Huskers Open Spring Season in Orlando – University of Nebraska

Participating Teams (17) 
Augusta
Baylor
Central Arkansas
College of Charleston
Duke
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana-Monroe
Mississippi State
Nebraska
North Carolina
Old Dominion
Penn State
Sacramento State
South Florida
Tulsa
UCF

Nebraska Lineup
1. Miu Takahashi, Sr.
2. Lauren Thiele, RSo.
3. Arden Louchheim, So.
4. Symran Shah, RSo.
5. Eden Lohrbach, Fr.

Husker All-American Smith Claims LPGA Tour Card
Former Husker Kate Smith-Stroh captured her LPGA Tour Card for the 2025 season by tying for 19th at the LPGA Q-Series Final Qualifying Stage in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 10.

Smith-Stroh, an All-American and Big Ten Champion for Nebraska as a fifth-year senior in 2021, put together five solid rounds in Alabama to finish with a total of 350 (-8) with rounds of 69-71-67-72-71 on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail – Magnolia Grove to secure a spot on the world’s premier women’s golf tour next season.

One of the best golfers in Nebraska history, Smith-Stroh has been competing on the Epson Tour since 2022. During the 2023 season, she competed in 22 events and made 19 cuts, while recording four top-10 finishes. She tied for second at the Four Winds Invitational. She added 19 events while making 13 cuts in 2024, including two more top-10 finishes.

She was ranked 33rd in the Race for the Card entering Q-Series Final Qualifying.

The native of Detroit Lakes, Minn., made history during her time at Nebraska. The two-time first-team All-Big Ten award winner stormed to the Big Ten Championship with a school-record 64 (-8) in the final round at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio. She was named a third-team All-American by Golfweek and an honorable-mention All-American by the WGCA before becoming the first Husker to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup, helping the United States to a title. She was also the first Husker to compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2021.

Bouvet Earns Ladies European Tour Card
Former Husker Vanessa Bouvet claimed her Ladies European Tour (LET) card for the 2025 season with a top-20 finish at the Lalla Aicha Q-School in Morocco, Dec. 16-20.

Bouvet, who competed at Nebraska from 2018-19 to 2021-22, put together an impressive five-round total of 353 (-10) at the Royal Golf Marrakech and Al Maaden Golf Marrakech in Morocco to finish in a six-way tie for 19th among 101 players who advanced to the final stage of qualifying in the European Q-School.

Playing out of her home country of France, Bouvet opened with rounds of 70 and 69 before settling for a 76. She bounced back…