Brooklyn Heights, NY - Hofstra picked up a pair of straight-set wins at the St. Francis Brooklyn Terrier Invitational Friday afternoon at the Genovesi Center. The Pride downed St. Francis Brooklyn by scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-20 before posting a 25-21, 25-19, 25-22 win over Manhattan.

Hofstra improves to 6-1 on the season and has won three consecutive matches. St. Francis Brooklyn is 1-5 in 2014 while Manhattan suffered its first loss against four victories.

Senior outside hitter Kelsie Wills had 24 kills and 17 digs on the day, while fellow senior Emily Burke had 20 kills and six blocks. Senior middle blocker Nuria Lopes da Silva recorded 16 kills and eight blocks on the day, while sophomore setter Hannah Klemm posted 52 assists in the two wins.

In Hofstra's opening match, versus the host Terriers of St. Francis Brooklyn, Wills tallied a match-high 12 kills and eight digs, while Burke had 10 kills and four blocks. Lopes da Silva chipped in with nine kills and four blocks, while junior libero Corrina Delgadillo had a match-high 17 digs.

The teams played a tight first set with neither team able to take a strong advantage. With the score tied at 18, Hofstra pulled away with a 3-0 run highlighted by a kill from Wills and a service ace from junior Kaitlyn Krause. The Terriers would get within two points, 23-21, but an attack error and a kill from freshman hitter Brianna Montgomery gave Hofstra the 25-21 win.

Hofstra would rally from a four-point deficit to take set two, 25-19. After St. Francis Brooklyn scored four unanswered points to take a 12-8 lead, Hofstra responded with a 9-2 spurt to take a 17-14 lead. Lopes da Silva did most of her damage in the second set, picking up five kills and two blocks.

The third set was another closely contested one with Hofstra pulling away late once again, outscoring the Terriers, 9-4, to close out the set for a 25-20 win. With the scored tied at 16, the Pride took the lead for good on a kill from Wills. Wills would add two more key points for the Pride, on a kill and a service ace, to give the Pride a 22-19 edge later in the set.

Domenique Gerard led St. Francis Brooklyn with eight kills and 11 digs.

In their second match, versus Manhattan, Hofstra used a balanced offensive effort to pick up the win over the Jaspers. Five different players had at least seven kills for the Pride led by Wills' 12 and Burke's 10. Senior middle blocker Adama Aja, Lopes da Silva and Montgomery each contributed seven kills. Klemm chipped in 37 assists, 10 digs and four blocks.

Hofstra trailed by as many as five points midway through set one before rallying to tie the score at 20. Aja would give the Pride the lead with a kill before the Jaspers tied the score once again at 21. The Pride would then rattle off four consecutive points including kills from Burke, Aja and Montgomery to take a 1-0 match lead.

In set two Hofstra jumped out to a 6-1 lead and were never really threatened in the 25-19 win. The Jaspers scored six of the last 10 points in the set to make the score seem closer than it was. Wills had two kills in the opening rally and then added a service ace to give the Pride their largest lead of the set, 17-8.

The third set saw Manhattan take an early 4-1 lead behind kills from Anna Kitlar before the Pride rallied to tie the score at 10 on a kill from Burke. The Pride would take the lead for good, 12-11, on a service error and then held the Jaspers at bay for the rest of the match to take a 25-22 win.

Hofstra hit .275 in the match compared to .218 for the Jaspers. Manhattan was led by Malia McGuinness' 14 kills and 10 digs.

The Pride close out the Terrier Invitational Saturday at 1 p.m. versus NJIT.

Notes: The win over St. Francis Brooklyn was Hofstra's second of the season against the Terriers after a 3-1 win at the season-opening Hofstra Asics Invitational...Hofstra's 6-1 start is its best since the 2012 NCAA Tournament squad began 8-0.