Huskers Travel to Texas for Red Raider Invite – University of Nebraska

The Nebraska women’s golf team continues its fall season when the Huskers journey to Lubbock, Texas for the Red Raider Invitational, Sept. 24-25.

The Huskers will be part of a 16-team field that features nine schools from the state of Texas, including the hosts from Texas Tech. Nebraska is the only Big Ten Conference team in the tournament, as the Huskers make their first visit to the Rawls Course since the 2009 Big 12 Championship.

After a practice round on Monday, the 54-hole event tees off Tuesday with two rounds of continuous play beginning with a 9 a.m. (CT) shotgun start. The final round also features a 9 a.m. (CT) shotgun start on Wednesday on the par-72, 6,877-yard layout of the Rawls Course.

Live scoring for the 5-count-4 scoring format will be available at Scoreboard.clippd.com.

Sophomore Hannah Kono leads the Huskers to Lubbock after tying for 17th individually at the season-opening Badger Invitational in Verona, Wis. (Sept. 8-10). The Husker newcomer from Enkoping, Sweden, produced a three-round score of 224 (+8) in her Big Red debut, including an even-par 72 in the second round. Kono transferred to Nebraska after taking sixth at the 2024 Horizon League Championships, while leading Oakland (Mich.) University to the conference title and an automatic berth in the NCAA East Lansing Regional.

Arden Louchheim (pronounced LOCK-hime) earned the No. 1 spot in the Nebraska lineup in Wisconsin, and was NU’s No. 2 finisher with a 229 (+13) to tie for 34th in a 75-player field. The sophomore from Park City, Utah, competed in 30 rounds for the Huskers as a true freshman in 2023-24, ranking fifth on the team with a 75.73 stroke average on the year. During the summer, Louchheim was the runner-up at the 2024 Nebraska Women’s Amateur.

Nebraska’s most experienced golfer, Miu Takahashi contributed a tie for 38th with a 231 (+15) in Wisconsin. The senior from Nasu-machi, Japan, ranked second among the 2023-24 Huskers with a 73.91 stroke average. She has competed in 101.5 rounds for the Huskers in her career and owns Nebraska’s No. 3 career stroke average (74.89).

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