Junior Chris Redington matched a career-high with eight points on seven goals and an assist to lead Keuka's men's lacrosse team to its second straight NEAC postseason championship with a 17-5 win over Medaille College Sunday afternoon (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

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Keuka College’s men’s lacrosse team lost its first North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) game of the 2012 season, but since then the Storm has been perfect, winning its last nine conference contests.

With its latest win, the second-seeded Storm (11-4) successfully defended its NEAC postseason championship with an impressive 17-5 win over No. 4 Medaille College (8-7) Sunday afternoon at Morrisville State University.

Junior Chris Redington (Tully, NY/Tully) matched a career-high with eight points on seven goals and one assist to pace Keuka, which jumped out to a 5-0 lead after one quarter, 9-0 at halftime and 12-0 before the Mavericks got on the scoreboard.

Redington captured the NEAC Tournament MVP honors after scoring nine goals with one assist in two wins as the Storm outscored the competition 33-11 to win its second straight championship. It was his second eight-point outing of the season, and the seven goals were a career-high.

Senior Gino Marcello (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) ended his outstanding Keuka career by scoring two goals with five assists, junior Mike Crumlish (Hilton, NY/Hilton) scored three goals with two assists and freshman James Voigt (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) and sophomore Nick Judge (Clifton Springs, NY/Midlakes) each added two goals for the Storm.

Keuka, which defeated Morrisville State 8-7 in the 2011 title game, was making its third straight NEAC championship game appearance, and it didn’t take long for the Green and Gold to assert their dominance against the Mavericks.

A day after holding Cazenovia scoreless for nearly 40 minutes during a 16-6 NEAC semifinal win, a stout Storm defense clamped down on the Mavericks. Led by sophomore Scott Miller (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) and classmate Isaiah Nalls (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls), Keuka held Medaille scoreless for the entire first half, and the first 34 minutes and eight seconds of Sunday’s title game.

Redington had a hand in the first four Storm goals, scoring Keuka’s first two goals over a span of 1:38, assisting on the third Keuka goal and adding a man-up tally as part of his three-goal, one-assist first quarter.

Redington added two second-quarter goals while Voigt and fellow freshman Anthony Luppino (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) added scores during a 4-0 second quarter. Crumlish, Voigt and Marcello all scored during the first 3:14 of the third to put Keuka ahead 12-0 as an unselfish Storm squad had assists on eight of its first 12 goals.

Brock Levin, the NEAC Player of the Year, scored the first of his three goals 4:08 into the third quarter to snap the scoring drought for Medaille.

Crumlish added an even-strength goal and Redington scored his second man-up goal of the game to extend Keuka’s lead to 14-2 heading into the fourth. The Storm enjoyed a 34-10 edge in shots over the first three quarters.

Freshman Eric Saltrelli (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) made 11 saves for the win.

The Green and Gold, who won their last seven conference games to earn the No. 2 seed in the tournament, picked up their second win over Medaille this year. Keuka also beat the Mavericks 13-10 in Buffalo on April 11.

Freshman James Voigt scored a career-high seven points to help the Keuka College men's lacrosse team rout Cazenovia 16-6 Saturday in the NEAC semifinals (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

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For the second time in a week, the Keuka College men’s lacrosse team used a big scoring run to defeat Cazenovia College, and after Saturday’s win, the Storm is one win away from successfully defending its North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) postseason crown.

Freshman James Voigt (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) scored a career-high seven points on three goals and four assists and junior Mike Crumlish (Hilton, NY/Hilton) added three goals and an assist as the No. 2 Storm (10-4) routed No. 3 Cazenovia (7-8) 16-6 in the semifinals of the NEAC tournament Saturday afternoon at Morrisville State University.

Keuka, which defeated Morrisville 8-7 in the 2011 title game, advances to face No. 4 Medaille College (8-6) at 1 p.m. Sunday in the NEAC title game. Medaille defeated Morrisville State (10-4) 10-9 in Saturday’s other semifinal.

The Green and Gold, which has now made the NEAC title game the last three seasons, defeated Medaille 13-10 in Buffalo on April 11.

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The Storm (10-4) won its last seven conference games to earn the No. 2 seed in the tournament, including a 15-4 dismantling of Cazenovia April 28 on Senior Day. In that contest, Voigt scored a career-best five goals and the Storm went on a 5-0 first-half run and a 7-0 second-half run to win.

In the NEAC semis, Cory Tilton staked Caz to a 1-0 lead just 42 seconds in before the Storm attack exploded for 12 unanswered goals to take a 12-1 halftime lead. Voigt knotted the score at 1-all off a feed from freshman Derek Pfeiffer (Lee Center, NY/Rome Free Academy) one minute after Tilton’s goal, and freshman Steve Ruggles (Corning, NY/Corning) put the Storm on top for good off a feed from Voigt with 12:04 remaining in the first.

Crumlish, senior Gino Marcello (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) and Voigt each tallied goals during a two-minute span midway through the first for a 5-1 Keuka lead, and it remained that way until freshman Anthony Luppino (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) scored 1:01 into the second.

Crumlish scored twice with an assist, Voigt had a goal and two assists and junior Chris Redington (Tully, NY/Tully) added two goals during a 7-0 second quarter to put away the Wildcats.

