By John RittenhouseThe Luverne volleyball team kicked off Homecoming Week by sweeping a three-game match against Lennox, S.D., Tuesday.The win over Lennox was preceded by a three-game home loss to Marshall Thursday.Luverne, 10-4-1 overall, plays road matches against Jackson County Central and Hills-Beaver Creek tonight and Monday respectively. The Cardinals host Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Tuesday.Luverne 3, Lennox 0The Cardinals dominated play during their Homecoming match against Lennox.Luverne outscored the Ladybirds 75-42 on the way to a three-game sweep of Lennox.The Cards played their best volleyball early, posting convincing 25-14 and 25-9 wins in the first two games.Game 1 was tied at five when the Cardinals put together a 15-3 run capped by Maggie Kuhlman’s kill to open a 20-8 lead.Lennox closed the gap to 10 points (24-14) before Birdie Xaphakdy recorded an ace tip that iced an 11-point win for the hosts.The score was tied at two in the second game before the Cards went on a 15-2 run that ended with Traci Evans serving a point to give LHS a 17-4 advantage.Luverne went on to outscore Lennox 6-5 the rest of the game before winning by 16 points when Jessa Dahl delivered a kill.Lennox, which took its first lead of the night by scoring the first point in Game 3, opened a 7-4 cushion moments later.Luverne rallied to move in front 15-13 when Kuhlman served a point, but Lennox bounced back to knot the score at 16. The Cards then mounted a 9-3 run capped by a service point from Cassie Pap to lock up a 25-19 victory.Ashley Heitkamp played a solid match for the winners. She completed 14 of 15 serves and recorded four aces and 10 points. Heitkamp had seven kills and four blocks at the net.Kuhlman and Evans registered eight and five kills respectively, while Pap charted four blocks. Evans was 18 of 18 serving with 14 points and six aces.Chelsea Park and Brittney Williams contributed 15 and 14 set assists to the winning effort. Williams also had three ace tips. Kimi Xaisongkahm led the Cards with four digs.Marshall 3, Luverne 0The Cardinals dropped their first conference match of the season when they entertained Marshall Thursday.Marshall, the state’s top-ranked Class 3AAA team, proved it is a worthy opponent to the Cardinals by sweeping LHS in three games."They are strong," said Cardinal coach Lori Oechsle, when describing the Tigers. "Our serving (35-38) was good in the match, but you can’t afford to give up any points on service errors when you’re playing a good team like Marshall.""We need to work on our blocking," she added. "We only had one block in the match."Outscoring the Cards 75-36 in the match, Marshall secured 25-7, 25-11 and 25-18 wins during the sweep.Park completed eight of 10 serves with five points and two aces and led the hosts with eight set assists. Williams added six set assists.Kuhlman led Luverne with five kills and six digs. Evans added four kills and four digs to the cause.