Penn State and Colorado made early exits from their conference tournaments on Thursday, among six regular-season champions eliminated in opening-round matches.

Fifth-ranked Penn State fell to host Wisconsin on penalty kicks in the Big Ten quarterfinals, and No. 11 Colorado was beaten by Missouri in the Big 12 quarterfinals.

Big South co-champions Liberty and Coastal Carolina also fell in quarterfinal play, and Big Sky titlist Weber State was dismissed in a semifinal clash.

Auburn, which won the Southeastern Conference's West Division, also lost in the quarterfinals.

Conference USA champion UAB also was beaten in a semifinal, its second tournament match, on a day that saw eight games go to overtime, with three of them decided on penalty kicks.

A rundown of Thursday's conference tournament action:

Atlantic Sun Conference: Lauren Chavez assisted on two goals and set up a third as Georgia State (16-5-0) routed Gardner-Webb, 4-1, at Boca Raton, Fla., to earn a semifinal encounter with top-seeded Florida Atlantic. Second seed Central Florida will meet Stetson (11-6-3), which overcame Campbell on penalties following a 0-0 tie.

Atlantic-10 Conference: Michelle Ogilvie's overtime strike lifted host Richmond (10-8-2) past Rhode Island, 2-1, and into a semifinal meeting with second-seeded Fordham. Lauren Giesting scored a goal and assisted another as Xavier (12-7-1) topped St. Joseph's, 2-1. The Musketeers meet top-seeded Dayton on Friday.

Big Sky Conference: Montana (8-10-2) upended host Weber State as Casey Joyner tallied in the 30th minute. In Saturday's final, the Grizzlies will face second-seeded Idaho State (9-8-1), which topped Northern Arizona, 1-0, on Shawna Park's 21st-minute goal.

Big South Conference: Kate Basom's second-half goal led eighth-seeded Charleston Southern (4-12-1) past Liberty, 1-0. UNC Asheville (10-6-2) beat Winthrop, 2-1, on two Hilary McKay goals,. Megan Black and Allie Thrasher scored as Birmingham Southern (7-11-2) upset second-seeded Coastal Carolina, 2-0. Emily Lanham's goal carried host High Point (9-9-0) past Radford, 1-0.

Big Ten Conference: Wisconsin (10-8-2) avenged a 5-0 regular-season loss to top-seeded Penn State, which couldn't make anything of a 27-10 shot advantage and fell on penalty kicks, 4-3, after a 0-0 draw. Badgers goalkeeper Stefani Szczechowski stopped Stephanie Smith's PK and Leigh Hamilton put the final attempt off the post. Michigan (8-6-6) topped Ohio State, 2-1, as Katie Kramer scored her second goal deep in overtime. Andrea Ridgeway and Paula Faherty tallied to lead second-seeded Illinois (14-3-2) past Michigan State, 2-0. Purdue (12-4-3) beat Indiana on Courtney Coppedge's 38th-minute rebound.

Big 12 Conference: Top-seeded Colorado and second seed Texas were upset in quarterfinals. Elyse Nikonchuk scored in the 51st minute and Karen Bauer added a late penalty kick as eighth-seeded Missouri (10-9-1) stunned the Buffaloes, 2-0, at San Antonio. No. 17 Texas fell to seventh-seeded Oklahoma State (13-4-3) as Cassie Lewis scored early in the second half. Canadian national-teamer Brittany Timko scored twice, the second in overtime, to lift Nebraska (12-6-1) past 14th-ranked Texas A&M, 2-1. Jessica Kilpatrick's goal carried No. 19 Kansas (16-4-1) past Oklahoma, 1-0.

Big West Conference: The tournament was moved from Cal State Fullerton to UC Irvine, also in Orange County, because of poor field conditions at Titan Stadium. The semifinals are Friday.

Conference USA: Saint Louis (14-5-2) and DePaul (14-6-1) advanced to Saturday's final with shutout victories at Charlotte, N.C. The Billikens topped top-seeded UAB, 3-0, as Dee Guempel and Jamie Perry scored their second goals of the tournament. Lauren Spacht scored both goals as DePaul beat Tulane, 2-0.

Horizon League: Second-seeded Butler was upset by host Loyola-Chicago, 1-0, on Mary Dale's 89th-minute goal. Stephanie Gross' hat trick led UW Green Bay (8-8-1) past Youngstown State, 3-1. Judith Atwood's overtime goal lifted Detroit-Mercy (8-9-1) past Wright State, 2-1.

Mountain West Conference: No. 15 Utah survived penalty kicks following a scoreless tie with UNLV at Salt Lake City to advance to a rematch with rival Brigham Young in Saturday's final. The Utes (15-2-1) won their shootout, 6-5, after nine rounds of spot kicks, with Tracy Stratton providing the decisive kick. Lydia Ojuka scored goals six minutes apart to lead BYU (14-5-2) past New Mexico, 3-2.

Southeastern Conference: Kelly Whitaker's overtime goal lifted seventh-seeded Georgia (12-8) past Auburn, 2-1. No. 16 Tennessee (14-4-1) beat South Carolina, 1-0, on Ali Christoph's 65th-minute penalty kick at Orange Beach, Ala. No. 13 Florida (15-3-1) rallied past Vanderbilt, 3-1, as Robin Fulton, Megan McMillan and Crystal Frimpong tallied. Emily Brown and Brittney Potts scored as Mississippi (14-4-2) beat Kentucky, 2-1.

Southern Conference: Danielle Petro and Andre'a Morrison tallied to lead top-seeded Furman (14-4-2) past Western Carolina, 2-1 at Greensboro, N.C. Diana Jallo had a goal and an assist as UT Chattanooga (10-5-3) topped East Tennessee State, 3-1. Staci Smith scored a goal and added an assist as Appalachian State (12-4-3) upset third-seeded College of Charleston, 3-1. Second-seeded UNC Greensboro (12-6-2) beat Wofford, 2-0, as Cara Hammond and Cheryl Stewart scored goals.

Southland Conference: Two late goals by Alicia Hamilton nailed down a 4-1 win for UL Monroe (9-10-2) over host Northwestern State, sending the Lady Indians to a semifinal against top-seeded Southeastern Louisiana. Second-half goals by Jaynee Sherman, Kendra Comfort and Amanda Hawkins carried Texas State (9-9-2) past McNeese State, 3-0, and into a semifinal against second-seeded Stephen F. Austin.

Sun Belt Conference: Semifinals — Denver vs. Western Kentucky and North Texas vs. Middle Tennessee State — were postponed until Friday because of heavy rains in Bowling Green, Ky. The final will be played Saturday.

Western Athletic Conference: Christine McCartney's overtime goal lifted UTEP (11-7-0) over Boise State, 1-0, and into a semifinal against top-seeded SMU in Dallas. Goals by Becky MacAllister, Erin Droeger and Sarah Yoder led Rice (10-7-1) past Fresno State, 3-0. Second-seeded Hawaii, led by national scoring leader Natasha Kai, is up next.