Luverne pitcher Stacy Lorenzen throws to first base after fielding a ground ball against Marshall in Luverne Thursday. The scheduled doubleheader against the Tigers was washed out before the teams could complete five innings in Game 1.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne softball team posted two wins while playing six games since Saturday.The Cardinals lost a pair of games before getting another rained out at the Southwest United Tournament in Okabena Saturday. Luverne split a Southwest Conference doubleheader with Marshall at home Monday before winning two more games from Redwood Valley in Luverne Tuesday.Luverne, 8-10 overall, caps the regular season by hosting Windom for a twin bill Monday.RWV twin billThe Cards turned a win in Game 1 into a pair of victories during Tuesday’s doubleheader against RWV in Luverne.Luverne edged the visitors 2-1 in the opener and was given credit for a 1-0 victory in the finale when rain forced play to stop.Under SWC rules, the team that wins the first game of the doubleheader receives victory in Game 2 when the contest is called off because of rain.The Cards surrendered a first-inning run before blanking RWV through the final six innings behind the pitching of Karen Jarchow in the opener.Jarchow walked one batter and struck out seven while tossing a complete game.Natalie Domagala, who had two of Luverne’s three hits in the contest, singled and scored the tying run in the bottom of the third when Jessy Behr singled.Laura Clark walked and scored the game-winning run when Behr bounced into a fielder’s choice in the fifth.Luverne led 5-4 in the top of the fourth inning when Game 2 was cancelled.Marshall twin billThe Cardinals played their way to a split when they took on Marshall in a SWC double-header in Luverne Monday.Luverne posted a 7-5 win in the opener before losing by the same score in the finale.Karen Jarchow pitched a complete game to lead the Cardinals to victory in Game 1. Jarchow fanned five batters and walked three in the game.Luverne, which trailed 1-0 after the Tigers scored in the top of the first, took a 5-1 lead with two-run rallies in the first and fourth innings and a one-run third frame.Marshall climbed to within one run (5-4) in the top of the fifth, but Jarchow and Natalie Domagala slapped RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth to put the game away.Domagala led the Cards with three hits in the opener. Taylor Nelson supplied a two-run double.Luverne sported 1-0 and 3-1 leads before losing 7-5 in Game 2.Marshall moved in front 7-3 by plating one run in the bottom of the fifth and erupting for five more in the sixth.The Cards mounted a threat that led to a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, but the final out of the game was recorded before LHS could complete a comeback.Stacy Lorenzen took the pitching loss in the finale. She walked eight batters and recorded five strikeouts.Domagala connected for a triple and two hits in the game. Laura Clark delivered two doubles.SWU tourneyThe Cardinals dropped a pair of games before having the third tilt washed out during Saturday’s Southwest United Tournament in Okabena.Tracy-Milroy-Balaton bested the Cards 9-5 in the first round before Madelia-Truman nipped LHS 3-2 in the second round.Luverne sported a 2-0 lead in the second inning during a third-round game against SWU. The game was called because of rain at that point.A five-run rally in the top of the fourth gave the Cards a 5-4 lead over T-M-B in the opener, but LHS couldn’t protect the advantage.The Panthers scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth and added another in the fifth to win by four.Kim Shelton slapped a key two-run double during Luverne’s five-run rally in the fourth. Jessy Behr lead the Cards with two hits in the game.Jarchow pitched all six innings for LHS. She fanned four batters and walked two.Luverne led 1-0 before falling by one run in the second game against M-T.A run in the top of the fourth gave the Cards their lead, but M-T tied the game in the bottom of the fourth before scoring twice in the fifth to gain a 3-1 advantage.Luverne capped the scoring with one run in the top of the sixth.Jarchow doubled home a run and Nelson tripled for the Cards. Domagala led LHS with two hits.Lorenzen pitched all five innings for Luverne, She fanned nine batters, walked four and yielded five hits.
