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ABILENE, Texas - Monica Harris' performance at last week's LeTourneau Spring Invitational earned her American Southwest Conference Female Golfer of the Week, and she, along with her teammates and the McMurry University men's team are headed into the American Southwest Conference Championships Monday and Tuesday in Horeshoe Bay.

Harris and the McMurry women enter the ASC Tournament on a hot streak winning both the UC-Santa Cruz Invitational and the LeTourneau Spring Classic Invitational. Harris finished second overall at the LeTourneau tournament and shot a 154 over two rounds.

For the ASC Tournament, both men and women will play at the Horseshoe Bay Resort, which features two different golf courses. Starts times are set for 8:30 a.m. each day. The men, who will have shotgun starts, are scheduled for 54 holes (36 on Monday, 18 on Tuesday) at the par-71 Ram Rock course. The women, who will have progressive tee times on Monday followed by a final-round shotgun start, will play 36 holes (18 each day) at the par-72 Apple Rock course. Each championship team will earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Golf Championships.

The event, in its 14th year, will feature nine men's teams (top-seeded Texas-Tyler followed by Mary Hardin-Baylor, Mississippi College, Schreiner, Concordia Texas, Texas Lutheran, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry and Texas-Dallas), seven women's squads (top-seeded Texas-Tyler followed by Schreiner, McMurry, Mary Hardin-Baylor, LeTourneau, Texas Lutheran and Texas-Dallas) and two medalists (LeTourneau's Spencer Rothluebber and Louisiana College's John Willie).

On the men's side, Mary Hardin-Baylor enters as the two-time defending champion. The Cru, guided by then first-year head coach Aaron Rodeffer, put together rounds of 304, 297 and 299 for a 900 total and a three-stroke victory over runner-up McMurry last year at Hurricane Creek Country Club in Anna, Texas. Now-graduated Eric White of UMHB won his second straight individual crown with a 2-over-par 218, while Rodeffer took coach of the year honors.

Texas-Tyler's Brandon Ellis and Texas-Dallas' Brian Vaughn return after first team all-conference performances last season. McMurry's Nick Mehigan, UMHB's Johnathan Sustaita and Mississippi College's Joel Richardson are back after they earned second team all-conference honors at the 2009 ASC Championships.

Texas-Tyler is the women's defending champion. The Patriots, guided by reigning coach of the year King Campbell, fired a tournament-low 335 on the final day to cap a 684 card and a 12-stroke victory over runner-up Schreiner at Hurricane Creek. LeTourneau sophomore medalist Leslie Lee took the individual honors with a 15-over-par 159.

All five first team all-conference performers from the 2009 ASC Championships return. Lee is joined by Texas Lutheran's Angela Aufderhaar, McMurry's Monica Harris, UT Tyler's Katie Harris and SU's Sarah Stillwell. Second Team All-Conference players Liz Calderon and Surraya Minhas of Schreiner, Allison Williams of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Libby Scarlett of McMurry are also coming back.