By John RittenhouseLuverne advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Section 1A Girls Hockey Tournament after nipping Waseca by one goal during an opening-round game played in Luverne Tuesday.Prior to playing the tournament game, Luverne lost a home game to Marshall Thursday before ending the regular season with a home win over Morris-Benson Saturday.The 16-7-1 Cardinals will play No. 2 New Ulm at 7 p.m. tonight in the section quarterfinals.Luverne 2, Waseca 1The seventh-seeded Cardinals earned the right to move on in tournament play by nipping No. 10 Waseca Tuesday in Luverne.Natalie Domagala scored both goals for the Cards, who also received a solid effort in net from Sarah Schneekloth. Schneekloth stopped 33 of the 34 shots she faced.Domagala opened the scoring with 2:45 remaining in the first period after being set up by Sadie Dietrich.With two Waseca players sitting in the penalty box, Domagala scored her second goal of the game at the 7:52 mark of the third period to give LHS a 2-0 cushion.Waseca’s Jenna Sopowiak finally pushed a puck past Schneekloth with 3:34 remaining in the game, but the Cards blanked the Blue Jays the rest of the way to win by one.Luverne 6, M-B 3The Cardinals capped a 15-7-1 regular season by posting a three-goal home win over Morris-Benson Saturday.Domagala scored all six goals for the Cards in the game, including three in a span of 10:37 of the third period that snapped what was a deadlock at three.Domagala gave LHS a 2-0 lead with goals at 10:41 and 8:59 of the first period before M-B cut the lead in half (2-1) with a counter late in the stanza.Domagala gave the Cards a 3-1 cushion with a power-play goal at 8:01 of the second period, but the Storm tied the game at three with a second-period tally and another goal at the 13:07 mark of the third period.Domagala broke the tie with an unassisted effort with 11:43 left to play before adding two more goals to ice the win.Luverne’s Dietrich recorded three assists and Paige Olson and Natalie Morgan received credit for one assist each. Schneekloth made 32 saves for the Cards, who were outshot 35-27 in the game.Marshall 7, Luverne 5Luverne’s bid to gain a share of the SWC title fell two goals short when the Cardinals entertained the Tigers Thursday.A three-goal run in the second period gave the Cardinals a 5-4 lead, but Marshall’s Alyssa Issackson tied the game at five with 2:33 remaining in the second period before netting the eventual game-winning goal at the 12:39 mark of the third period.The win gave Marshall, which outshot the Cards 46-25 in the game, an outright SWC championship.Domagala, who scored three goals for LHS, tied the game at one after being set up by Dietrich, with a counter at the 8:57 mark of the first period. Marshall scored goals 1:10 apart to gain a 3-1 lead before the first period was complete.The teams exchanged goals in the first 4:05 of the second period before the Cards moved in front 5-4 with a three-goal spurt.Unassisted goals by Dietrich and Domagala knotted the score at four with 11:07 left in the second period. With an assist going to Domagala, Dietrich gave the Cards a one-goal lead at 3:45.Schneekloth made 20 saves in net for LHS.