After a challenging weekend, the No. 32 Washington men's golf team finished fifth at the U.S. Intercollegiate Invitational. The team finished 32 over par, with a final score of 866.

Notable individual players included senior Alex Prugh, who finished 12th in the tournament, and Chris Killmer. Prugh was the Huskies' most consistent player of the weekend, shooting par in his first and final rounds. He finished with a 3-over, 213 for the tournament.

"I'm very proud of Alex; he was our finisher again," said men's golf coach Matt Thurmond. "He definitely did a great job. Chris played pretty solidly, too."

Stanford utilized its home course advantage, finishing tied for first as a team and with an individual taking top honors. Rob Grube led the Cardinal with three rounds successively under par — including a tournament-best 65 on the first day. His score of 202 was two strokes better than Bronson LaCassie from the University of Minnesota.

The Gophers shared the team title with Stanford, as both teams shot a 2-under, 838 over the three rounds.

"It's certainly not what we expected for our team," Thurmond said. "I'm disappointed. We couldn't quite get the full score in each round.

"All season, we've been struggling to have five guys or even four play well in the same tournament, [and] unfortunately we've consistently had two scores or so that we've had to throw out, and that has hurt us."

Thurmond added that their mentality is forward-looking and that they are feeling optimistic about the post-season.

"All year, we've been preparing for the post-season and this was our last regular season event," he said. "From now on, we are starting over, starting fresh. We have Pac-10's coming up, and then NCAA regionals, which we've qualified for," he said.

"I'm disappointed in the season, this tournament, a lot of things — but it doesn't matter much anymore. We've qualified for the post-season, and we still have a chance to do a lot better."

Reach reporter Katie Stapleton-Paff at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.