The Cardinals completed a 2-2 Southwest Conference campaign by nipping Pipestone-Jasper by one point Thursday. LHS extended its season-long winning streak to five straight victories with a seven-point non-conference win over Marshall Monday.
Luverne, 9-4 overall, plays at the SWC Tournament in Redwood Falls today.
Luverne 7, Marshall 0
The Cards avenged a Sept. 9 loss to the Tigers by sweeping Marshall in Luverne Monday.
Luverne won six of the seven matches in straight sets against a Tiger team that gave LHS its last loss before the current winning streak.
All of Luverne's singles victories came in straight sets.
Amanda Aning rolled to 6-2 and 6-4 wins at No. 1, Becky Antoine notched 7-6 and 6-1 wins against Kari Markell at No. 2, Rachel Tofteland handed Melanie Clark a pair of 6-2 setbacks at No. 3, and Chelsea Cronin posted 6-3 and 6-4 victories over Heather Buesing at No. 4.
Luverne's Allana and Ashley Gacke gained 6-1 and 6-4 wins against Jennifer Andres and Jessica Henkelman at No. 1 doubles, and Cardinals Sarah Lange and Jenny Braa were 6-4, 6-2 victors over Candice Grams and Lacy Scholten at No. 3.
After falling 6-0 in the first set to Missy Stassen and Ellie Ahmann in the No. 2 doubles test, Luverne's Patricia Willers and Gabe Van Dyk rallied to post 6-0 and 6-3 wins in the final two sets to win the match.
Luverne 4, P-J 3
The Cardinals capped a .500 SWC campaign by nipping the Arrows by one point in a match played in Luverne Thursday.
LHS and P-J split the four singles matches during the tilt, but the Cards went 2-1 in doubles to win the match and even their league mark at 2-2.
Luverne's No. 2 doubles team of Gabe Van Dyk and Patricia Willers prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 over Steph and Stacy Plahn, and Sarah Lange and Jenny Braa posted 6-4 and 6-2 victories over Tory Hess and Vicki Van Vliet at No. 3.
P-J's Shelly Ludolph and Shana Haraldson took the No. 1 doubles match from Allana and Ashley Gacke by 6-4 and 7-6 counts.
Amanda Aning and Chelsea Cronin picked up wins at No. 1 and No. 4 singles for LHS.
Aning handed Cassandra Van Vliet a pair of 7-5 setbacks. Cronin dropped a 6-4 set to Mindy Cunningham before recording 6-2 and 6-1 wins to steal the victory.
P-J's Kelly Cunningham was a 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 winner against Becky Antoine at No. 2 singles. Arrow Shawna Baustian downed Rachel Tofteland by 7-6 and 6-1 tallies at No. 3.