The volleyball team dominated James Madison University three sets to none last Friday night at the David S. Mack Fitness Center.

The Pride may have won all three sets, however the Dukes’ relentlessness throughout the entire match that pushed the Pride to play its best volleyball.

“I think we played a really good serving pass game, which was important and that was our goal,” said Hofstra head coach Emily Mansur.

“This is our first CAA win, coming back from two losses the team responded really well. They had such a fighting spirit tonight.”

Hofstra sophomore Michela Rucli had 12 kills, senior Hannah Klemm had a game-high  37 assists to go along with her 11 digs, and senior Veronika Kostova added 11 kills.

Kostova is nine kills shy of 1,000 for her career while Klemm would go on to eclipse the 4,000-assist total during Sunday’s win over William & Mary.

For JMU, senior Janey Goodman had six kills, senior Taylor Gail added nine and sophomore Tilbe Yaglioglu had 16 assists to go with her 10 digs.

The Pride had a total of 46 kills, while the Dukes had 33. While Hofstra overmatched the Dukes in the assist column by a 43-28 margin, errors continued to be a bit of a problem for the Pride.

The Dukes had 18 errors in the match, while Hofstra totaled 20.

This win is the Pride’s first in CAA play this season.

Hofstra will host Towson University this Thursday at the Mack Physical Education Center.

The Tigers have started 2-1 in conference and are 14-3 on the season.

Game time is at 7 p.m.