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Luverne volleyball moves to 10-3

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Team takes silver bracket win at Saturday's Jackson tournament
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Stacy Olson for the Star Herald

The Luverne girls’ volleyball team improved their record to 10 wins and three losses this week with a win over Windom on Thursday and two wins and one loss at the Jackson Invitational on Saturday.
The Cardinals will travel to Redwood Falls on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and meet the Pipestone Arrows in Pipestone on Thursday, Sept. 22.
 
Luverne 3, Windom 2
The Luverne girls’ volleyball team hosted Windom on Thursday, Sept 15.
Windom came out strong in the first game and outscored Luverne 25-15.
Luverne made adjustments and took Game 2 from the Eagles 25-22.
The Cardinals also took the third game with a score of 25-17 but fell to Windom 20-25 in Game 4.
Facing a Game 5 playoff, the Cardinals rose to the challenge with a win, 15-12, to improve their record to 7-2 on the season.
Leading at the service line were Christina Wagner with 18 of 19 completed serves and two aces and Emma Beyer with 18 of 18 serves completed and two aces.
Anja Jarchow and Kamyrn Van Batavia had a big night at the net with 11 and 10 kills respectively.
Tori Serie also helped at the net with six block assists and one solo block.
Elizabeth Wagner contributed to the win with four block assists and one solo block.
Beyer recorded 26 set assists, and Averill Sehr also charted 17 set assists on the night.
Carly Olson led the Cardinals with 23 digs, and Jarchow contributed 16 digs.
 
 Jackson tournament
The Cardinals traveled to Jackson on Saturday, Sept. 17, and won the silver bracket.
Luverne played three games against Red Rock Central. The Cardinals won the first game 25-22, dropped Game 2, 15-25, and took Game 3, 15-10.
Luverne faced Worthington in the next match and lost the first game 21-25. The Cardinals came back to win Game 2, 25-21, but dropped Game 3, 13-15.
In the third match, Luverne faced Triton. The Cardinals won the first game, 25-18, dropped a close Game 2 with a score of 27-29 and came back with a win, 15-9.
Luverne faced New Ulm in the last match, sweeping them in two games with scores of 25-20 and 25-19.
No stats were taken during the tournament.

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