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Huskers Head to Maryland for Big Ten Championship – University of Nebraska

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Nebraska travels to Maryland this weekend to compete in the 42nd Big Ten Women’s Golf Championship presented by Old National Bank, set to tee off at the Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace.

 

The Huskers will be part of a loaded field that features all 14 teams ranked among the top 100 in the country. Action on Maryland’s No. 1 public golf course since opening in 1998 begins on Friday, April 19 with tee times off No. 1 (7:30 a.m. CT) and No. 10 (8:09 a.m.). 

 

Competition on the Pete Dye designed course continues with the same tee times on Saturday, April 20, before the tournament concludes with the final round on Sunday with tee times off No. 1 (7 a.m. CT) and No. 10 (7:39 a.m. CT).

 

Live scoring for the event will be available on Huskers.com from GolfStat.

 

No. 7 Northwestern enters the tournament as the top-ranked Big Ten team, ahead of No. 30 Michigan State, No. 31 Purdue, No. 37 Michigan, No. 38 Ohio State and No. 41 Maryland among the six conference teams ranked in the top-50 nationally. No. 57 Minnesota, No. 63 Illinois, No. 69 Nebraska, No. 70 Wisconsin and No. 75 Indiana add five more teams ranked among the top 75, while No. 86 Rutgers, No. 91 Iowa and No. 98 Penn State round out a strong field.

 

Kelli Ann Strand leads Nebraska to the Big Ten Championship. The sophomore from Challis, Idaho is ranked No. 79 nationally but did not compete in last week’s Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational, as she rested an injury that kept her out of the lineup for the first time in her career.

 

Strand owns eight individual top-20 finishes in nine events this season and carries a school-record 70.77 stroke average over 26 rounds this season. She led Nebraska with a tie for 20th with a 223 (+10) at the 2023 Big Ten Championship at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh. Strand earned second-team All-Big Ten honors a year ago as a true freshman.

 

Lindsey Thiele will play out of the No. 2 spot in NU’s lineup. The senior from Wahoo, Neb., led four Huskers in the top 30 at Ohio State, finishing 28th with a 227 (+11). Thiele ranks second among the Huskers with a 73.70 stroke average over 20 rounds. She will make her third Big Ten Championship lineup appearance, including a tie for 34th last season.

 

Junior Miu Takahashi, senior Michaela Vavrova and freshman Arden Louchheim all tied for 29th at 228 (+12) at the Buckeye Invitational. The trio will occupy the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 spots at the Big Ten Championship, while junior Lena Hassert…

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