Fourth-seeded Windom Area, 8-13-2 on the season, will host fifth-seeded Fairmont Area (4-15-3) in the quarterfinals of the Section 3A girls hockey tournament Thursday.
Game time has not been set. The Eagles and Cardinals’ boys teams are scheduled to play a regular-season game at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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.
Each team has one regular-season game remaining. Windom Area hosts Worthington Monday and Fairmont trtavels to Luverne on Tuesday.
Thursday’s winner will play at top-seeded Luverne 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, Feb. 14 at Gustavus.
SECTION 3A GIRLS HOCKEY
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Thursday, Feb. 9
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Fairmont (5) at Windom Area (4)
Lower bracket
Worthington (6) at Marshall (3)
Saturday, Feb. 11
Semifinals
Fairmont-Windom Area winner at Luverne (1)
Worthington-Marshall winner at New Ulm (2)
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Championship
At Gustavus
Semifnal winners