54-hole event to take place at Moss Creek Golf Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The 2011 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship will be played April 17-19 at Moss Creek Golf Club's North Course in Hilton Head Island, S.C.

This is the third straight year that the par 72, 6,005-yard course has hosted the SoCon championship, as Chattanooga became the fourth different school in the past five seasons to win the event in 2010. The Mocs edged College of Charleston by eight strokes and return their top three finishers from the event this season.

The winners of the past three individual championships will compete again in 2011. Furman senior Stefanie Kenoyer, who won in 2008 and 2009, looks to become the first three-time champion in tournament history while Appalachian State sophomore Yue Xu, who stormed to a three-stroke victory as a freshman last year, looks to repeat as medalist.

Chattanooga is led by 2010 runner-up and top 100 ranked Emma de Groot and enters the tournament as the top rated SoCon team, sitting 35th nationally in the latest Golfstat rankings. Furman, which has won 13 of 17 tournaments in league history, sits second at 62nd and is looking to improve on a fifth-place finish from a year ago.

Western Carolina (72) and College of Charleston (84) are also top 100 teams, according to Golfstat. Other schools competing in this weekend's event include Appalachian State, The Citadel, Elon, UNCG, Samford and Wofford.

The winner of the SoCon Championship will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The tournament tees off at 8:00 a.m. ET Sunday morning, and fans can follow the action at http://golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=2208.