By John RittenhouseThe longest winning streak of the season for the Luverne tennis team reached three games when the Cardinals recorded a pair of victories at different sites.The Cardinals capped Southwest Conference play with a 3-2 record by nipping Pipestone Thursday in Luverne. The Cards posted another one-point win in Sleepy Eye Tuesday.Luverne, 7-3 overall, plays at the Southwest Conference Tournament in Redwood Falls today.Luverne 4, SE 3A run of wins late in the match gave the Cardinals a one-point victory in Sleepy Eye Tuesday.SE led 3-1 after the first four matches were complete, but Luverne rallied to win the final three matches to pull out a 4-3 victory."We needed to win all of the last three matches, and the girls came through," said LHS coach Greg Antoine.Alyssa Klein and Nikki Van Dyk posted crucial singles wins late in the match.After losing the first three games to Ali Tews at No. 3 singles, Klein bounced back to win 11 of the last 12 games on the way to 6-3 and 6-1 victories. Van Dyk padded a personal winning streak to six straight matches by downing Katie Carrothers by 6-0 and 6-1 tallies at No. 4 singles.Robin Madtson and Amy Herman locked up the win for LHS by besting Jenna Taehler and Jessica Little by 6-3 and 6-0 scores at No. 3 doubles.Luverne’s Samantha Gacke recorded her ninth straight win by notching 7-5 and 6-2 victories over Megan Anderson at No. 1 singles.SE’s Allie Siefert secured 6-0 and 6-4 victories over Brittany Boeve at No. 2 singles.SE’s Ann Roiger and Emily Carrothers handed Andraya Gacke and Kaitlyn Deragisch a pair of 6-3 setbacks at No. 1 doubles. SE’s No. 2 team consisting of Sammi Sellner and Cassie Jarvis saddled Heidi Sandbulte and Christina Lovett with a pair of 6-1 setbacks."I thought all of our singles players played well again," Antoine said. "They were very aggressive. They got to the net real well and forced their opponents to make good shots."Luverne 4, Pipestone 3The Cardinals completed a 3-2 Southwest Conference season by edging the Arrows by one point in Luverne Thursday.In a match played under windy conditions and featured a 45-minute rain delay, the Cardinals were able to rise above the adversity to win their second straight match.All four of Luverne’s team points came from the singles players, who assured the team of having a winning SWC record with their performances against the Arrows."Our singles played very smart," said Cardinal coach Antoine. "They were really aggressive and took advantage of their experience."Luverne’s Samantha Gacke and Van Dyk extended their personal winning-streaks to eight and five straight matches at No. 1 and No. 4 singles respectively.After falling 6-3 in the first set to Pipestone’s Amber Baustian, Gacke rallied to post 6-2 and 6-1 wins and win the match. Van Dyk notched 6-2 and 6-1 victories over Kaitlyn Templin.Luverne’s Alyssa Klein coasted to a pair of 6-0 wins over Allison Zollner at No. 3 singles. Boeve saddled Travie Eeten with a pair of 6-1 setbacks at No. 2.Pipestone took all three tightly-contested doubles matches.Tory Hess and Abby Brady notched a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4 in the tiebreaker) win over Andraya Gacke and Deragisch at No. 1.Lauren Jones and Christy Cunningham topped Jessica Klein and Lovett by 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 scores at No. 2. Britt Sendelback and Nargis Kabiri topped Sandbulte and Lindsey Severtson by 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 tallies at No. 3.