By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls hockey team earned the right to play for a share of the Southwest Conference championship after posting a pair of league wins.The Cardinals rolled to a seven-goal win in Windom Thursday before giving LHS coach Dave Siebenahler his 100th-career victory with a seven-goal home win over Worthington Tuesday.The 14-6-1 Cards host Marshall tonight. A win gives LHS a share of the SWC title. Luverne entertains Morris-Benson Saturday before opening the section playoffs with a home game against a undetermined opponent Tuesday.Luverne 10, Worthington 3The Cardinals delivered Siebenahler his 100th win in convincing fashion by routing the Trojans by seven goals Tuesday in Luverne.With Natalie Domagala and Sadie Dietrich leading the way, Luverne scored seven goals in the first 25:21 of the game to open a commanding lead.Domagala scored five goals and recorded two assists in the contest. Dietrich added four goals and three assists.Domagala opened the scoring 23 seconds into the contest, opening the door for a four-goal first period for LHS. Dietrich scored twice and Natalie Morgan added a goal before Domagala capped the scoring with a power-play tally with five seconds left in the opening stanza.Dietrich netted a power-play goal and Domagala found the net for the third time in the first 8:21 of the second period to make the difference 3-0.Worthington put together a three-goal run as the second period progressed, but Dietrich ended the rally with an unassisted effort at the 3:26 mark of the stanza to make it an 8-3 game.Domagala found the net twice in the third period to cap the scoring.Liz Solma, Katie Dahl, Mikki Fitzer, Paige Olson, Ramona Taubert and Chessa Ossenfort all tallied assists for LHS.Sarah Schneekloth made 19 saves in net for an LHS squad that outshot Worthington 35-22.Luverne 8, Windom 1A five-goal second period carried the Cardinals to a seven-point league win over the Eagles in Windom Thursday.The scored was knotted at one after 17 minutes of play. Luverne, however, assumed control of the contest by scoring five times in the first 9:27 of the second period.Domagala, who twinkled the twine five times in the game, scored the first three goals of the second stanza. Dietrich and Morgan added goals to the second-period run to give the Cards a 6-1 cushion.Abby DeWispeleare and Domagala found the net when Luverne capped the scoring with a two-goal third period.Windom’s Alex Potter opened the scoring at the 14:14 of the mark of the first period before Domagala tied the game with an unassisted effort at 11:57.Schneekloth stopped 33 of 34 shots as the goalie for LHS, which finished the game with 28 shots on goal.
