The University of Minnesota men's golf team lost the U.S. Intercollegiate tournament title on a tiebreaker to the top-ranked Stanford Cardinal on Sunday in Palo Alto, Calif. Both teams finished with a three-round total of 2-under-par 838, but the Cardinal won the title calculated by the three-day total of the throw-out score for each round. Stanford's total was 219 and the Gophers was 223.

The Gophers fired a tournament-best 3-under 277 in the final round, but it wasn't enough to overtake Stanford who led the Gophers by five strokes heading into Sunday's final round. The tournament was a two-horse race on the par 70, 6,742-yard Stanford Golf Course with the Cardinal and Gophers outdistancing third-place Oregon State by 22 shots.

Minnesota was led by senior All-American Bronson La'Cassie who finished second to Stanford's Ryan Grube by two strokes for the individual title. La'Cassie finished at 6-under 204 after firing the day's best round, a 67, on Sunday. La'Cassie made only one bogey on the day, unfortunately, on the 18th hole. The second-place finish ties a career high for La'Cassie and his three-round score of 204 marks a new career 54-hole score. In addition, La'Cassie's 204 ties for the third-best 54-hole score in Gopher Golf history. James McLean fired a 204 twice in his career, May 2-3, 1998, at the Spartan Invitational and Sept. 18-19, 1998 at the Northern Intercollegiate.

Junior Clayton Rask recorded his highest finish since last season's Big Ten Tournament with a tie for seventh at 1-over 211. Rask fired a 69 Sunday and tied with teammate Niall Turner. Turner carded a final round 70 to finish at 211. Both recorded career low 54-hole scores as well.

Sophomore Victor Almstrom finished tied for 12th at 3-over 213 firing a final round 71. Almstrom's 68 in round one was a career low. Freshman Thomas Campbell, playing in only his second collegiate event, finished tied for 46th at 12-over 222. Campbell carded a solid 74 on Sunday.

The Gophers are off until the Big Ten Championships, hosted by Ohio State at the Scarlet Course, on April 27-29.

US Intercollegiate
Final Team Results
1 Stanford
280 276 282 838 (-2)
1 Minnesota
280 281 277 838 (-2)
3 Oregon State
285 287 288 860 (+20)
4 UC-Irvine
277 295 290 862 (+22)
5 Washington
286 292 288 866 (+26)
6 Nevada
285 292 290 867 (+27)
7 Colorado State
291 295 285 871 (+31)
8 Missouri
295 282 296 873 (+33)
9 Washington State
290 291 294 875 (+35)
T10 UC Davis
294 287 298 879 (+39)
T10 Arkansas
289 292 298 879 (+39)
12 Xavier
287 301 295 883 (+43)
13 N. Car. Wilmington
302 301 295 898 (+58)
14 Rice
306 303 291 900 (+60)
15 San Jose State
305 297 308 910 (+70)

Gopher Scores
2 Bronson La'Cassie — 68-69-67=204 (-6)
T7 Clayton Rask — 70-72-69=211 (+1)
T7 Niall Turner — 74-67-70=211 (+1)
T12 Victor Almstrom — 68-74-71=213 (+3)
T46 Thomas Campbell — 75-73-74=222 (+12)