Q. So Reed birdies 17; match gets to 1-up. Was the plan to always go for it on 18 or did you change after you saw his drive?
MILES RUSSELL: No, I think, I mean, I think it was always the plan to go for it. Just kind of knew left of the green or left of the flag was kind of a good spot to be.
Q. Did you see the drive from where the teeing area was? Did you see how close it was from there?
MILES RUSSELL: I saw it land on the green and the way it was kind of rolling I figured I was going to be at least putting hopefully. I didn't think it was going to be that close, but I'll take it.
Q. You were tied at the turn. Any big shots or momentum swings that stand out to you on the back nine today?
MILES RUSSELL: Yeah, I mean, feel like every birdie I made was kind of big in a way. That putt I made on 12 just to kind of get things going, and then made another good putt on 15 and another good putt on 16.
Q. Quarterfinals again at the U.S. Junior Amateur. What can you take from the last two times to apply to Friday, tomorrow, going into the quarters.
MILES RUSSELL: Yeah, just the way I play match play now versus like how I played it then. A little more comfortable in match play than I was then, and hopefully we'll see how tomorrow goes.
Q. You played in obviously big events. How has this summer of golf prepared you for these amateur events, playing in events like the U.S. Open? What what's it like going from the U.S. Open, coming junior events here at Saucon?
MILES RUSSELL: Yeah, I mean, the U.S. Junior, U.S. Am, they're are such long weeks and U.S. Open it's almost a shorter week just because you're only playing four rounds, but it still wears you out being in front of that many people for that long.
It was kind of a long week and kind of figured out how to play when I was tired, and I think that's what you kind of got to -- that's at least that's what I've learned with how much golf I played is kind of learning how to play golf tired and maybe not feel my best but just kind of keep going.
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