LAHAINA, Hawaii — Gabriel Smith set his career best with a 5-under par round of 66 on Thursday at the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate. Smith helped lead all five of Sacramento State's golfers to scores of even par or better as the team finished with a total of 276 to stand at 8-under.

Smith started the round with a birdie on the par-3 eighth hole and never returned to even at any point during the day. A birdie on the par-4 13th was followed by a bogey on No. 14 to leave him 1-under. He added birdies on the par-3 15th and par-4 16th to get to 3-under. Three holes later, he birdied the par-5 fifth to move to 4-under. His second bogey of the round came on the par-4 fourth but Smith then eagled the par-5 sixth to get to 5-under. His score tied him for eighth place and has him three strokes off the individual lead held by North Florida's Robbie Higgins/

Zach Mate shot 69 to rank second on the team and is tied for 27th in the field. Mate was 1-over through his first 10 holes before a birdie on the par-3 17th  took him back to even. Following two pars, he birdied No. 1 and added another birdie on the par-4 fourth to move to 2-under.

Jeffrey Perry shot 70 to finish the first round at 1-under par. Perry began the round on the ninth hole and had birdies on Nos. 12 and 17 to go along with 12 pars on his first 12 holes. A double bogey on the par-4 fifth momentarily returned him to even before he birdied No. 6 to get back into red numbers.

Luke Dugger and Jake Aberle each shot 71. Dugger fluctuated between 1-under and 1-over throughout his round. He finished with four birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey.

Aberle started the day with a birdie on No. 9 and then parred the next eight holes. Bogeys on Nos. 18, 4 and 5 raised his score to 2-over before he also eagled No. 6 to fall back to even.

Liberty shot 22-under as a team and holds a 4-stroke lead over Georgia. San Jose State is third at 15-under while East Tennessee and Oklahoma are tied for fourth at 12-under. Sacramento State is tied for seventh place.

The second round will have a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. PT. The Hornets will play with Oklahoma, Hawaii and North Florida.

KA'ANAPALI CLASSIC COLLEGIATE
Lahaina, Hawaii | Ka'anapali GC
Par 71 | 6,700 Yards

TEAM SCORES
1. Liberty 262
2. Georgia 266
3. San Jose State 269
T4. East Tennessee State 272
T4. Oklahoma 272
6. Hawaii 273
T7. Sacramento State 276
T7. North Florida 276
9. Boise State 277
T10. UConn 280
T10. Louisiana 280
T10. Kansas 280
13. Wyoming 284
14. Gonzaga 285
T15. Colorado 288
T15. CSUN 288
T15. Denver 288
T15. Clemson 288
19. Mount St. Mary's 290
20. Air Force 291

INDIVIDUAL TOP FIVE
1. Robbie Higgins, UNF, 63
T2. Ivan Barahoma, SJSU, 64
T2. Brett Reid, LIB, 64
T2. Connor Creasy, UGA, 64
T5. Will King, KAN, 65
T5. Josh Ryan, LIB, 65
T5. PJ Maybank, OKLA, 65

SACRAMENTO STATE SCORES
T8. Gabriel Smith 66
T27. Zach Mate 69
T42. Jeffrey Perry 70
T56. Luke Dugger 71
T56. Jake Aberle 71