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Girls hockey keeps meeting goals

By Shane PalmquistThe Cardinal girls hockey players seem to have everything going their way. It appeared that way in the past week, as they set the cruise control and shut out Fairmont, Worthington and Dodge County.LUVERNE 6, FAIRMONT 0Tuesday night Luverne goalie Sarah Schneekloth got her own hat trick of sorts by posting her third consecutive shutout as Luverne once again held their opponents scoreless. It didn’t take long for the host Cardinals to get on the board as both Sadie Dietrich and Natalie Domagala got goals within the first minute of the first period. Chessa Ossefoort and Katie Dahl both added goals of their own to build a 4-0 lead after one.Cardinal Assistant Coach Nick Domagala said, "The girls communicated and passed well, then took the open shots and made them count."The girls came out in the second period playing great on both sides of the puck and picked up two unassisted goals from Abby DeWispelaere and Natalie Morgan. Steph Steensma, Amanda Niessink and Morgan all picked up one assist each to help in the victory.LUVERNE 8 , DODGE COUNTY 0The Luverne scoring machine came home Saturday to dismantle Dodge County.Natalie Domagala not only got a hat trick but added two more goals to finish with five . Sarah Schneekloth picked up Saturday where she left off Thursday by playing the role of a wall, registering 19 saves to record her second consecutive shutout.Luverne also got goals and assists from Dietrich (one goal, one assist) Natalie Morgan (one goal, one assist), and a third-period power-play goal from Katie Dahl. Chessa Ossefoort, Steph Steensma and Paige Olson all picked up an assist. LUVERNE 10 WORTHINGTON 0What could be Luverne’s most memorable game of the season came on the road last Thursday at the expense of the gracious host, Worthington Trojans.Sadie Dietrich reached the century mark in career high school goals by netting the magical goal with 5:28 to go in the first period. She added two more in the second only 30 seconds apart for the hat trick.She not only took advantage of her teammates’ passing to her, but she also helped out their cause by hooking up on five more goals to finish up with an impressive eight points. If that wasn’t enough excitement for the girls, there was plenty more as Natalie Domagala got her own hat trick by netting four of her own goals to go along with one assist.Luverne wasn’t quite done yet with adding story lines to this game as goalie Sarah Schneekloth got her first shutout of the season, rejecting 12 Trojan shots. Steph Steensma, Paige Olson and Mikki Fitzer added their own goals in this game while Olson, Katie Dahl and Heather Kruse each were credited with an assist.Luverne will try to continue its winning ways next week, first hosting St. Peter Tuesday before traveling to New Ulm and Windom to finish out the week.

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