Takahashi, Huskers Take Fifth in Florida

Miu Takahashi took fifth with a three-round total of 215 (+2) to lead the Nebraska women's golf team to a fifth-place team finish at the Spring Break Shootout in Dade City, Fla., on Tuesday.

Takahashi, a senior from Nasu-machi, Japan, closed the 54-hole tournament with a 73 (+2) on the 6,049-yard layout of the Lake Jovita Golf Club-South in Tuesday's final round. It followed a second-round 70 (-1), after Takahashi opened with a 72 (+1) in Monday's first round. She played solid golf from start to finish for the Big Red with 39 pars, seven birdies, seven bogeys and one double-bogey in the tournament.

It marked Takahashi's first top-10 finish of the season and sixth of her Husker career. She finished six shots back of tournament medalist Emma Bunch from New Mexico State, who closed at 209 (-4), including a final round 66 (-5). Xuan Khue Minh Doan from St. John's finished second at 211 (-2) as the only other golfer in the tournament to finish under par. Stetson's Isaki Sakashita and Florida Gulf Coast's Posie Farrelly tied for third at 214 (+1) just one shot ahead of Takahashi.

As a team, Nebraska finished with a three-round total of 891 (+39), just two shots back of New Mexico State and Stetson, which tied for third at 889 (+37). Florida Gulf Coast captured the team title at 866 (+14), while Illinois took second at 873 (+21).

Husker Symran Shah contributed the best performance of her career with a 223 (+10) to tie for 15th. The redshirt sophomore from Carrollton, Texas, led Nebraska with a career-best-tying final-round 73 (+2) on Tuesday, after opening the tournament with a 74 (+3) on Monday. She added a second-round 76 (+5). Her previous career best collegiate tournament total was 229 (+13). 

Shah matched teammate Hannah Kono with a 223 (+10) in 15th. Kono, a sophomore from Enkoping, Sweden, fired an even-par 71 on Tuesday while competing as an individual outside the Nebraska lineup. She opened with a 74 (+3), before managing a 78 (+7) in Monday's second round.

Lauren Thiele just missed a top-25 finish of her own while joining Kono in competing as an individual outside the Husker lineup. Thiele, a redshirt sophomore from Wahoo, Neb., tied for 26th with a 54-hole score of 226 (+13) that included an opening-round 74 (+3) before back-to-back rounds of 76 (+5) to close the tournament.

Danica Lundgren put together Nebraska's third-best finish in the lineup by tying for 34th at 229 (+16). Lundgren opened with a strong 72 (+1) on Tuesday, before struggling to an 83 (+12) in Monday's second round. The true freshman from Austin, Texas, bounced back with a 74 (+3) in Tuesday's final round.

Sophomore Arden Louchheim (Park City, Utah) and freshman Eden Lohrbach (Ames, Iowa) rounded out Nebraska's five-player lineup in a tie for 40th at 230 (+17) in a 75-player field. Both golfers shot 73 (+2) in Tuesday's final round.

Redshirt junior Brooke Bream (Phoenix, Ariz.) completed the Nebraska contingent by tying for 67th at 238 (+25) while competing as an individual outside the Husker lineup.

Nebraska returns to action at the Clemson Invitational at The Reserve at Lake Keowee in Sunset, S.C., March 28-30.

Spring Break Shootout
Hosted by Western Kentucky
March 17-18, 2025
Dade City, Florida
Lake Jovita Golf Club-South (Par 71, 6,049 Yards)

Final Team Results
1. Florida Gulf Coast - 294-288-284=866 (+14)
2. Illinois - 294-284-295=873 (+21)
T3. Stetson - 297-302-290=889 (+37)
T3. New Mexico State - 304-292-293=889 (+37)
5. Nebraska - 296-303-292=891 (+39)
6. Western Kentucky - 304-297-296=897 (+45)
7. Troy - 310-298-297=905 (+53)
8. Jacksonville State - 304-300-302-906 (+54)
9. St. John's - 299-299-309=907 (+55)
10. Daytona State - 308-312-298=918 (+66)
11. Bradley - 313-304-304=921 (+69)
12. Seminole State - 311-304-309=924 (+72)
13. Memphis - 307-317-301=925 (+73)

Final Individual Results
1. Emma Bunch, New Mexico State - 76-67-66=209 (-4)
2. Xuan Khue Minh Doan, St. John's - 70-71-70=211 (-2)
T3. Isaki Sakashita, Stetson - 72-71-71=214 (+1)
T3. Posie Farrelly, Florida Gulf Coast - 76-69-69=214 (+1)
5. Miu Takahashi, Nebraska - 72-70-73=215 (+2)
T6. Victoria Zheng, Illinois - 75-69-72=216 (+3)
T6. Amelie Alcantara, Florida Gulf Coast - 70-75-71=216 (+3)
8. Lousiane Gauthier, Florida Gulf Coast - 73-72-72=217 (+4)
9. Catie Craig, Western Kentucky - 73-73-72=218 (+5)
T10. Anna Ritter, Illinois - 72-71-76=219 (+6)
T10. Sydney Hackett, Western Kentucky - 74-73-72=219 (+6)

Nebraska Individuals
5. Miu Takahashi - 72-70-73=215 (+2)
T15. Symran Shah - 74-76-73=223 (+10)
*T15. Hannah Kono - 74-78-71=223 (+10)
*26. Lauren Thiele - 74-76-76=226 (+13)
T34. Danica Lundgren - 72-83-74=229 (+16)
T40. Arden Louchheim - 79-78-73=230 (+17)
T40. Eden Lohrbach - 78-79-73=230 (+17)
*T67. Brooke Bream - 77-80-81=238 (+25)
*competed as an individual out Nebraska's lineup