By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls’ hockey team recorded its first win of the season when it topped Redwood Valley by eight goals Friday in Luverne.The win was followed by a two-goal loss Monday in Windom.Luverne, 1-9 overall, hosts Marshall at 5:30 p.m. tonight.Windom 5, Luverne 3A four-goal effort from Windom’s Alex Potter proved to be too much for the Cardinals to overcome Monday in Windom.Potter scored the game’s first two goals and teammate Shaina Caviness added another counter to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead in the first period.Luverne’s Natalie Morgan netted an unassisted goal and Stephanie Steensma scored in a power-play situation to trim Windom’s lead to one goal (3-2) in the second period, but Potter netted two short-handed goals before the period was complete to make it 5-3.Cardinal Katie Dahl scored the lone goal of the third period after being set up by Mikki Fitzer.Windom outshot the Cards 29-22 in the game.Luverne 10, RWV 2The Cardinals broke through for their first win of the season when they entertained Redwood Valley at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Friday.Fitzer led the way with a three-goal, one-assist effort as the Cardinals snapped a nine-game losing skid with an eight-goal victory.Morgan finished the game with two goals and two assists. Dahl and Paige Olson contributed one goal and three assists each to the winning cause.Fitzer scored twice and Olson and Morgan chipped in one goal each when the Cards opened a 4-0 lead in the first period.Fitzer completed her hat trick at the 12:44 mark of the second period to make it 5-0 before RWV’s Katie Kuehn scored her first of two second-period goals.Liz Solma and Dahl scored in the final five minutes of the second period for LHS to make it a 7-2 game.Kelsey Theesfeld, Morgan and Steensma tallied third-period goals for the Cards.Alison Brands stopped seven of nine shots in goal for an LHS squad that outshot RWV 40-9 in the game.Heather Kruse, Amanda Niessink and Natalie Willers finished the game with one assist each.