The Luverne tennis team continued its early season dominance last week.
The Cardinals opened the week with a convincing 7-0 win over Redwood Valley on Thursday, April 29, in Redwood Falls.
The Cardinals wrapped up the week by defeating Dawson-Boyd 6-1 in Luverne on Saturday, May 1.
With the pair of wins, the Cardinals improved to 8-0 on the season.
LHS 7, RV 0
In singles competition, Pierce Cunningham defeated Andrew Muetzel in straight sets. Cunningham won the first set of the match 6-1 and took the second set 6-2.
Griffen Jarchow also won his match in straight sets for the Cardinals. Jarchow won the first set in solid fashion, 6-0. He then won the second set 6-1.
Chance Tunnissen won a competitive match 2-0. Tunnissen defeated Laiten Goodthunder 6-2 in the first set and 7-5 in the second set.
Kyle Ferguson won the first set of his match over Cole Johnson, 6-4. Ferguson then won the second set 6-2 to pick up the match victory for the Cardinals.
The only doubles match that wasn’t a forfeit was between Luverne’s Blake Frahm and Ben Jarchow and Redwood Valley’s Levi Stoneberg and Noah U'Ren. Luverne’s duo defeated Redwood’s 6-0 and 6-2.
LHS 6, DB 1
It was all Cunningham, all the time in his match against Dawson Boyd’s Gavin Stulz on Saturday, May 1.
Luverne’s No. 1 singles competitor defeated Stulz 6-0, 6-0 to pick up the match victory for the Cardinals.
It was the same result in the No. 2 singles matchup. Griffen Jarchow defeated his counterpart 6-0 and 6-0.
Ferguson also made quick work of Jordon Perkins in singles competition. Ferguson won both sets 6-0.
No. 4 - Kyle Ferguson,
Ben Jarchow and Blake Frahm were pushed to the brink against Wylie Wiebe and Jackson Buer.
The Cardinals duo dropped the first set 6-4. They bounced back to win the second set 6-4 to force a third and final set.
In the final set it was Ben Jarchow and Frahm coming out on top with a 10-7 set victory.
Jayson Rops and John Miller defeated Dawson-Boyd’s team of Matthew Martinson and Wyatt Wiebe 6-0 in the first set and 6-0 in the second set.
Luverne’s Ethan Nath and Logan Ommen defeated Dawson-Boyd’s Justin Perkins and Nate Gruwell 6-0 and 6-0
The Cardinals will look to remain perfect when they travel to Pipestone to take on the Arrows on Thursday, May 6.
Cardinals tennis goes 2-0 to remain perfect
By
Brennen Rupp