ATLANTA-- After finishing the regular season 10-5-3 (5-3-2 SBC), Georgia State women's soccer earned the No. 4 seed in the 2026 Sun Belt Championship tournament and will face the No. 5 seed South Alabama in match three of the tournament, the conference announced Sunday evening. 

The Panthers and Jaguars will meet in match three of the quarterfinals, and the second time this season, on Monday, Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Georgia State is 1-0 against South Alabama in 2026.

The tournament will be contested November 9-14 at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex in Foley, Ala., marking the 11th-consecutive year the women's soccer championship will be conducted at the site. Each of the tournament's seven matches will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Georgia State earned the No. 4 seed as the winner of a three-way tiebreaker with South Alabama and Louisiana at 17 points, respectively, in the standings. A Panther win will send Georgia State to Semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 11 to face the winner of James Madison vs. Southern Miss. 



2026 Sun Belt Women's Soccer Championship Schedule

Quarterfinals – Monday, November 9
Match 1 – (3) App State vs. (6) Louisiana, 12 p.m. ET
Match 2 – (2) Old Dominion vs. (7) Marshall, 2:30 p.m. ET
Match 3 –  (4) Georgia State vs. (5) South Alabama, 5:30 p.m. ET
Match 4 –  (1) James Madison vs. (8) Southern Miss , 8 p.m. ET

Semifinals – Wednesday, November 11
Match 5 – Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 5 p.m. ET
Match 6 – Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 8 p.m. ET

Championship – Saturday, November 14
Match 7 – Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 8 p.m. ET