Luverne girls’ hockey team improved to 10-1 on the year, picking up another three wins in the past week.
They started Tuesday, Dec. 14, with a varsity boys’ and girls’ doubleheader when the LHS girls took down Windom 9-0 before they beat Austin 7-3 on the road Friday and Rochester Mayo 7-1 Saturday.
Luverne was scheduled to travel to Benson Tuesday to take on the MBA Storm, and they’ll head to Blaine Saturday, Dec. 27, for a Holiday Tournament.
Luverne 9, Windom 0
The Windom Eagles came to Luverne Tuesday night and Luverne got on the throttle early and never backed off.
Reghan Bork got things started for the Cardinals netting Luverne’s only two first-period goals, with Kamryn Van Batavia assisting on both of them. Luverne heavily dominated the shots on goal for the first period by a tally of 13-1.
Payton Behr got things started just 46 seconds into the second period beating Windom’s goalie, Kaylie Baerg, with Van Batavia and Bork getting the assists.
Van Batavia found the back of the net twice in the next seven minutes to give the Cardinals a 5-0 lead after two periods. Luverne put up another 17 shots on goal, with three by the visiting Eagles.
The Cardinals would continue the dominance in the third period with another 18 shots on Baerg with four resulting in goals.
Luverne went on a power play just seconds into the third when Bork found Van Batavia who scored an unassisted goal to make it 6-0 Cardinals.
Midway through the third Luverne netted another goal, this time with Bork getting the feed from Van Batavia.
The Cardinals were not finished yet. Macie Edstrom beat Baerg at the 11:02 mark with the assist going to Hannah Woodley.
Van Batavia would get her fourth goal of the game with five minutes left to give the Cardinals a 9-0 lead, and that’s how it would end at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Tuesday.
Luverne’s goalie Cheyenne Schutz registered another shutout making six saves in the contest. Final shots on goal were Luverne 48 and Windom 6.
Luverne 7, Austin 3
The Cardinals girls’ hockey team went on the road for a Friday night showdown with the Austin Packers at Riverside Arena.
Luverne got on the board first with Kamryn Van Batavia lighting the lamp just 54 seconds into the game with the assist going to Reghan Bork.
Luverne had some good looks, but Austin’s goalie, Kyla Radford-Garcia, stood strong the rest of the period to keep the visiting Cardinals to just a one-point lead at the end of the first period.
The second period saw more action when Austin tied the game at 2:55 into the period. Van Batavia took over and netted three goals in the next six minutes to give the Cardinals a 4-1 lead with seven minutes left in the second.
Austin cut the lead within two at the 12:20 mark, but Austin got called for tripping to send the Cardinals on the power play. Bork found Payton Behr who beat Radford-Garcia, giving Luverne a 5-2 lead at the second intermission. Shots on goal for the period were 15-7 in favor of the Cardinals.
Bork buried the puck just over two minutes into the third with assists going to Van Batavia and Behr to make it 6-2.
Austin got the puck past Luverne’s goalie Cheyenne Schutz halfway through the period to cut the lead to within three points.
Van Batavia answered with her fifth goal of the game just 18 seconds later to bring the score to 7-3, and that’s how it would end in Austin.
Schutz had 13 saves in the game, and the Cardinals finished with a 42-16 shots on goal advantage
LHS 7, Rochester Mayo 1
The Cardinals continued their eight-game winning streak, picking up another “W” in Rochester Saturday afternoon.
Ella Apel got the Cardinals on the scoreboard at the 10:35 mark of the first period with an assist from Greta McClure. A minute later Luverne junior Kamryn Van Batavia found the back of the net to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.
Shots on goal were 23-9 in favor of Luverne.
The second period started just like the first ended, with Van Batavia beating Rochester Mayo’s goalie Grace Kober just two minutes in. Payton Behr and Van Batavia added to Luverne’s lead with goals 26 seconds apart to give the Cardinals a 5-0 lead after two periods of play.
Second period shots on goal were Luverne 20 and Rochester Mayo 11.
Rochester Mayo finally slipped one past Luverne goalie Cheyenne Schutz at the beginning of the third to cut the lead to 5-1.
Luverne responded with goals from Van Batavia and Reghan Bork to increase the lead to 7-1, the final score.
Luverne improves to 10-1 on the year. Schutz ended with 25 saves in the contest and Luverne ended with a 59-26 advantage in shots on goal.