By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls’ hockey team was unable to break into the win column after playing two home games over the weekend.The Cardinals lost a one-goal decision to Morris-Benson Friday before falling to Waseca by seven goals Saturday.Luverne, 0-8 overall, hosts Redwood Valley (5:30 p.m.) Friday and travels to Windom Monday.Waseca 8, Luverne 1A five-goal first period from the Blue Jays was too much to overcome in Saturday’s game at the Blue Mound Ice Arena.Waseca, which outshot LHS 31-20 in the game, received goals from seven different players during the contest.Amy Selvik scored twice and Paige Snow and Jenna Sopkowiak added one goal each as the visitors gained a 4-0 lead 14:44 into the game.Luverne’s Paige Olson scored after being set up by Katie Dahl with 2:02 remaining in the first period, but Waseca’s Emily Arnfelt found the net with 58 seconds left in the stanza to make it a 5-1 game.Waseca’s Beth Buenzow scored in the second period before Kristen Muotka and Megan Foels capped the scoring with third-period goals.Alison Brands made 23 saves in net for LHS.M-B 3, Luverne 2Luverne turned in its best performance of the season during Friday’s one-goal home loss to the Storm.Olson gave the hosts a 1-0 lead after being set up by Mikki Fitzer 3:06 into the game, but the Cards couldn’t recover from a three-goal run by M-B in the first and second periods.Brittany Sharstrom tied the game at one with 11:40 remaining in the first period. Sharstrom and Sarah Kolden gave the Storm a 3-1 lead with second-period tallies.Luverne’s Fitzer picked up her second assist of the game when she set up a goal by Dahl, which capped the scoring with 11:05 remaining in the game.M-B outshot the Cards 27-14 in the game. Brands charted 245 saves.