Miles Russell eliminated in U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinals by Jay Leng of San Diego

Miles Russell's run in the U.S. Junior Amateur ended on Friday with another match that went the distance.

Russell, the 15-year-old Jacksonville Beach native and the No. 1 player on the American Junior Golf Association Polo Rankings, fell to Jay Leng of San Diego 1-up after rallying from three holes down with seven to play at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Russell won the 12th and 15th holes with pars but Leng, who will enroll at Stanford next month, matched Russell over the last three holes to advance to the semifinals against Tyler Watts of Huntsville, Ala.

Watts defeated Leng 3 and 2 to reach Saturday's championship match. Trevor Gutschewski of Omaha, Neb., beat Xihuan Chang of China 2 and 1 in the other semifinal.

Gutchewski beat Brooks Simmons of Dallas 1-up, Chang downed Nguyen Anh Minh of Vietnam 3 and 2 and Watts beat Matthew Diehl of Redlands, Calif., 3 and 2.

Gutschewski and Watts will begin their 36-hole championship match at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. Peacock will air portions of their match from 2-4 p.m.

Russell was the last surviving Floridian and the only one to reach the third round. He also faced three consecutive opponents who will be playing college golf within a month: Leng (Stanford), CJ Winchenbaugh (Georgetown) and Billy Davis (Auburn).

Russell beat Winchenbaugh and Davis on Thursday by the same 2-up score.

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