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Arrows keep rolling agains LHS

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne softball team had a three-game winning streak snapped when it hosted Pipestone for a doubleheader Friday.Pipestone, the lone team with an unbeaten record in Southwest Conference play (10-0), proved during the twin bill it has a solid squad.The Arrows outscored the Cardinals 30-0 in two games that ended by the 10-run rule after five innings of play.Pipestone blanked the Cardinals without giving up a hit in Game 1.The Arrows scored 19 runs in the first three innings and added another counter in the top of the fifth to win 20-0.Sarah Wynia pitched in the opener for LHS. She walked four batters and recorded five strikeouts.Game 2 wasn’t much better for the Cardinals.Pipestone scored one run in the first and fifth innings, two in the second and three in the third and fourth frames on the way to a 10-0 win.Luverne did get two hits in the finale. Jessy Behr and Jessa Dahl stroked one single each.Stacy Lorenzen pitched the nightcap for the Cards. She walked nine batters and fanned four.Luverne slips to 5-12 overall and 3-7 in the conference with the losses. The Cardinals play a doubleheader in Worthington today before ending the regular season with a game against Murray County Central in Slayton Monday.

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