Lindsey Vonn seems to make history every time she wins — and she's doing that often.

Vonn won the super-G season finale at the World Cup finals yesterday at Are, Sweden, becoming the first American woman to capture the championship title in the discipline.

"The confidence just keeps building and building in race after race," she said. "I trust myself, I trust my ability and that's what allows me to ski fast and aggressively."

Vonn earned her third crystal globe this season, tying the U.S. record set by Phil Mahre in 1982.

The 24-year-old Vonn finished the Olympia course in 1 minute, 20.63 seconds. A day earlier, she clinched the World Cup overall title for the second straight year by winning downhill.

"I was hoping so much that I could win today and get the super-G globe, no American female has ever done that," Vonn said. "I'm so, so happy. What a week it's been so far."

Nadia Fanchini of Italy finished runner-up in 1:20.71 and was second in the final super-G standings.

This was Vonn's ninth World Cup win this winter, setting another U.S. record for the most World Cup wins in one season — male or female.

AMERICANS FINISH 1-2 IN WORLD SPEEDSKATING

Americans Shani Davis and Trevor Marsicano won gold and silver medals at 1,500 meters yesterday at the world single distances speedskating championships in Richmond, British Columbia.

Davis finished in 1 minute, 46.19 seconds at Richmond Olympic Oval, the speedskating venue for next year's Vancouver Games. He was followed by Marsicano in 1:46.30 and bronze medalist Denny Morrison of Canada in 1:47.05.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

NEVADA COACH POWERS WINS HIS 800TH GAME

Nevada scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning on an error and a wild pitch to beat visiting Oregon, 6-5, yesterday and give Wolf Pack coach Gary Powers his 800th career victory.

Powers improved his 27-year career record to 800-629-4.

The Wolf Pack (5-8) left 12 runners on base, committed two errors and hit five Oregon hitters. The Ducks, playing baseball this season for the first time in 28 years, fell to 6-7.

SLED DOG RACE

FOUR-TIME CHAMPION BUSER LEADS IDITAROD

Four-time champion Martin Buser kept his Iditarod lead yesterday, and Norwegian Bjornar Andersen had to abandon the race after a sled accident.

Buser was the first musher to reach Ophir, a trail checkpoint 687 miles from the finish in Nome. He arrived Wednesday afternoon and took his mandatory 24-hour layover in Ophir.

Six other mushers also had reached Ophir behind Buser, who won the 1,100-mile Iditarod in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2002.

TENNIS

SHARAPOVA RETURNS, BUT LOSES IN DOUBLES

Maria Sharapova made a tentative return from shoulder surgery yesterday, teaming with Elena Vesnina in a 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 loss to Ekaterina Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek in doubles play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

It was the first match in seven months for Sharapova, who was forced off the WTA Tour last August by a torn rotator cuff and underwent surgery on her right shoulder two months later.