The Georgia Southern Golf team, coming off a two-week break from competition, travels to Florence, S.C., for the 2011 Southern Conference Golf Championships beginning today.
    The Country Club of South Carolina, a par 72, 7,062-yard layout, plays host to the 11-team field for the fifth consecutive year.
    “We are excited to once again compete for a SoCon title,” said GSU coach Larry Mays. “We have had a very inconsistent year and will need a good performance this week to bring home the trophy.”
    Georgia Southern looks to capture its third SoCon title, having won the championship in 2003 and 2006. The Eagles finished in second place the past two years, finishing behind Furman in 2010 and Chattanooga in 2009.
    Both of those years, GSU earned a bid to the NCAA Regionals. Last season, the Eagles were the lone SoCon team of three to make it out of its regional and advance to the NCAA Championships for the 15th time.

SEB records fall at Westover Relays
    ALBANY — The Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets and Statesboro Blue Devils traveled to Albany Friday for the Westover Relays, and SEB set two new school records at the meet.
    The Lady Yellow Jackets, who finished second out of 13 teams, has records set by Brianna Gates (200-meter dash, 25.00 seconds) and the 4x100-meter relay team of Gates, Jerika Budgett, Nira Byrd and Dineshia Baker (49.26).
    The 4x400 team of Byrd, Baker, Gates and Katie Nevil took second in the meet, and Gates took second in the 100 and the long jump.
    The Statesboro Lady Blue Devils, which took fourth, brought several top finishers as well.
    First-place finishers were Raven Thomas (100) and Dana Hilton (100 hurdles).
    Keionna Gusby finished second in two events (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles) and third in the high jump.
    On the boys side, Statesboro's Joseph Mainer won the 300 hurdles, and the 4x100 relay team of Mainer, Andrew Taylor, Zaquavian Smith and Anthony Gardner.

GSU hoops banquet tickets for sale
    The Georgia Southern men's basketball team will host its 2010-11 end-of-season banquet Saturday, April 30, at the Bishop Field House starting at 6:30 p.m. The annual event will take a look back at the season and will be hosted by “The Voice of the Eagles” Chris Blair.