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Cardinals win invitational, take WWG, fall to Marshall in busy volleyball week

By
Stacy Olson for the Star Herald

The Luverne girls’ volleyball team played three events in five days, bringing their record to 6-2 on the season.
The Cardinals fell to Marshall at home Tuesday 3-0, but they went on to defeat Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday 3-0 and took first place at the Cardinal Invitational on Saturday.
The 6-2 Cardinals play Windom at home Thursday, Sept. 15, participate in the Jackson County Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 17, and meet Redwood Valley in Redwood Falls on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
 
Marshall 3, LHS 0
Luverne hosted Marshall Tuesday, Sept 6.
Luverne fell behind in the first game and was unable to stop the Tigers from running away with the score. The Cardinals fell 7-25.
Game 2 also went to Marshall with a score of 7-25.
The Cardinals made some adjustments in Game 3 but were unable to outscore the Tigers, losing 17-25. 
Seniors Kamyrn Van Batavia and Emma Beyer led the Cardinals in serving. Van Batavia was eight for eight and Beyer was five for five with one ace. 
Seniors Anja Jarchow and Christina Wagner had seven and five kills respectively.
Senior setter  Emma Beyer led with eight set assists and Averill Sehr recorded five set assists.
Senior Carly Olson charted eight digs and Jarchow recorded seven digs.
Junior Tori Serie had four blocking assists and senior Elizabeth Wagner contributed one solo block and three assists. 
 
LHS 3, WWG 0
Luverne hosted Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Thursday, Sept 8. Luverne took the lead early in Game 1, but WWG was able to tie the game up at 20. The game went back and forth with Luverne coming out on top 26-24.
Game 2 also went in Luverne’s favor and the Cardinals kept the lead the entire game. Luverne outscored WWG winning Game 3 25-20. 
Seniors Carly Olson and Emma Beyer led at the serving line.
Olson completed 14 of 14 serves, and Beyer completed 11 of 11 serves with one ace.
Senior Anja Jarchow recorded 10 kills, and Kamryn Van Batavia charted six kills.
Senior setters Beyer and Averill Sehr recorded 12 and eight set assists respectively.
Olson contributed 19 digs in the three games, and Jarchow recorded nine digs.
Junior Tori Serie had three assists and one solo block at the net, and senior Christina Wagner added three solo blocks and two assists. 
 
Cardinal Invitational:
Luverne hosted the Cardinal Invitational on Saturday, Sept 10.
Luverne beat George-Little Rock in the first round 26-24 and 25-16.
Luverne then took on Hills in Round 2 and won 25-14 and 25-14.
Luverne met Windom in the championship game. The Cardinals won Game 1 25-16. Luverne dropped Game 2 by a score of 12-25 but came back to win the third game 15-12 for the championship. 
Windom finished in second place after losing to Luverne. Adrian took third place, George-Little Rock placed fourth, Edgerton Public came in fifth, and Hills-Beaver Creek ended in sixth place.
No team stats were available from the tournament.

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