BANDON, Ore. – Lyla Louderbaugh had just lost two straight holes to send her U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinal match with Kiara Romero to extra holes.

But before heading back to Bandon Dunes’ 10th tee on Friday evening, the rising Kansas junior retreated to the clubhouse restroom for a reset.

“I just needed to get off the golf course,” said Louderbaugh, who before walking back out the door looked into the mirror and said aloud to herself, “You’ve got this.”

Two holes later, she had toppled the world No. 1 amateur.

Louderbaugh, a native of Buffalo, Missouri, will now play fellow Missourian Brooke Biermann, a Michigan State grad, in Saturday’s first semifinal. The winner of that match will meet either Stanford’s Megha Ganne or Aussie Ella Scaysbrook in Sunday’s 36-hole final.

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