Fourth-seeded Windom Area will host fifth-seeded Fairmont Area in the quarterfinals of the Section 3A girls hockey tournament in a game scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Windom City Arena. The Eagles and Cardinals boys teams will play a regular-season game at 5 p.m.
The Eagles have a 9-13-2 record while the Cardinals are 4-16-3.
It will be the third meeting of the season with each of the first two games decided by one goal.
The home team won each time with the Cardinals winning 4-3 in Fairmont on Dec. 30 and the Eagles winning 2-1 in Windom on Jan. 16.
Thursday’s winner will play at top-seeded Luverne (19-6) at 6 p.m. Saturday.
On the other side of the bracket Thursday, sixth-seeded Worthington is at third-seeded Marshall. That winner plays at second-seeded New Ulm Saturday.
The championship game is Tuesday at Gustavus.
Windom Area girls hockey schedule
Thurs., Nov. 17: at Luverne, L 8-0
Sat., Nov. 19: at Austin, W 10-6
Tues., Nov. 22: at Waseca, W 5-3
Mon., Nov. 28: at Minnesota River, L 2-0
Thurs., Dec. 1: at Worthington, W 3-2
Sat., Dec. 3: Mankato East, L 10-1
Mon., Dec. 5: Marshall, L 4-2
Sat., Dec. 10: at Hutchinson, L 5-2
Tues., Dec. 27: at Morris/Benson, W 6-3
Wed., Dec. 28: Prairie Centre at Morris, W 6-1
Fri., Dec. 30: at Fairmont, L 4-3
Thurs., Jan. 5: Mankato West, T 4-4
Fri., Jan. 6: Minnesota River, T 1-1
Mon., Jan. 9: at Marshall, L 3-1
Thurs., Jan. 12: Morris/Benson, L 8-5
Fri., Jan. 13: New Ulm, L 7-1
Mon., Jan. 16: Fairmont, W 2-1
Fri., Jan. 20: at New Ulm, L 5-0
Sat., Jan. 21: Visitation, L 2-1
Mon., Jan. 30: Waseca, L 2-0
Thurs., Feb. 2: Luverne, L 4-2
Sat., Feb. 4: at Prairie Centre, W 3-1
Mon., Feb. 6: Worthington, W 10-0
SECTION 3A GIRLS HOCKEY
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Thursday, Feb. 9
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Fairmont (4-16-3) at Windom Area (9-13-2), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Worthington (4-17-1) at Marshall (11-11-3), 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11
Semifinals
Fairmont-Windom Area winner at Luverne (19-6), 6 p.m.
Worthington-Marshall winner at New Ulm (16-8-1), 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Championship
At Gustavus
Semifnal winners, 7 p.m.