BETHPAGE, N.Y. — The LIU men's golf team began its fall season in record-setting fashion.
 
Jesse Macnaughtan totaled a 9-under-par 201 through three rounds, which was good for tied for fifth and the highest finish on the team.
 
Macnaughtan tied the program's 36-hole record (135, matching Lukas Gabora's performance last season in Myrtle Beach) and set a new 54-hole team record (201).
 
As a team, the Sharks broke the 18- and 54-hole records (272 and 833, respectively), and tied an 18-hole low round versus par (-8).

The Sharks were one of 15 teams competing in The Doc Gimmler Invite at Bethpage Red, hosted by St. John's.
 
"The tourney was in benign conditions, which always helps scoring. But we were very tidy," LIU coach Ben Belfield said. "There weren't bogies, no big numbers, just very steady play. There was lots of stuff that was very good and steady."

LIU's next completes at the Hartford Hawks Invite beginning next Monday.