Strong, shy setter leads netters
By Doug Levy
Of ttw Emerald
Strong. Agile. Powerful.
These words accurately de
scribe Sue Harbour, the middle
blocker/setter who leads the
Oregon volleyball team in nearly
every category and has been
called "our Bev Smith” by
coach Chris Voelz
Shy. Unassuming. Modest
These words also describe
Harbour She appears to be un
affected by the praise heaped
upon her, though, and we'
usually replaces T in her con
versations
Yet the praise keeps coming,
and for good reason Harbour
leads the Ducks in seven differ
ent categories, including
blocks, kills hitting percentage
and service aces Harbour's
dominance on this year's
Oregon team is in the kills
department She leads the team
with 102, 40 ahead of second
place place Anneta Ensworth
''Sue is obviously a blue-chip
athlete,” says Voelz. "People
notice her presence. They'll be
watching a game, and they'll
say, God, who is no. 14.' She is
physically striking."
For Harbour, volleyball began
as a freshman in high school "I
started playing volleyball
because it was a sport, and
there was nothing else to do,”
she says But she still found time
to play basketball and track and
field where she accumulated 10
letters between the three sports
But volleyball became her
serious sport the summer after
Harbour's junior year After
attending a camp she was
asked by a representive from
the American National Vol
leyball Association to train in
California
That started an affair with
top-flight competition that has
carried her to the United States
Volleyball Association
nationals, the USVBA junior na
tionals and the Olympic
Development Center in Colo
rado Springs in 1980
When the time came to pick a
college, Oregon, Oregon State
and Idaho were at the top of
Harbour's list "Oregon had the
programs I needed (she is a
math and physical education
major), and I liked the campus."
she says
The presence of Voelz was
another incentive for Harbour to
come to Eugene "I liked her
ideas She had high goals — and
I liked that too, because that's
the way I am," says Harbour "I
think there's always a chance to
do better "
Everything seemed rosy at the
outset of last year for Harbour
She was at a school she liked,
playing for a coach she liked,
and playing well She was par
ticularly impressive in Oregon's
near-upset of then fourth
ranked Pacific But the party
ended four games into the sea
son when a torn achilles tendon
sidelined Harbour and forced
her to redshirt
‘ That really brought me
down." says Harbour I had
looked forward to my freshman
year, because I was going to
show everyone what I could
do."
Her enthusiasm dampened,
but not doused, Harbour turned
to frequent workouts and
watching her teammates from
the bench as her therapy "I
really learned a lot," she says
The perseverance paid off, as
Harbour earned MVP honors for
Oregon's Junior Olympics team
and was selected as an alter
nate for the West team in the
United States Olympic Commit
tee s (USOC) National Sports
Festival this past summer
During her stay at Oregon,
Harbour has become a very
versatile performer for the
Ducks Besides her duties as
middle blocker, Voelz has called
on her as a setter, and she has
also managed to nail a
team-leading 18 service aces
Harbour's versatility as a
woman athlete has led to inevi
table comparisons with another
multi-talented athlete who per
formed in Eugene — Bev Smith
"She's been a hitter, a setter
and our best server," says
Voelz “I don't know what Bev
Smith did as a freshman, but
Sue has done it all for us "
The comparison causes
blushing and a nervous laugh
from Harbour "It's very flatter
ing. but it's hard to put a label
like that on someone." she says
As a matter of fact. Harbour is
quite hard on herself when
grading her performance
"There's so many things that I
can do better I should be able
to do so much more I guess I'd
have to give myself a D," she
says with a laugh
Instead of talking about her
self. Harbour chooses to focus
on the team as a whole "I guess
I'm a little disappointed." she
says of Oregon's 11-16 record
"We are so young — I think we
needed a little more experience
than we had "
Individually, though, it has
been a banner year for Harbour,
not only statistically, but also in
her adjustment to the position of
setter
With her solid performance in
82, all-league honors seem to
Sue Harbour (14) trades jokes with the University of Washington
Lynn Poelstra (3) in a lull in the action earlier this year
be just around the corner for
Harbour Voelz agrees, and she
suggests a bit more “I would
suspect some of those honors
would come her way," she says.
"In two or three years, we ex
pect her to show national
dominance "
Harbour is so likable, so
down-to-earth, one gets the
feeling she'd be a pleasure to
coach Not surprisingly, Voelz
feels the same way. "She is so
smart that you don’t have to
worry about her," says Voelz.
"It's going to be great to coach
her for three more years."
Still, with her talent on the
court, one wonders why she
didn t choose to play in the vol
leyball hotbed of California
After all, that's the place to play,
right?
Well, Harbour dispels that
notion. "I thought about going
to Pacific,” she admits, "but
they weren't going to give me a
scholarship, and it's expensive
to pay for a private school.”
Besides,” she says, re
sponding to the statement that
California is the place to play,
"maybe soon people will think
that way about Oregon. ”
et al.
MEETINGS
The Oregon Students Public Intarast Research Group,
(OSPIRG). will hold an introductory meeting Tuesday,
Nov 16, at 7 30 p m in 101 EMU The meeting will
include an overview ot OSPIRG s structure and history.
as well as a look at the future of this unique student
group All students are encouraged to attend
The Third Annual Meeting of the Oregon Women’s
Rights Coalition will be held Saturday at PCC. Sylvama
Campus, between 10 am and 4 pm The keynote
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"Hunger for Justice” is the topic of a lecture to be
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A rummage sale tor Vat Works, a non-profit group
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The University Singers and University Chorale will
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day night will feature Alice Artzt on the guitar Three
Generations of Harp, ” with Sally Maxwell will be held at 4
p m Sunday For more details call The Office of Com
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686-5678
"Reversal of Aging Through the Transcendental
Meditation and TM-SIdhl Programs" will be the topic of a
lecture in Century Room E today at 12:30 p m A recent
study published in the International Journal of Neuros
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Tha Community Center for the Performing Arts
presents The New Klaus Roehm and Andre St. James
Quartet, featuring Cgrtis Woodman on piano and Alan
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Nuclear Free Pacific Movement, Part 2," an informa
tional panel, at 2 p m in 167 EMU and "Living With
Nuclear Weapons." a panel on how adults and children
deal with our feelings about nuclear war, with a psy
chologist, Families for Survival, Children's Campaign for
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The Episcopal Campus Ministry holds regular com
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