The Rainy River Community College women’s basketball team will face Mesabi Range at 4 p.m. Saturday in the NJCAA Division III Region 13B Tournament semifinal game being hosted next weekend at Northland in Thief River Falls.
The Voyageurs, who finished second in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference’s Northern Division at 11-3, had split their two league games this season against the No. 3-seeded Lady Norse, who were 10-4 in the MCAC North.
Saturday’s winner will advance to the Region 13B championship game at 2 p.m. Sunday against the winner of the other semifinal game between top-seeded Northland and the No. 4 seed, Central Lakes.
The Region champion advances to the NJCAA Division III National Tournament that begins March 14 in Rochester.
RRCC last won the national title in 1995.

