BANDON, Ore. -- Kansas junior Lyla Louderbaugh reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur on Friday by losing a 2-up lead with two holes to play against top-ranked Kiara Romero and then keeping her composure to win in 20 holes at Bandon Dunes.

Louderbaugh, a two-time Kansas Women's Amateur champion, advanced to face Brooke Biermann, a 3-and-2 winner over Arianna Lau of Hong Kong.

Stanford senior Megha Ganne held off Eila Galitsky of Thailand, 2 and 1, and next has a semifinal match against Ella Scaysbrook of Australia, who had the shortest match of the quarterfinals with a 5-and-4 win over Taylor Kehoe of Canada.

Louderbaugh seized control against Oregon junior Kiara Romero, the No. 1 amateur in women's golf, with a tee shot into 3 feet on the par-3 12th and a nifty pitch to tap

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