take it More easy and i relax More on the  Pierce ranked fifth earned $67,500 for second place. She is wingless in five finals this year and has not beaten Huber in three career matches. Pierce hammered a 97 Mph Ace and won three straight games to make it 5-5 in the third set. One fought off three match Points earlier in the set before Huber put her away. A i really Felt that i had a Chance to win the match a Pierce said. A a it a really Tough to lose a match like that because i was Down practically the whole match. Its just too bad that i went that far and lost those last two  Pierce had not lost a set in the tournament until Huber played nearly flawless in winning the first in 22 my Huber lost Only six service Points in the mutes. After her Clary sunday Anke Huber walks past a dejected Mary Pierce seated. First set and lost Only eight Points in the Erst five games. Huber kept Pierce running along the Baseline with deep returns and hit winners with Cross court forehand. A she was running around like she did no to know where to go what to do and where to play a Huber said. Huber looked like she would win easily when she went up 2-0 in the second set but Pierce came Back with an assortment of drop shots and forehand winners. Pierce made it 4-4 when Huber Dou ble faulted. Pierce ranked fifth in the world won the second set tiebreaker when Huber committed her sixth double fault and hit a forehand Long. A she was just playing so Well that there was nothing i could do a Pierce said. A i tried to come to the net and mix it up. It worked a Little  Corretta wins Buenos Aires Argentina a Alex Corretta of Spain won his first at tour title sunday defeating Javier Frana of Argentina 6-3,5-7,7-6 7-5 in the final of the$313,000tot Corretta playing before Franas boisterous Hometown crowd captured 15 of his 17 service games and won the. Match in 2 hours 37 minutes. Corretta ranked no. 25 in the world was playing in his third final this year. In the doubles final featuring four spaniards top seeds Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez Defeated Tomas car Bonell and Francisco Roig 6-3, 6-2. Casal and Sanchez qualified for a record eighth at tour world doubles championship. Orado state beat Arkansas state 48-3. Kansas state was 11th, followed by Oregon Southern California Virginia tech Michigan Virginia Boston College Washington Arizona by Utah Ohio state Mississippi state Duke and North Carolina state. Ohio state and North Carolina state moved into the top 25, while Syracuse and Washington state dropped out. The buckeyes 8-3 beat Indiana 32-17, arid the Wolf pack 7-2 Defeated Duke 24-23. Syracuse 6-3which was 14th last week lost to Boston College 31-0. Washington state 6-4no. 24 a week ago fell to Oregon state 21-3.losing still51 in Row by Stephen Hawkins Jackson miss. Apr Prairie View running Back Michael Porter says losing does no to get any easier even after being involved in two record streaks of futility. A no it does no to Porter said after Prairie View set a division i a record with its 45th straight loss saturday night. A people think i get used to losing. Nobody gets used to  but it has become too often a routine for Porter a Sophomore from Houston. His personal losing Streak is 51 games a 21 at Prairie View after 30 at Houston Davis High school which lost a National record 80 straight games. V a the Only Way to get a win is to keep trying a Porter said. A there Are plenty of times when i Felt like walking away. It hurts to lose but in a not a  Prairie View 0-10, 0-7 southwestern athletic conference broke columbian a i a record with a 52-7 loss at Jackson state 7r3, 4-2which led Only 24-7 before scoring four touchdowns in the fourth Quarter. A i think people play a Little harder against us because they done to want to lose to us a Porter said. The panthers one loss away from their fourth straight 0-11 season close the season next week at Home against Alabama Birmingham 6-4. Its the last Chance for defensive lineman Gus Belser and the other Prairie View seniors to get the Only win of their College careers. A i just wish we could go out and win next week a Belser said. A i just wish we had that extra Edge to go out and do what it takes. One More Chance. If we were to be victorious i could at least say to myself that we did win at least one  Columbia which lost 44 straight Between 1983 and 1988, ensured its first winning season since 1973 with a 38-33 win Over Cornell on the same Day its los my Streak record was broken. Prairie View Hasni to won since beating Mississippi Valley state 21-10 on oct. 28, 1989, the panthers have As Many losses in that time As they do wins in the past 23 having won Only 45 games since a we did no to want to be part of that a said Ron Beard who is 0-43 in four seasons As Prairie views coach. A the record was something that we did t think that much about. A this has to be the worst year of my 20 years in coaching. We Felt we had the Type of club this was the year to break into the win column. You get so close then you let it slip through your