By John Rittenhouse
Luverne players captured three Southwest Conference championships during the annual SWC Tennis Tournament played in Redwood Falls Thursday.
Cardinals won two of the four singles titles and secured one of three doubles championships during a successful appearance at the annual league attraction.
Becky Antoine and Rachel Tofteland won titles at No. 2 and No. 3 singles. Luverne's No. 1 doubles team of Patricia Willers and Gabe Van Dyk also came out on top of the pack.
Antoine posted 6-1 and 6-0 victories over Worthington's Nadine Wolf before posting 6-4 and 6-1 wins against Redwood Valley's Linda Gano in the finals.
Tofteland upended MarshallÕs Diana Naatz 6-4, 6-2 before downing RWV's Lisa Goodthunder 7-6 (the tie-breaker was 9-7 in favor of Tofteland), 6-3 in the title tilt.
Willers and Van Dyk recorded a pair of 6-2 wins over RWV's Olivia Schoffman and Amanda Malecek before besting Pipestone-Jasper's Steph and Stacy Plahn by 7-6 (the tie-breaker was 7-5 in favor of the Cards) and 6-4 tallies.
Luverne's Amanda Aning placed second at No. 1 singles, and the No. 2 doubles team of Sarah Lange and Jenny Braa also finished second.
Aning topped P-J's Cassandra Van Vliet 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 before falling by 7-5 and 6-3 tallies to Marshall's Kari Markell.
Lange and Braa beat Marshall's Ellie Ahmann and Grace Henderson by a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 tally before falling in a 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 loss to RWV's Karissa Rothmeier and Kristen Malecha in the finals.
Luverne's No. 3 doubles team of Amanda Groen and Lexi Jauert placed fourth at No. 3 doubles with a 1-2 record. Kalina Vander Poel lost her lone match at No. 4 singles.