ERIN, Wis. – UCLA star Tiffany Joh moved within a match of her second U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship in three years, winning twice Friday to advance to the 36-hole final against Southern California recruit Jennifer Song.

Joh, the 2006 winner at Walking Stick in Pueblo, Colo., beat Lee Lopez of Whittier, Calif., 2 and 1 in the quarterfinals, then edged Tiffany Lua of Rowland Heights, Calif., 4 and 3 in the semifinals on the 6,158-yard, par-73 Erin Hills course.

Song, from South Korea, beat Lauren Doughtie of Suffolk, Va., 4 and 3 in the morning, and topped Stephanie Kono of Honolulu 2-up in the afternoon.

Joh, the runner-up in the NCAA tournament and a member of the victorious U.S. Curtis Cup team, birdied six of the first seven holes to take a 6-up lead over Lua.

“I don't know what happened,” said Joh, who made three putts of 30 feet. “A lot of the putts I was just trying to lag and they just went in.”

Lua cut the deficit to three holes with a birdie on the par-4 13th.

“At least I didn't lose 10 and 8,” Lua said. “I'm proud of myself for hanging in there.”

Song parred the par-4 17th to take a 1-up lead over Kono, and birdied the par-5 final hole to seal the victory.

“I was very patient,” Song said.