By John RittenhouseThe Luverne tennis team is riding a five-match winning streak after posting a pair of home wins early this week.The Cardinals nipped Fairmont by one point Monday before rolling to a five-point victory over Martin County West Tuesday.Luverne, 11-4 overall, plays at the Southwest Conference Tournament in Redwood Falls today.Luverne 6, MCW 1The Cardinals ran their winning streak to five straight matches with a five-point home win over the Mavericks.Led by a sweep from the doubles teams, Luverne controlled play during a convincing win."Our doubles teams played a lot better at the net, and that made a big difference," said Cardinal coach Greg Antoine. "We continue to be aggressive and force the other team into bad decisions and bad shots."Luverne, which received a forfeit at No. 3 doubles, received straight set wins from its other teams. David Nelson and Derek Boeve notched 6-2 and 6-1 wins over Nate Scheiber and Lucas Schwager at No. 1. Weston Sawtelle and Zach Sanderson secured 6-1 and 6-0 victories over Ben Jellema and Jordan Scheiber at No. 2.Dusty Antoine (6-1 and 6-2 over Chris Kuehl at No. 1), Brandon Deragisch (6-2 and 6-1 over Matt Harbitz at No. 2) and Matt Kreuch (6-2, 7-6, 7-4 in the tie-breaker at no. 4) recorded singles wins for the Cards.MCW’s Mike Lundquist topped Nick Heronimus by 6-3 and 7-6 (7-4 in the tie-breaker) scores at No. 3.Luverne 4, Fairmont 3The Cardinals recorded their 10th win of the season when they edged Fairmont by one point in Luverne Monday.The teams split matches in singles play, but LHS went 2-1 in doubles to settle the issue.After losing a 6-3 decision to Andrew Evelsizer and Lake Kot in the first set of the No. 1 doubles match, Luverne’s Brandon Deragisch and Nick Heronimus rallied to notch 6-1 and 6-4 wins in the final two sets to win the battle. Matt Kreuch and Jamie Vickery cruised to 6-2 and 6-1 wins over Paul Fordier and Reid Rosen for LHS at third doubles.Dusty Antoine and David Nelson earned singles wins for LHS.Antoine saddled David Kopischke with 6-0 and 6-2 setbacks at No. 1. Nelson handed Ted Schaffer a pair of 6-0 setbacks at No. 2.Fairmont’s Andy Melchek topped Derek Boeve by 6-3 and 7-6 (7-4 in the tie-breaker) at No. 3 singles. Paul Brummons bested Zach Sanderson by a 6-2, 1-6, 10-1 tally in the super tie-breaker at No. 4.Brady Schmidt and Mason Mahoney notched 6-2 and 7-5 wins over Luverne’s Weston Sawtelle and Erik Stegemann at second doubles.