Huskers Aim for Return to NCAA Regional – University of Nebraska

A new-look Nebraska lineup will take aim at its third NCAA Regional bid in the past five seasons, when the Husker women’s golf team hits the course for the 2024-25 campaign.

Jeanne Sutherland, who enters her third season at the helm of the Huskers, will try to guide her team to a 20th NCAA Regional berth as a head coach.

In her first season leading the Huskers in 2022-23, Sutherland led the Big Red to the NCAA Raleigh Regional. Last season, Nebraska just missed out on a regional appearance, while Kelli Ann Strand captured an NCAA Regional berth after capturing All-Big Ten honors for the second consecutive season.

However, Strand chose to pursue a professional career early and the Huskers also lost veteran contributors Lindsey Thiele and Michaela Vavrova to graduation. The 2024-25 Nebraska lineup must also replace part-time contributors Sydney Harz and Lena Hassert.

Although the Big Red must fill the voids left by five letterwinners, including three of its top four golfers from 2023-24, Sutherland is confident Nebraska’s roster has the firepower to shoot the Huskers back to NCAA Regional competition.

Miu Takahashi will likely anchor Nebraska’s lineup in 2024-25. The senior from Nasu-machi, Japan enters her fourth year as a regular in the Husker lineup. Last season, Takahashi ranked second among the Huskers with a 73.91 stroke average over 32 rounds. She owns a 74.82 stroke average over 98.5 career rounds, which ranks as the No. 3 average in Nebraska history.

Takahashi’s consistency and her ability to go low have helped produce nine career top-25 finishes, including five top-10 performances through her first three seasons. She captured a tournament title as a sophomore at the 2022 Dale McNamara Invitational.

Arden Louchheim joins Takahashi as a returning golfer to the Nebraska lineup. The sophomore from Park City, Utah, ranked fifth among the Huskers with a solid 75.73 stroke average as a true freshman in 2023-24. Louchheim competed in 30 rounds and performed well both on and off the course. The three-time Utah Class 2A state champion and the 2023 Utah Girls Amateur Champion was a 2024 WGCA Scholastic All-American.

With a year of collegiate experience under her belt, the Huskers are hoping to see Louchheim regularly climb the leader board during the 2024-25 campaign.

Nebraska’s third returning letterwinner is fifth-year Husker Andrea Velez. The three-time letterwinner carries a 76.92 stroke average over 43.5 career rounds. The senior from Pereira,…