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Originally published Friday, June 1, 2012 at 8:03 PM

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No. 1 Texas ends UW's season in a sweep

The loss ends the season for the Huskies, who failed to make it out of the first round of match play for the third time in three attempts.

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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Washington dropped three matches and conceded two others in a 5-0 loss to top-ranked Texas in the quarterfinals of match play at the NCAA Men's Golf Championships on Friday at Riviera Country Club.

The loss ends the season for the Huskies, who failed to make it out of the first round of match play for the third time in three attempts.

"I'm disappointed, but I've had losses that hurt a lot worse," UW coach Matt Thurmond said. "That team just played awesome.

"I thought we played pretty well today. We did what we wanted to do, we didn't give them a lot of holes and make many mistakes. They just played amazing. I don't know even if we played our best today if we could have beat them.

"That's a very different feeling than if you blew it and knew you should have had it. Props to Texas for a great day."

Washington led for a total of just two holes in the five matches during the day. Texas led in every match by the 11th hole.

The Longhorns got on the scoreboard first with a 3-and-2 win in the first match between Charlie Hughes and Toni Hakula. The match was squared after 10 holes, but Hakula went on to win the next two holes. He clinched the match with a birdie on the par-3 16th hole.

Jordan Spieth, the nation's top-ranked player, beat Ty Chambers 4 and 3. Chambers kept it square through three holes before Spieth ran off a string of birdies to take a lead he never would relinquish.

"I was pretty happy when I heard I was playing Spieth," Chambers said. "You have nothing to lose and everything to gain when you play the No. 1 player in the nation. You're the underdog and you can only fight when you are playing someone like that."

Washington conceded the match after Cheng-Tsung Pan and his opponent Dylan Frittelli both scored par on the 17th hole, giving Frittelli a 2-and-1 victory.

Trevor Simsby was trailing by 1 on the 18th hole when word circulated that Texas had clinched the match. He shook hands with his opponent Cody Gribble and conceded the match.

Chris Williams trailed by two at the same moment and he also conceded.

"I three-putted (No.) 3 and he birdied No. 4, and all of a sudden I was one down," Williams said. Chambers was UW's only senior. Williams and Hughes will be seniors next year, Simsby a junior and Pan a sophomore.

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