By John RittenhouseThe Luverne tennis team reeled off four straight victories to up its season record to 8-5.The Cardinals secured a three-point win in Brandon, S.D., Wednesday, May 3.Luverne nipped Pipestone by one point in Pipestone Thursday, then the Cards defeated the Arrows and Yellow Medicine East to win the YME Tournament in Granite Falls Saturday.The Cardinals play in Fairmont today before traveling to Sherburn to challenge Martin County West Monday.YME tourneyThe Cardinals pulled out a tight match and turned in one dominating performance to win the team title of the YME Tournament in Granite Falls Saturday.Luverne edged Pipestone 4-3 in the opener before coasting to a 7-0 victory over YME in the finale.Two singles players and two doubles teams went undefeated during the tournament for LHS.David Nelson notched 6-3 and 6-1 wins over Pipestone’s Jamie Gustafson before saddling YME’s Eric Dubbelde with a pair of 6-0 setbacks at No. 1 singles.Derek Boeve secured 6-3 and 7-5 wins over Pipestone’s David Janssen before handing YME’s James Kostenson a pair of 6-0 losses at second singles.Nick Heronimus and Weston Sawtelle went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Jamie Vickery and Austin Lee prevailed twice at No. 3.Heronimus and Sawtelle downed Pipestone’s Mike Steffon and Greg Mitchell (6-2, 6-0) and YME’s Justin Thomas and Clarke Christian (7-5, 6-4). Vickery and Lee topped Pipestone’s Dave Delaney and Chad Vander Poel (6-4, 1-6, 6-3) and YME’s Aaron Lynner and Barry Jacobson (3-6, 6-1, 6-4).Zach Sanderson and Matt Kreuch went 1-1 at No. 3 and No. 4 singles respectively. Erik Stegemann and Jeremy Hoff went 1-1 at No. 2 doubles.Luverne 4, Pipestone 3The Cardinals pulled out a one-point win during a non-conference match played in Pipestone Thursday.The teams split four singles matches, but LHS went 2-1 in doubles to win the overall battle.Heronimus and Sawtelle saddled Mike Steffen and Greg Mitchell with a pair of 6-2 setbacks at first doubles. Stegemann and Hoff won 6-2 and 6-4 against Bryce DeWilde and Matt Kondrot at No. 2 doubles.Pipestone’s Dave Delaney and Chad Vanderpoel edged Grant Oldre and Vickery by 6-4 and 7-5 tallies at third doubles.Luverne’s singles wins came from Nelson and Boeve at No. 1 and No. 2. Nelson handed Jamie Gustafson a pair of 6-2 losses. Boeve bested David Janssen 7-6 (8-6 in the tie-breaker), 3-6, 6-3.Pipestone’s Erik Henriksen edged Sanderson 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at third singles. Arrow Paul Prunty defeated Kreuch 6-2, 7-6 (7-2 in the tie-breaker) in the fourth slot.Luverne 6, BV 3Solid play in singles carried the Cards to a three-point win over the Lynx Wednesday, May 3, in Brandon.Luverne won five of six singles matches to secure a win in a match that was rained out April 24.Boeve (10-7 over Matt Hubbell at No. 2), Heronimus (10-4 over Ina Blue at No. 3), Sanderson (10-7 over Logan Soper at No. 4), Sawtelle (10-3 over Andrew Peschang at No. 5) and Kreuch (10-8 over Dan Bohle at No. 6) posted singles wins for LHS.BV’s Bryan Wehrkamp bested Nelson 10-6 at first singles.Heronimus and Sawtelle topped Blue and Justin Vermeer 10-3 at second doubles.BV’s Wehrkamp and Hubbell handed Nelson and Boeve a 10-6 setback at first doubles. Bohle and Soper edged Stegemann and Hoff 10-8 in the third slot.