The Carl Sandburg College women’s basketball team’s postseason opener will be a rematch of its regular-season finale.
The Chargers, who won a share of the Arrowhead Conference title in the regular season, earned the No. 4 seed in Region 4 Division II and will host 13th-seeded Olive-Harvey at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at John Lewis Gym in the quarterfinals of the District A tournament.
Sandburg (21-9) closed out the regular season with a 78-73 road victory over the Panthers (9-18) last Thursday.
The winner of Thursday’s contest advances to the semifinals at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rock Valley against the winner between No. 5 Milwaukee Area Technical and No. 12 DuPage. The tournament championship is scheduled for 5 p.m. March 9, also at Rock Valley.
The winner of the Region 4 Division II District A tournament qualifies for the NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship, which will take place March 18-23 in Joplin, Mo.
REGION 4 DIVISION II DISTRICT A WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Feb. 29
Game 1 — No. 16 Elgin at No. 1 Morton
Game 2 — No. 9 Moraine Valley at No. 8 Prairie State
Game 3 — No. 12 DuPage at No. 5 Milwaukee Area Technical
Game 4 — No. 13 Olive-Harvey at No. 4 Sandburg, 5:30 p.m.
March 2 at Rock Valley
Game 5 — Winner 1 vs. winner 2, noon
Game 6 — Winner 3 vs. winner 4, 2 p.m.
Championship
5 p.m. March 9 at Rock Valley