By John RittenhouseThe Luverne tennis team went 1-2 while playing at a pair of different events since Saturday.The Cardinals lost matches to Redwood Valley and Montevideo during the Redwood Valley Triangular Saturday. LHS beat MACCRAY by three points in Luverne Tuesday.Luverne, 3-2 overall, hosts Brandon Valley today before traveling to Marshall Monday.Luverne 5,MACCRAY 2Strong performances from the singles players carried the Cardinals to victory during Tuesday’s home match against MACCRAY.LHS swept the four singles tilts and went 1-2 in doubles to rise above the .500 mark in match play."Our singles girls played really well," said Cardinal coach Greg Antoine. "All four girls played hard."Samantha Gacke secured 6-3 and 6-2 wins over Melissa Gustafson at No. 1, Alyssa Klein rolled to 6-2 and 6-0 victories over Claire Jaenisch at No. 2, and Nikki Van Dyk posted a pair of 6-3 wins over Amanda Forstrom at No. 3.Kaitlyn Deragisch won a three-set match from Ashley Forstrom at No. 4. After falling 4-6 in the first set, Deragisch won 6-0 in the second set and won a tiebreaker (7-2) for the third set.Luverne’s Brittney Boeve and Andraya Gracke prevailed in a three-set match (6-3, 4-6, 6-2) against Megan Hansen and Stephanie Grussing at No. 1 doubles.MACCRAY’s Amanda Bonnema and Ashley Trulock topped Jessica Klein and Heidi Sandbulte by 7-5 and 7-6 (7-3 in the tiebreaker) scores at No. 2 doubles. Anna Hagameyer and Shannon Hilbrands topped Lindsey Severtson and Katie Kraetsch 7-6 (7-4 in the tiebreaker), 4-6 and 8-6 at No. 3 doubles.RWV triangularThe Cardinals experienced defeat for the first time this season when they traveled to Redwood Falls for a triangular meet Saturday.Host RWV topped Luverne 6-1 in the first match of the day. Montevideo nipped the Cards 4-3 in the finale."I thought Montevideo was a better team than RWV," admitted LHS coach Antoine."I think the girls were a little tired in the first match. We had a long bus ride, and they had a school dance the night before. All of the kids played better in the second match."Samantha Gacke played well all day at No. 1 singles.Gacke topped RWV’s Sam Bouschek 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the first match, and posed a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 victory over Montevideo’s Dijana Vrtar in the finale."Sam had a great day," Antoine said. "She played well in her first match, and played an incredible match against Montevideo. She played six sets of tennis, which is a lot on a hot and windy day."Deragisch, who posted a pair of 6-3 victories against Montevideo’s Jenny Fitcher after falling in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) to RWV’s Caitilin MaGuire at No. 4 singles. Luverne’s third doubles team of Robin Madtson and Amy Herman won by 6-3 and 6-4 scores against Montevideo’s Trisha Baldwin and Tina Flaherty.Alyssa Klein went 0-2 at No. 2 singles. Van Dyk was 0-2 at No. 3 singles.Andraya Gacke and Boeve lost at No. 1 doubles against RWV, and Jessica Klein and Sandbulte fell against the host school.Klein and Boeve teamed up at No. 1 doubles against Montevideo, while Andraya Gacke and Sandbulte played at No. 2. Both LHS teams lost their matches in straight sets.