The official college golf season is held in the spring, but Southeast Missouri State University coach Carroll Williams puts plenty of stock in his team's fall schedule.

"You try to get in the habit of playing well and it gives everybody a chance to play," Williams said. "I think it's important to kind of set the tone for the spring."

Southeast's fall schedule kicks off today with the Indians' annual tournament. The 12-team Dr. Morton B. Harris Intercollegiate at the Cape Girardeau Country Club will feature 36 holes beginning at 8 a.m. today and 18 holes beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Along with Southeast, teams entered are fellow Ohio Valley Conference squads Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Murray State, Tennessee-Martin and Tennessee Tech, along with Evansville, Lewis, Missouri-Kansas City, Southern Illinois, Saint Louis and Western Illinois.

The Indians' five-player lineup for the tournament is comprised fully of returning squad members, led by Jimmy Blose, who was second in last year's OVC Tournament. Blose qualified in Southeast's No. 1 spot.

Rounding out Southeast's lineup, in order of the way they qualified, are Matt Hillis, Woody Hill, Kent Phillips and Brian Sheehan. Phillips is a Cape Girardeau Central High School product.

The tournament is named in memory of Dr. Morton B. Harris, who played on Southeast's 1943 NAIA national championship basketball team. The event is sponsored by his son, Steve Harris, who played golf at Southeast in the early 1970s and was coached by Williams.

Soccer bounces back

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Southeast's women's soccer team bounced back from its first defeat of the season to rout Southwest Missouri State 3-0 Sunday.

The Otahkians (3-1), who lost at Arkansas Friday night, got first-half goals from Diana Poovey and Erika Todd, then Erin Slattery scored in the second half. Lisa Schweppe and Stephanie Bleau earned assists.

Amanda Wrzos and Lauren Fabbro each played a half to share the shutout. Wrzos made one save and Fabbro had four saves.

Southeast outshot SMS (2-2) 32-7.

The Otahkians have another road game Friday, against Arkansas State.

Volleyball wins two

PEORIA, Ill. -- Southeast's volleyball squad rebounded from Friday's first-round loss to win two matches Saturday as the Bradley Tournament concluded.

The Otahkians (3-4) beat South Alabama 30-25, 30-24, 30-17 and IUPUI 30-20, 28-30, 30-25, 30-24.

Bobbi Carlile and Sarah Frost both had 12 kills against South Alabama while Jessica Houpt added 10. Emily Scannell recorded 44 assists.

Against IUPUI, Carlile had 26 kills for the second time in the tournament. Frost added 15 and Emily Johnson 14. Suzanne Gundlach had 24 digs and freshman Jill Miller 18. Scannell recorded 59 assists.

Scannell and Houpt made the all-tournament team.

The Otahkians play at Southern Illinois Tuesday.