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'Thunder and lightning' pace spikers
By Brent Paz
Of the Emerald
They are an odd couple. One is
six feet tall, the other only 5-3.
Their height difference may look
funny, but the laughing stops
when Sue Harbour and Lisa
Gemoya step onto the volleyball
court.
Harbour, a sophomore, and
junior Gemoya have led a young
Oregon team to a 14-11 record this
year while riddling opponents
with their one-two combination.
The combination features the
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sets of a waiting, yelling Gemoya,
followed by the deadly kills of
Harbour.
The duo, called "thunder and
lightning" by teammates, is effec
tive. Most of Harbour's team
leading 326 kills have been
assisted by Gemoya, a crowd
pleaser with her diving, rolling,
acrobatic saves.
Harbour, forced into a setter
blocker role much of last year, is
glad to have Gemoya around.
"This is the first year I've had a
so-called setter,” says Harbour. "It
is great. I don't expect half the
things she sets to me."
"They have been a great com
bination,” says coach Chris
Voelz."l recruited her (Gemoya)
because she had a big gun and we
needed a setter."
Gemoya 'came to Oregon after
two banner years at San Joaquin
Delta College, highlighted by
Most Valuable Player of the
Camino Norte Conference honors
in 1982. She passed up Fresno
State and Hawaii for Oregon.
Harbour, who leads the Ducks
in tour categories, also has im
pressive credentials. Despite not
playing volleyball until age 16,
f
Oregon's All-America candidate
was the only non-Californian to
play for the West team in the 1983
U.S. Olympic Committee's Na
tional Sports Festival.
Although the Ducks are just
14-11, Harbour and Gemoya have
earned the respect of opponents.
Oregon State standout Julie
Steding watched Gemoya lead the
Ducks to a near upset of 18th
ranked OSU last weekend.
"She has really helped those
guys out," Steding says. "She has
cemented their game together."
Gemoya, disturbed by coaches
who judged her on size alone, was
happy to come to Oregon and
play for Voelz. Still, she knows her
height limits her ability on the
court.
"I think if I was 5-9, I might be a
lot better," she says with a laugh.
What Gemoya lacks in height,
she makes up for with jumping
ability. Against Oregon State, it
was Gemoya taking an occasional
set from Harbour to smash kills
past the Beavers.
"A lot of the coaches recruit on
height," Gemoya says. "They
might not ever see you play, but if
you write in something and tell
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Photo by Dave Kao
After watching Sue Harbour and Lisa Gemoya in action, team
mates dubbed them, 'Thunder and lightning.'
them your height, you're out."
Harbour, a math and physical
education major, says she got a
late start in volleyball because her
high school program wasn't exact
ly paradise.
"We had high school, three
bumps and over. I wouldn't call
my high school years volleyball —
I would call them rat ball," says
the sophomore.
With the help of an energetic
setter, Harbour's rat ball days are
over.
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