Huskers Close Fall at Golf Iconic Classic

The Nebraska women’s golf team heads to New Mexico for its final tournament of the fall campaign when the Huskers compete at the Golf Iconic Classic in Las Cruces (Oct. 12-14).

The three-day, 54-hole event hosted by New Mexico State on the par-72, 6,420-yard layout of the NMSU Golf Course opens with a 9:15 a.m. (CT) shotgun start for the first round on Monday, Oct.12. Tuesday’s second round also features a 9:15 a.m. (CT) shotgun start, before the tournament concludes with another 9:15 a.m. (CT) shotgun start on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Nebraska will be a part of a large 19-team field that includes Cal Poly, CSU Northridge, Drake, Fresno State, Houston Christian, Idaho, Idaho State, Incarnate Word, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, San Diego State, Southern Utah, Tarleton State, UC Riverside, UT Arlington, UTEP, UTSA and the hosts from New Mexico State.

Jessica Jolly, a junior from Rockford, Mich., is expected to occupy the top spot in Nebraska’s lineup after producing one of the best performances of her career at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate presented by PDI in Wichita, Kan. (Oct. 5-6). Jolly closed with a career-best 66 (-5) in the final round to match her career-best 54-hole total of 213 (E). She tied teammate Ailis Tribolet for 11th as Nebraska’s top finishers in the tournament.

Tribolet, a sophomore from Chandler, Ariz., will hold down the No. 2 spot in the lineup at New Mexico. Tribolet enters the tournament with a solid 72.11 stroke average on the season.

Kaleigh Babineaux and Hannah Kono bring Nebraska’s best scoring averages (71.00) into the tournament and will occupy the No. 3 and 4 spots in the lineup. Babineaux, a sophomore from Austin, Texas, tied for 18th with a 214 (+1) at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate, while Kono, a senior from Enkoping, Sweden, tied for 22nd with a 215 (+2).

Sophomore Ammy Raemmuang rounds out the lineup, while Lincoln native Olivia Lovegrove will compete as an individual.

Golf Iconic Classic
Location: Las Cruces, N.M.
Host: New Mexico State
Course: NMSU Golf Course (Par 72, 6,420 Yards)

Schedule
Monday, Oct. 12 (Round 1) - 9:15 a.m. (CT) - shotgun
Tuesday, Oct. 13 (Round 2) - 9:15 a.m. (CT) - shotgun
Wednesday, Oct. 14 (Round 3) - 9:15 a.m. (CT) - shotgun

Live Scoring: Scoreboard.clippd.com

Participating Teams (19)
Cal Poly, CSU Northridge, Drake, Fresno State, Houston Christian, Idaho, Idaho State, Incarnate Word, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, San Diego State, Southern Utah, Tarleton State, UC Riverside, UT Arlington, UTEP, UTSA

Nebraska Lineup (5-count-4)
1. Jessica Jolly, Jr., Rockford, Michigan
2. Ailis Tribolet, So., Chandler, Arizona
3. Kaleigh Babineaux, So., Austin, Texas
4. Hannah Kono, Sr., Enkoping, Sweden
5. Ammy Raemmuang, So., Phitsanulok, Thailand
IND. Olivia Lovegrove, Jr., Lincoln, Nebraska

Kono Shooting for Break Out Senior Season
Hannah Kono owns Nebraska’s top returning stroke average (73.13) heading into her third

season as a Husker. The senior from Enkoping, Sweden, has competed in 70 rounds for the Big Red over her first two-plus seasons in Lincoln after transferring following her freshman season at Oakland University in Michigan.

Kono’s 73.13 stroke average a year ago represented a +1.80 strokes per round improvement over her sophomore season at Nebraska. She owns 18 career top-25 tournament finishes, including a tie for 11th with a 2010 (-6) at The Bruzzy to open the 2026-27 campaign. She had four top-25 showings a year ago. She added three top-10 finishes (Ptarmigan Ram, Texas Golf Throwdown, SoCal Invitational) a year ago to give her five as a collegian.

A sixth-place finisher at the 2024 Horizon League Championship as a freshman, Kono gained valuable experience in the Husker lineup each of the past two seasons at the Big Ten Championship.

Kono fired a career-best 210 (-6) to tie for 16th at the 2026 Westbrook Spring Invitational. Her performance included a career-best 68 (-4) at Westbrook, which helped the Big Red to the best team round in school history with a 272 (-16). In 2025, Kono tied for 21st with a then-career-best 213 (-3) at Westbrook.