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The Luverne Cardinals played two matches in the past week and went 0-2 to move their record to 10-4 on the season.
LHS started the week on Tuesday, Sept. 20, with a 0-7 loss to St. James and a 3-4 loss to Redwood Valley on Thursday, Sept. 22.
The Cardinals are scheduled to travel to Pipestone on Tuesday for a rescheduled match with the Arrows in the annual Battle Racquet Match.
LHS will start team section play on Tuesday, Oct. 4.
LHS O, St. James 7
In the St. James match, LHS was not able to win one match for the day.
Roselynn Hartshorn was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by Eva Ronsdahl at No. 1 singles. Morgan Hadler lost to Keyana Haler 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. At No. 3 singles, Cassi Chesley lost to Maya Kulsteth 6-0, 6-4, and Emma Nath was beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Lily Ciske at No. 4 singles.
In doubles play, Sarah Stegenga and Katharine Kelm lost to Alexis Brekken and Allison Bledorn 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.
Tori Hemme and Priscilla Muehr were defeated 6-3, 6-0 by Mykera Hanson and Dani Traper at No. 2 doubles, and Augusta Papik and Caitlin Kindt lost 6-3, 6-2 to Mariah Mireles and Mika Wessels at No. 3 doubles.
“St. James is the best team we have played this season. Roselynn played a very solid match but came up just short in both sets,” said LHS coach Jon Beers.
“It is never fun to lose every match, but I was happy that the girls didn’t give up and kept playing until the end of each match.”
LHS 3, Redwood Valley 4
In the Redwood Valley match, LHS won two singles matches and one doubles match in the 4-3 loss.
At No. 2 singles, Hadler defeated Lily Deblieck 6-0, 6-2. Chesley won a close match 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 against Lauren Dolezal at No. 3 singles. Hartshorn lost 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a good three-set match to Brooke Zollner at No. 1 singles, and Nath was beaten 6-2, 6-1 by McKenna Flinn at No. 4 singles.
The lone doubles victory came at No. 3 doubles as Papik and Kindt won 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-3 over Julian Brown and Michelle Smith.
Stegenga and Kelm lost 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Mila Jenniges and Ella Stoneberg at No. 1 doubles, and Hemme and Muehr lost 7-5, 6-1 to Julia Lang and Anneliese Hammer at No. 2 doubles.
“The Redwood Valley match was a hard loss. We lost two three-set matches that if we could have found a way to win one would have given us a team victory,” Beers said.
“Morgan played a really good match at No. 3 singles. It was really good to see her pick up a win and should give her some confidence going forward,” said Beers.
“All the girls played better against Redwood Valley. Hopefully we can play like that against Pipestone on Tuesday and bring home the Battle Racquet for the fifth straight year.”