By John RittenhouseThe Luverne tennis team split non-conference matches against area foes.The Cardinals swept a seven-point match against Martin County West in Sherburn Thursday. Brandon Valley spoiled Luverne’s home debut Monday by edging the Cardinals in a one-point decision.Luverne, 4-2 overall, plays in Redwood Falls for the Southwest Conference championship today before participating in the St. James Tournament Saturday. Luverne hosts Worthington for a non-conference clash Tuesday.BV 4, Luverne 3The visiting Lynx threw a wrench in Luverne’s plans to win its home opener Monday by nipping the Cardinals by one point.BV split the singles tests with the Cards and took two of three doubles battles to win the match."We need to be more patient and wait for the right time to be aggressive," said LHS coach Greg Antoine. "We need to be ready when the ball comes to us, and we need to work on putting away shots when we have the opportunity."Dusty Antoine and David Nelson won at No. 1 and No. 3 singles respectively for LHS. Antoine notched 6-2 and 6-3 wins over Tom Engebretson. Nelson posted 6-2 and 5-3 victories over Ian Blue.Luverne’s No. 1 doubles team of Brandon Deragisch and Nick Heronimus won a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 decision from Camden Nettestad and Bryan Wehrkamp.BV received singles wins from Matt Hubble (5-7, 6-2, 6-4 over Derek Boeve) and Logan Soper (6-3 and 6-1 over Erik Stegemann) at No. 2 and No. 4.Dustin Eggen and Blake Kluenenburg won a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6 in the tie-breaker) match from Zach Sanderson and Weston Sawtelle at No. 2 doubles. Nick Nelson and Dan Rolph prevailed by 6-4 and 6-2 scores over Matt Kreuch and Jamie Vickery at No. 3.Luverne 7, MCW 0The Cardinals capped a five-match road stretch to start the 2005 season by sweeping a seven-point match from the Mavericks in Sherburn Thursday.Luverne, which received forfeits from MCW at No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles, won the five matches settled on the court in straight sets."Our serving percentage was good today," said Cardinal coach Antoine. "We created a lot of opportunities to finish off points, then we followed through and won the point."Dusty Antoine (6-3 and 6-1 over Chris Kuehl), Boeve (6-1 and 6-3 over Mike Lundquist) and Nelson (6-0 and 6-1 over Nate Janssen) notched wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles respectively.Luverne’s Deragisch and Heronimus handed Lucas Schwager and Nate Schieber 6-2 and 6-3 setbacks at No. 1 doubles. Playing together for the first time at No. 2 doubles, Luverne’s Sanderson and Sawtelle posted 6-0 and 6-2 wins over Ben Jellema and Jordan Schwager.