Angela Stanford seemingly isn’t going to settle for second place in the Sybase Match Play Championship this year.

Stanford birdied four of the final five holes to beat Paula Creamer 2-up yesterday and set up an all-America semifinal with No. 4 Cristie Kerr in the $1.5 million event at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J.

Top-seeded Na Yeon Choi of South Korea will face No. 3 Suzann Pettersen of Norway in the other semi today with the winners going for the title later in the afternoon.

Former Hawaii resident Michelle Wie, meanwhile, lost her third-round match to Sophie Gustafson of Sweden on the final hole.

The No. 42 seed sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to defeat the ninth-seeded Wie 1-up.

"I played horribly. I didn’t hit the ball very well," said Wie, who lost in the quarterfinals last year. "I fought until the end, hit a good bunker shot, but she made a good putt and there is nothing I can do about that."

@Scoreline1:Wi overtakes Toms at the Colonial

Charlie Wi took advantage of playing partner David Tom’s third-round collapse to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.

Wi, seven strokes behind Toms at the start of the round, shot a 4-under 66 to reach 13 under. After opening with bogey-free 62s to tie the PGA Tour record for the first 36 holes, Toms had a 74 to fall to second.

Wi took the lead with a 32-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th hole soon after a weather delay. After Wi holed the putt, Toms’ 16-foot par chance just missed for a two-stroke swing.

The 44-year-old Toms, coming off a playoff loss last week in The Players Championship, opened with a birdie, but had three bogeys in a five-hole stretch. Worse was a three-putt from 71⁄2 feet for double bogey at No. 14, where Wi chipped to 12 feet to save par.

"I’m very pleasantly surprised. I played really well today and David didn’t," Wi said. "It’s such a crazy game. I don’t know what to say."

Former Kaneohe resident Dean Wilson shot a 67 and is at 4-under 206.