The Luverne girls’ hockey team picked up a win Monday night in Le Sueur against Minnesota River before losing a tough rivalry game Thursday night in New Ulm and coming up short against a talented Dodge County team Saturday in the Blue Mound Ice Arena.
The Cardinals, 19-3, hit the road to face Worthington Tuesday before returning home for a game with Marshall on Thursday.
Luverne 8, Minnesota River 1
The Luverne girls’ hockey team wasted no time getting on the scoreboard against Minnesota River in Le Sueur.
Luverne seventh-grader Macie Edstrom started the scoring just over four minutes into the contest with Billi Connell and Ella Apel assisting on the goal. Less than two minutes later Kamryn Van Batavia gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
Shots on goal for the period were 14-6 in favor of the Cardinals.
Luverne senior netminder Cheyenne Schutz had six saves in the period.
The Cardinals picked up another five goals in the second period. Scorers were Van Batavia (unassisted), Payton Behr (Van Batavia, Edstrom assisting), Reghan Bork (Van Batavia), Billi Connell (unassisted) and Van Batavia again (Apel and Bork).
The Cardinals took a 7-0 lead into the third period, when shots on goal were 10-8 in favor of Luverne. Schutz had eight saves for the Cardinals.
Van Batavia picked up her fourth goal of the night at the 11:18 mark of Period 3 with assists going to Mallory Nelson and Anika Boll.
Minnesota River got on the scoreboard with three minutes left in the game to cut the score to 8-1, and that would be how it ended.
Shots on goal favored the Cardinals for the period 10-3 and for the game 34-17.
Schutz ended with 16 saves.
New Ulm 6, Luverne 0
Luverne made the trek to New Ulm Thursday for a big Section 3 tilt.
The Cardinals had some opportunities in the first period but just couldn’t capitalize on them.
New Ulm would get three goals in the opening period to take a 3-0 lead into the first period break.
Shots on goal were 9-5 in favor of Luverne for the period.
In the second period New Ulm was able to add to their lead with three more goals to take a 6-0 lead.
Luverne couldn’t get much going on offense and shots to the net in the period.
Shots on goal were in favor of New Ulm 10-3.
The final period in New Ulm saw no scoring, and Luverne didn’t generate enough offense to get on the scoreboard.
The shots on goal for the period were 7-4 and 22-16 for the game in favor of New Ulm.
Dodge County 6, LHS 2
Luverne hosted a competitive Dodge County Wildcats girls’ hockey team Saturday afternoon in the Blue Mound Ice Arena.
Luverne wasted no time taking the lead in the first period when Kamryn Van Batavia scored an unassisted goal midway to make it 1-0.
Just three minutes later Payton Behr put the puck in the net to give the Cardinals the 2-0 lead after one period.
Shots on goals were tied at 7. Luverne goalie Cheyenne Schutz save all seven shots she faced.
The second period saw the visiting Wildcats come out in a fury. The visitors put up five goals in the second period to take the lead 5-2 heading into the third.
Luverne battled back but couldn’t get anything in the net. Shots on goal for the period were 10-4 in favor of Dodge County.
The final stanza on Saturday afternoon saw a total of 26 shots on goal and many opportunities for both teams.
Dodge County added a goal five minutes into the period to take the 6-2 lead.
Schutz was solid making big saves in the period, trying to get the Cardinals back in the game, but Luverne just couldn’t break through, and the period would end with the Cardinals falling by four goals.
Shots on goal were in favor of the Wildcats 15-11 in the period and 32-22 for the game.