Huskers in Hunt in Oklahoma

Nebraska’s Miu Takahashi fired rounds of 71 and 73 to shut the opening day in a tie for sixth at 144 (E) to guide the Husker ladies’s golf workforce on the Dale McNamara Invitational in Broken Arrow, Okla., on Monday.

Takahashi, a sophomore from Japan, coated the 6,302-yard of the Cedar Ridge Country Club with a 71 (-1) in Monday’s opening spherical, then remained in the hunt for medalist honors with a second-round 73 (+1). South Florida’s Melanie Green sits atop the person chief board at 140 (-4), simply 4 strokes forward of Takahashi. Tulsa’s Lovisa Gunnar (-3), North Texas’ Audrey Tan and South Florida’s Lauren Heinlein (-2) and Kansas State’s Haley Vargas (-1) are the one different golfers forward of Takahashi heading into Tuesday’s ultimate spherical in Oklahoma.

Takahashi leads a trio of Huskers who will contend for top-10 event finishes, together with Kelli Ann Strand. The freshman from Idaho battled her means again into rivalry in the second spherical after opening with a 76 (+4). Strand put collectively one of the best spherical by a Husker on Monday with a second-round 70 (-2) to finish the primary 36 holes in a tie for twelfth at 146 (+2). 

Fifth-year Husker Megan Whittaker (Elkhorn, Neb.) matched Strand in a tie for twelfth with back-to-back rounds of 73 to enter the ultimate spherical at 146 (+2).

As a workforce, Nebraska sits in fourth place at 589 (+13) in the workforce standings, simply 14 strokes behind the leaders from South Florida (575, -1). Tulsa (578, +2) is simply three photographs again of USF, whereas North Texas sits in third at 586 (+10) simply three photographs forward of the Huskers.

Michaela Vavrova added a pair of counting rounds for the Huskers in their five-count-four lineup. The junior from Slovakia opened with a 78 (-6) earlier than closing the day with a 75 (+3). She sits in a tie for forty third with teammate Andrea Velez. The Colombian carded rounds of 75 and 78 whereas taking part in as a person exterior the Nebraska lineup.

Lindsey Thiele (Wahoo, Neb.) rounded out the Husker rivalry with stable rounds of 79 and 75 to take a seat in a tie for forty ninth at 154 (+10).

The Huskers will wrap up the Dale McNamara Invitational with a final-round shotgun begin starting at 8:30 a.m. (CT). Live scoring will likely be out there by way of GolfStat.com.

Dale McNamara Invitational

Cedar Ridge Country Club (Par 72, 6,302 Yards)

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

October 10-11, 2022

Team Results (Two Rounds)

1. South Florida – 291-284-575 (-1)

2. Tulsa – 292-286-578 (+2)

3. North Texas – 292-294-586 (+10)

4. Nebraska – 298-291-589 (+13)

5. James Madison – 307-285-592 (+16)

6. UTSA – 303-292-595 (+19)

7. BYU – 307-291-598 (+22)

8. Kansas State – 306-294-600 (+24)

9. Sacramento State – 302-300-602 (+26)

10. Sam Houston – 307-300-607 (+31)

T11. Middle Tennessee – 307-301-608 (+32)

T11. Boise State – 308-300-608 (+32)

13. Oral Roberts – 323-296-619 (+43)

Individual Results (Two Rounds)

1. Melanie Green, South Florida – 73-67-140 (-4)

2. Lovisa Gunnar, Tulsa – 73-68-141 (-3)

T3. Audrey Tan, North Texas – 70-72-142 (-2)

T3. Lauren Heinlein, South Florida – 69-73-142 (-2)

5. Haley Vargas, Kansas State – 74-69-143 (-1)

T6. Morgan Ellison, UTSA – 75-69-144 (E)  

T6. Grace Kilcrease, Tulsa – 72-72-144 (E)

T6. Miu Takahashi, Nebraska – 71-73-144 (E)

T6. Patricia Sinolungan, North Texas – 71-73-144 (E)

T10. Juliana Camargo, South Florida – 74-71-145 (+1)

T10. Lilly Thomas, Tulsa – 71-74-145 (+1)

 

Nebraska Individuals

T6. Miu Takahashi – 71-73-144 (E)

T12. Kelli Ann Strand – 76-70-146 (+2)

T12. Megan Whittaker – 73-73-146 (+2)

T43. Michaela Vavrova – 78-75-153 (+9)

*T43. Andrea Velez – 75-78-153 (+9) 

T49. Lindsey Thiele – 79-75-154 (+10)