Boston, MA - Freshman Beatriz Alves had a huge match with 47 assists, 12 digs, seven kills, and six blocks to lead the Hofstra volleyball team to a big road victory, defeating Northeastern in five sets at Solomon Court on Sunday afternoon. The kills and blocks totals for Alves were both season-highs. 

Junior Zyare Abdul-Rahim led Hofstra with a career-high 17 kills and hit at a .419 clip, while graduate student Ana Martinovic added her team-leading sixth double-double of the season with 11 kills and 10 digs. 

Hofstra won by set scores of 25-16, 24-26, 25-15, 17-25, and 15-10. The Pride improves to 8-7 overall and 2-2 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while the Huskies slipped to 7-7 and 3-1 in the league. 

Similar to Saturday, Hofstra won the first set and did so in dominating fashion as they hit .323 and held Northeastern under .100 in rolling to the early set victory. A close second set that saw each team use huge runs went the way of Northeastern before Hofstra took a 2-1 lead in the match with another strong showing in the third set. The Pride once again hit over .300 and kept the Northeastern offense in check to take the lead in the contest. 

As they did on Saturday, Northeastern would win the fourth set to set up another five-setter between the league rivals. With the fifth set knotted at three, Hofstra scored four straight points, including two off of kills from Abdul-Rahim, to earn a 7-3 advantage. A kill from junior Athina Dimitriadis later in the set pushed the lead to 10-4 before Northeastern chipped away. The Huskies got to within 12-10 before a kill from sophomore Yagmur Cinel ended any thoughts of a comeback and sent the Pride on their way to the thrilling win. 

Freshman Chiara Cucco had a match-high 19 digs for Hofstra, while sophomore Damla Tokman posted 10 blocks to lead all players. 

Evelyn Gonzalez and Nailah Jenkins each had 11 kills for Northeastern, which also got 35 assists and nine digs from Liz Carroll. 

Hofstra will travel to Delaware next week and take on the Fightin' Blue Hens on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. 

NOTES
- Hofstra is 48-17 all-time against Northeastern. The teams split the season series this year with both matches going to five sets. 
- Hofstra is now 4-1 in five-set matches this season and three of the Pride's four CAA contests have gone the distance. 
- Abdul-Rahim previous career-high of 15 kills came against Central Connecticut State on August 27, 2021.