he No. 4 seed Georgia State advanced at the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Softball Championship with a 3-2 victory in an elimination game against No. 2 seed and host South Alabama on Friday at Jaguar Field.

Georgia State (33-27) must turn around quickly and take on the No. 3 seed Texas State in a second elimination game with a spot in Saturday's championship game on the line. South Alabama falls to 33-18 on the year with the loss. It marks the first time since 2011 that the Jaguars did not advance to the championship game of the softball tournament.