By John RittenhouseLuverne’s bid to win an outright Southwest Conference tennis championship was spoiled by Worthington Tuesday.The Cardinals and the Trojans, the league’s two undefeated teams with 3-0 and 2-0 marks entering Tuesday’s match, were playing for the title in Luverne.After the Trojans topped the Cards by three points, the best LHS can hope for is a share of the league crown.Luverne rolled to a five-run home win over Redwood Valley Thursday after losing a one-point match to Sioux Falls O’Gorman’s junior varsity team in Luverne Wednesday, April 26.The 4-5 Cards play in Pipestone tonight before playing matches in Granite Falls Saturday and Tuesday.Worthington 5,Luverne 2The Trojans saddled the Cards with their first SWC loss of the season Tuesday in Luverne.The teams split matches in singles, but Worthington swept LHS in doubles to win the contest."The teams were evenly matched," said Cardinal coach Greg Antoine."There were a lot of great points and some very tough matches. Worthington really moved the ball around on us. We seemed to be the ones that were always running and chasing it."Luverne’s wins came at first and second doubles, where David Nelson topped Jason Johnson (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) and Derek Boeve bested Quentin Dudley (2-6, 6-3, 6-4).Worthington’s Tim Miller bested Zach Sanderson in a three-set match (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) at third singles. Danny Penaredondo saddled Matt Kreuch with 6-3 and 6-1 setbacks at fourth singles.Luverne’s Nick Heronimus and Weston Sawtelle posted a 6-3 win over Worthington’s Tim Roos and Nate Peterson in the first set of the No. 1 doubles match. The WHS squad secured 6-3 and 6-4 wins in the next two sets.Torben Schafer and Alex Stewart topped Erik Stegemann and Jeremy Hoff by 7-5 and 6-2 tallies at second doubles. Jamie Kass and Adam Vosburgh handed Grant Oldre and Jamie Vickery 6-2 and 7-5 losses in the third slot.Luverne 6, RWV 1The Cardinals bounced back from their loss to O’Gorman 24 hours earlier by rolling to a five-point home win over Redwood Valley Thursday.Luverne swept the RWV in doubles competition and took three of four singles tests to win their fourth straight conference match."We were very aggressive at the net in both singles and doubles," said LHS coach Antoine."We forced our opponents into hurried shots. Everyone was fairly patient in setting up the next shot and making it count. We hit angles for points rather than trying to pound the ball into the court."LHS won all three doubles matches in straight sets.Heronimus and Sawtelle saddled Shane Gewerth and Kurt Larson with a pair of 6-0 setbacks at No. 1. Stegemann and Hoff notched 6-1 and 6-4 victories over Trevor Palusky and Taylor Maguire at No. 2. Oldre and Vickery secured 6-1 and 6-2 wins against Pat Raddatz and Anthony Dunne at No. 3.Luverne’s Boeve nailed down 6-1 and 6-2 victories over Ian Larson at second singles, while Sanderson topped Devan Blaine by 6-1 and 6-4 tallies at No. 3.Kreuch topped Dan Stephens in a three-set match (6-1, 1-6, 6-4) at fourth singles.RWV’s Cole Smith prevailed by 6-4 and 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-breaker) against Nelson in first singles.O’Gorman 4, Luverne 3The Cardinals dropped their third straight match when they squared off against the Knights in Luverne April 26.O’Gorman won three of four singles matches and iced the victory by prevailing at third doubles.Luverne received straight-set wins at first and second doubles.Heronimus and Sawtelle topped Hans Tunner and Connor Sea by 6-1 and 6-3 tallies at No. 1. Stegemann and Hoff secured a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-breaker) win over Pete Chang and David Hanna at No. 2.Boeve survived a tough battle to best Mike Billion 2-6, 7-6 (10-8 in the tie-breaker), 7-5 at second singles.Hanna (6-4, 7-6, 7-5 in the tie-breaker against Nelson), Elliot Czarneck (6-0, 6-0 over Zach Sanderson) and Kevin Rance (6-0, 6-1 over Kreuch) won in singles for O’Gorman.Knights’ Matt Griffen and Diego Quijas handed Vickery and Austin Lee 6-3 and 6-1 setbacks at third doubles."O’Gorman really is a fundamentally sound team. They have a good idea what to do with the shot and they execute very well," said LHS coach Antoine.