EMERSON, Ga.—With a pair of early first half goals, sixth-seeded Georgia State upset No. 3 seed Texas State 2-1 in the final quarterfinal match of the day at the Sun Belt Women’s Soccer Championship at the LakePoint Sport Community just north of Atlanta on Wednesday.

Georgia State will advance to the semifinals on Friday to face No. 2-seed Troy at 7 p.m ET. In the first semifinal, No. 1 South Alabama will face No. 4 Appalachian State at 4 p.m ET. The winners will meet in the championship game with an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line on Sunday at 1 p.m ET.

Georgia State improved to 11-5-3 on the season and earned its first Sun Belt tournament victory since joining the league two years ago. Texas State, which defeated the Panthers earlier this year and knocked Georgia State out of the conference tournament last year finished 12-6-0.

Georgia State got on the board first as Suzanne Arafa was fouled in the box and proceeded to put a penalty kick in the back of the net in the fifth minute, giving the Panthers an early 1-0 lead. Arafa, who earned All-Sun Belt First-Team honors on Tuesday night, scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season.

The Panthers scored again in the 27th minute as Ashley Nagy grabbed a pass from Arafa to take a 2-0 lead midway through the half. Nagy, who earned All-Sun Belt Second-Team honors just the night before scored her seventh goal of the season. Nagy leads the team in game-winning goals with four.

Coming out of the half trailing 2-0, Texas State got on the board with the 65th minute with a goal by Lynsey Curry assisted by Taylor Allen to cut the lead in half. Curry, the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year, scored her 11th goal of the season.

In the evenly contested match, Georgia State outshot the Bobcats 10-9, leading with six shots on goal to Texas State’s four.

The tournament, originally scheduled to be played at the GSU Soccer Complex, had to be moved north of Atlanta following torrential rains last week that flooded the field.