Kono Fires Career Best in Florida

Hannah Kono finished 16th with a collegiate career-best three-round total of 218 (+2) to lead the Nebraska women's golf team to a tie for seventh at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, Fla., on Tuesday.

Kono, a sophomore from Enkoping, Sweden, put together consistent rounds of 73, 72 and 73 on the par-72, 6,175-yard layout at the Biltmore Golf Club. Kono's 16th-place finish was her best of the fall for the Huskers, surpassing a tie for 18th at the season-opening Badger Invitational when she shot her previous season-best 224. She missed a top-10 finish by just one stroke at the Hurricane Invitational.

Kono's 218 was five strokes better than her previous career-best 223, which came at Eastern Michigan's Shirley Spork Invitational last fall when she was a freshman at Oakland University in Michigan.

Nebraska true freshman Eden Lohrbach also produced a strong finish to her fall campaign by leading the Huskers with an even-par 72 in Tuesday's final round. Lohrbach climbed 10 spots into a tie for 29th in the final standings with a 54-hole total of 223 (+7).

Lohrbach finished one stroke ahead of redshirt sophomore teammate Lauren Thiele, who closed the tournament at 224 (+8) after a final-round 75.

Senior Miu Takahashi completed Nebraska's final-round team total of 297 (+9) with her 77 (+5) to tie for 41st place alongside Husker Arden Louchheim, who was playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup at the tournament. Louchheim also carded a 77 (+5) on Tuesday to finish at 227 (+11).

Fifth-year senior Andrea Velez rounded out the Husker contingent in a tie for 44th in a 63-player field at 228 (+12) including a final-round 78 (+6).

The hosts from Miami ran away with the team title by posting a three-round total of 852 (-12), 19 shots better than second-place Florida Gulf Coast's 871 (+7). South Alabama finished one shot back of FGCU at 872, while Iowa took fourth at 878 (+14).

Nebraska tied for seventh with Florida Atlantic at 888 (+24), just four shots back of fifth-place North Florida (884) and three strokes behind sixth-place Florida International (885).

Miami's Olivia Gronborg fired a final-round 69 to claim the individual title at 208 (-8), two shots ahead of Eastern Michigan's Savannah de Bock (210). 

Nebraska will return to action in Florida at the UCF Challenge (Feb. 2-4) to open the spring portion of its 2024-25 schedule.

Hurricane Invitational
Oct. 28-29, 2024
Coral Gables, Fla.
Biltmore GC (Par 72, 6,175 Yards)

Final Team Results
1. Miami - 290-284-278=852 (-12)
2. Florida Gulf Coast - 290-292-289=871 (+7)
3. South Alabama - 293-292-287=872 (+8)
4. Iowa - 295-290-293=878 (+14)
5. North Florida - 302-293-289=884 (+20)
6. Florida International - 296-297-292=885 (+21)
T7. Nebraska - 296-295-297=888 (+24)
T7. Florida Atlantic - 299-295-294=888 (+24)
9. Eastern Michigan - 299-300-294=893 (+29)
10. Stetson - 305-304-295=904 (+40)
10. Toledo - 306-300-303=909 (+45)

Final Individual Results
1. Olivia Gronborg, Miami - 70-69-69=208 (-8)
2. Savannah de Bock, Eastern Michigan - 71-68-71=210 (-6)
3. Sofie Hlinomazova, Miami - 74-71-69=214 (-2)
T4. Rebekah Gardner, Miami - 73-72-70=215 (-1)
T4. Ximena Benites, Iowa - 77-69-69=215 (-1)
T6. Cloe Amion, Miami - 74-72-70=216 (E)
T6. Kaitlyn Schroeder, North Florida - 75-69-72=216 (E)
T6. Lousiane Gauthier, Florida Gulf Coast - 71-72-73=216 (E)
T6. Anna Behnsen, South Alabama - 73-74-69=216 (E)
T10. Katharina Schroll, South Alabama - 73-73-71=217 (+1)
T10. Malia Uyeshiro, South Alabama - 73-73-71=217 (+1)
T10. Posie Farrelly, Florida Gulf Coast - 72-72-73=217 (+1)
*T10. Filippa Jansson, Stetson - 74-68-75=217 (+1)
T10. Hoi Ki Lau, Florida International - 75-72-70=217 (+1)
T10. Casilda Allendesalazar, North Florida - 74-72-71=217 (+1)

Nebraska Individuals
16. Hannah Kono - 73-72-73=218 (+2)
T29. Eden Lohrbach - 74-77-72=223 (+7)
T34. Lauren Thiele - 73-76-75=224 (+8)
*T41. Arden Louchheim - 72-78-77=227 (+11)
T41. Miu Takahashi - 76-74-77=227 (+11)
T44. Andrea Velez - 77-73-78=228 (+12)