By Mark HaugenTwo victories last week have produced a mini three-game winning streak and pushed the Luverne girls hockey team to 3-2 on the season.Luverne outskated Waseca 7-4 Saturday night in Waseca and followed with a 5-1 win over Windom on the Cardinals’ home ice Tuesday.Luverne plays at Fairmont on Thursday and returns home to play Sioux Falls Blue on Thursday, Dec. 9.Luverne 7, Waseca 4The Cardinals jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first period Saturday and didn’t look back in notching their second victory of the season.Seniors Sadie Dietrich and Natalie Domagala each netted three goals in the win.Despite the first-period lead, coach Dave Siebenahler said the team came out sluggish. "We had a little Thanksgiving supper together Friday night with the whole team, and it seemed they just came out a little slow. It was one of those ugly wins."Dietrich started the scoring parade with an unassisted powerplay goal 3 minutes, 50 seconds into the game. She followed less than two minutes later with another assisted by Domagala.Domagala then knocked home two unassisted goals to give the Cardinals the 4-0 lead.Waseca managed a goal within the first minute of the second period, but Domagala answered that off a Dietrich assist 7:28 into the period. Waseca pulled within 5-2 with a goal 30 seconds later.Ninth-grader Heather Kruse got Luverne back on track with a goal off a Domagala assist 5:33 into the third. Dietrich followed nine seconds later off a Domagala assist and Luverne led 7-2.Waseca managed two goals later in the period to make the score look respectable.Luverne goalie Sarah Schneekloth saved 19 of 23 shots in the game, as Luverne had 34 shots on goal."The girls are coming along real well," Siebenahler said. "The seventh-graders are really stepping it up and don’t seem to get too intimidated by the older players. The team is really starting to show potential.ScoringWaseca 0 2 2 – 4Luverne 4 1 2 – 7Luverne 5, Windom 1The Cardinals rolled to a 5-0 lead behind Domagala’s three-goal performance to dominate Windom.Dietrich assisted Domagala’s first goal at the seven-minute mark of the first period and Domagala added unassisted goals at 14:15 and 6:19 of the second period.Dietrich netted an unassisted goal with 3:30 left in the second as Luverne built its lead to 4-0. Freshman Heather Kruse got an assist from Domagala in getting her goal to start the third period.Windom avoided the shutout with a shorthanded goal with 3:31 left.Schneekloth saved 25 shots, while Luverne fired 30 shots of its own.ScoringLuverne 1 3 1 – 5Windom 0 0 1 – 1