By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls’ golf team recovered from its first loss of the season April 22 by posting a pair of road victories since Thursday.Luverne topped Redwood Valley by 36 strokes in Redwood Falls Thursday before nipping Canton (S.D.) by five strokes in Canton Tuesday.The 8-1 Cardinals will play road matches in Pipestone today, Sanborn Friday and Jackson Tuesday. LHS also is entered in the Worthington Invitational Saturday.Luverne 187,Canton 192The Cardinals posted a road win against a good team when they prevailed by five strokes in Canton Tuesday.Gabe Van Dyk paved the way to victory by shooting a four-over-par 40 to emerge as the meet’s medalist.Kim Bennett, Nikki Van Dyk and Mindy Lysne contributed 46-, 49- and 52-stroke rounds to the winning team performance.Jessica Klein and Brittany Boeve shot 56- and 58-stroke tallies without influencing the scoring.Jennie Raasch carded a 41 to lead the hosts.Luverne’s Alyssa Klein shot a team-low 55 during the B matchLuverne 183, RWV 219The Cardinals bounced back from their first loss of the season by rolling to a 36-stroke victory in Redwood Falls Thursday.Gabe Van Dyk led the charge for the Cardinals by shooting a four-over-par 40. Van Dyk’s tally proved to be a meet-low performance.Bennett, Lysne and Boeve contributed 45-, 47- and 51-stroke efforts to the winning team tally.Jessica Klein and Nikki Van Dyk shot 53s without contributing to the win.Alecia Prins led RWV with a 43.
