The Maui Sabers survived a frantic rally by the top-seeded Saint Louis Crusaders in the bottom of the seventh inning for an 8-6 victory on Thursday, setting up an all-Sabers semifinal against Campbell tonight at 7.

Micah Jio went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and allowed three runs in six innings to earn the win for Maui (12-5), which advanced to the semis for the first time since 2008.

“The state tournament, man, it’s very stressful,” Maui coach Chase Corniel said. “(Jio) is a gamer, bottom line. I made a last-minute decision to start him. As a staff we made the decision and he stepped up for us big.”

Charles Lopez went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and catcher Kai Perreira-Alquiza doubled twice and drove in two runs for the ILH champion Crusaders (16-6), who became the eighth No. 1 seed in the past nine years to lose their first tournament game.

All four seeded teams lost in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2009. Seeded teams are 4-12 in the quarterfinals in the past four state tournaments.

Mattt Wong had an RBI triple and Lopez added a run-scoring single with two outs in the first inning to give Saint Louis a 2-0 lead.

Maui tied the game at 2 in the top of the third inning on Mikito Barkman’s two-run single.

Saint Louis led 3-2 on Keith Torres’ RBI single when the Sabers exploded for five runs in the fifth.

Five of Maui’s eight runs were unearned as two Saint Louis errors helped out Maui’s fifth inning.

Kao Mindoro and Barkman drove in runs with base hits and Saint Louis starter Chase Meilleur was chased after hitting a batter to load the bases.

Kaipo Paschoal greeted Saint Louis reliever Dylan Lum with a single to drive in a run and Jyrah Lalim added a sacrifice fly for a 7-3 lead.

Maui led 8-3 in the top of the seventh when Jio gave up a walk and a single.

Lalim entered in relief with Jio at 106 pitches and recorded two quick outs.

Lopez’s RBI single made it an 8-4 game and Perreira-Alquiza followed with his second double of the game to drive in two more.

Lalim put the tying and winning runs on base hitting back-to-back batters before getting designated hitter Makana Ontai to swing at the first pitch and ground out to second with Torres on deck.

“No matter what, no team is out, no lead is safe,” Corniel said. “(Maui) has a lot of character and I told them they had to buy into it as a team and my boys did that from day one. We just have to keep that confidence up and they’re riding a high wave right now.”

Maui has scored 20 runs in two games in the tournament.