The Nebraska women’s golf team travels to North Carolina for the NCAA Raleigh Regional, May 8-10.
The 12-team regional field will be challenged by a 6,324-yard, par-72 layout at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course with the opening round getting underway with tee times on Monday, May 8 at 7 a.m. (CT), before Tuesday’s second round tee times also start at 7 a.m. (CT). Wednesday’s final round is set for a 7 a.m. (CT) start, with the top five teams from each of the six NCAA Regionals advancing to the 30-team NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. (May 19-24).
No. 2 Wake Forest headlines the Raleigh Regional field as one of the nation’s six No. 1 seeds in the 72-team NCAA field. No. 11 Florida State and No. 14 Florida State claimed the No. 2 and 3 seeds in Raleigh, while No. 21 Florida and No. 26 Arizona round out the five favorites in the Raleigh Regional hoping to advance to the NCAA Championship. No. 35 North Texas, No. 38 TCU, the hosts from No. 46 North Carolina State, No. 50 Purdue and No. 56 Nebraska, along with No. 76 Campbell and No. 150 Richmond will contend to upend the favorites.
Live scoring for the five-count-four tournament will be available through GolfStat.com.
True freshman Kelli Ann Strand (Challis, Idaho) leads Nebraska to its second regional appearance in the last three seasons with a team-best 71.94 stroke average, which is on pace for a school record. She has produced six top-10 finishes, including a tournament title at the Green Wave Classic in her collegiate debut. She also owns 18 rounds better than par this season. The second-team All-Big Ten performer is ranked among the top 115 players nationally by both Golfweek and GolfStat.
Sophomore Miu Takahashi owns Nebraska’s No. 2 stroke average with a 73.33 average over 34.5 rounds. Takahashi (Nasu-machi, Japan) was unable to complete her first round of the Big Ten Championship because of illness, but rebounded with a strong second round. She won the Dale McNamara individual title and owns four top-10 finishes on the year.
Graduate student Megan Whittaker will compete in her second NCAA Regional as a Husker after helping Nebraska to the NCAA Columbus Regional in 2021. The fifth-year golfer from Elkhorn, Neb., carries a career-best 73.44 stroke average and owns five top-20 finishes this year.
Juniors Lindsey Thiele (74.73),
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