By Angelo Brussich, Special to The Chronicle
The Hofstra University volleyball team ended its six game losing streak last weekend and it took them a 3,000 mile trip to do so.
Having already been on a five game losing streak heading into its west coast trip at the Aggie Invitational, the Pride had a daunting task at hand against UC Davis, the host of the Aggie Invitational. The Aggies, coming into the game with a record of 10-1, were riding high as they had won six consecutive matches.
The game started well for the Pride as it took the first set 26-24 with sophomore outside hitter Nikki Kinnier leading the charge with six kills in the first set, appropriately putting away the Aggies with a set finishing service ace.
Having trailed 20-16 at one point in the set, the Pride scored ten of the last fourteen points to take the set.
The sweet quickly turned sour for the Pride as the Aggies posted a .500 hitting percentage and added nineteen kills to win the set 25-14 and even the match up at one a piece.
Set three was similar to the first two sets as the Aggies took a commanding lead forcing the Pride to play catch up again.
The Pride trailed 22-16 before scoring the next five points to pull within one, but the comeback fell short and the Aggies took the set 25-22.
The fourth and final set was a back and forth match that saw nine tie scores and three lead changes, but in the end it was the Aggies coming away with the 25-23 win. The set was tied at 23 before a Pride attack error lead to match point for the Aggies allowing Allison Whitson to score the game clinching kill.