A stout Storm defense clamped down and blanked the Wildcats for nearly 40 minutes until Jevon Pakkala’s goal with 5:03 remaining in the third made the score 13-2 Keuka. Sophomore Mike Donals (Livonia, NY/Livonia) tacked on two fourth-quarter goals to finish off the Keuka scoring.

Freshman Eric Saltrelli (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) made 11 saves and classmate Scott Thielman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) added two saves for the Storm, which has not lost to a NEAC foe since a 12-8 loss to Morrisville State on March 31.

Luppino and sophomore Zachary Koczent (Geneva, NY/Geneva) each scooped up five ground balls, and Luppino (7-for-9) and Koczent (6-for-8) helped the Storm win 17 of 26 faceoffs.

Keuka's men's lacrosse team, the defending NEAC postseason champions, earned the No. 2 seed and has won seven straight NEAC games heading into the NEAC postseason tournament. Keuka plays Cazenovia College Saturday in the semifinals (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

Momentum is definitely on the side of the Keuka College men’s lacrosse team heading into this weekend’s North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) postseason tournament.

The Storm (9-4, 7-1 NEAC) has won its last seven conference games to earn the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NEAC postseason tournament, which runs Saturday and Sunday at Morrisville State (11-3, 8-0), the regular season champions.

Keuka, the defending NEAC champions, kicks off it is title defense with a 2 p.m. game against rival Cazenovia College (7-7, 6-2) Saturday afternoon in one NEAC semifinal. Morrisville State and No. 4 Medaille College (7-6, 5-3) meet in the other semifinal, at 11:30 a.m.

The winners of each semifinal will square off at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon in the NEAC championship game. Keuka defeated Morrisville 8-7 in the 2011 title game.

Included amongst the Storm’s conference wins is an impressive, 15-4 dismantling of Cazenovia College April 28 on Senior Day. The Storm has not dropped a NEAC game since a 12-8 loss to Morrisville State on March 31.

“We told ourselves all week long that our new season starts after the Wells game. We have two games left that we have to win to take home the NEAC title, that’s the main goal,” said senior attacker Gino Marcello (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili), one of five members of the Storm to earn All-NEAC honors.

“It will be tough facing these guys again in a week, but we know what we need to do to win the game, and if we come to play next week just like we did today, there won’t be a problem.”

Marcello, sophomore Scott Miller (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) and sophomore Zachary Koczent (Geneva, NY/Geneva) all earned first-team All-NEAC honors while junior Chris Redington (Tully, NY/Tully) earned second-team and freshman Anthony Luppino (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) earned third-team All-NEAC, the conference announced Wednesday.

Marcello led the Storm in goals (36) and points (49) and his 13 assists were second most on the team during the regular season.

Miller played a key role on defense, starting all 13 games for a Keuka team that allowed only eight goals a game, with seven games allowing five or fewer goals.

Over the last five games, Keuka has allowed only 19 goals, including a 24-0 win over Penn State-Abington on April 21, the first shutout in the program’s 26-year history.

“Our potential is high and we’re looking good heading into NEAC’s,” said senior midfielder Mason Brown (Dundee, NY/Dundee).

“Keuka is always an end of the year team, we just seem to play our best lacrosse at the end of the season. We have momentum; we just have to stay level-headed and not take Cazenovia lightly.”

While it can be difficult to defeat the same squad twice in one week, Redington said the Storm gained plenty from its recent win over Cazenovia, when Keuka snapped a 1-all tie with seven straight goals bridging the first and second quarters to seize control for good. Keuka’s defense did its part, holding the Wildcats scoreless for a span of 23 minutes bridging the first and second quarters.

“That win built up a lot of confidence for us heading into the NEAC tournament,” said Redington, who was second on the Storm in goals (24) and points (33) despite only playing in 9 of a possible 13 games due to injuries

“Assuming we can build off of this win, which I think we can, we feel great heading into the postseason tournament. We have to continue to get better but hopefully if we come out and execute [like we did on Senior Day] we’ll get the same outcome. It would mean a lot to win back-to-back NEAC championships.”

In-between games of Wednesday's home doubleheader, Keuka honored John Sculli, Anthony Zaia, Pete Venuti, Kyle McGrath, Ben Przepiora and Justin Citronnelli for their years of dedication to the baseball program (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department)

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Freshman Jon Borchert (Upper Arlington, OH/Upper Arlington) drove in three runs and sophomore Gavin Corbin (Endicott, NY/Union Endicott) and freshman Dylan Campbell (Bethesda, MD/Walter Johnson) each added four hits in two games, but the Keuka College baseball team closed out the 2012 season with a pair of losses to Utica College on Senior Day Wednesday afternoon.

Keuka (2-24) dropped the first game 15-7, and the second game 10-4.

Trailing 4-0 heading into the bottom of the third of the first game at Kuhl Field, Corbin launched a solo home run over the left field fence, his second of the season.

Utica (10-26) pushed across five runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to take control for good. The Storm did put four runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth to pull within 9-5. After freshman Thomas Drumm (Oswego, NY/Oswego) reached on an error, Corbin walked and Borchert delivered a two-run triple that plated both Drumm and Corbin.

Junior Keith Prestano (Queens, NY/Xaverian), a two-time All-North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) outfielder), then drove in Borchert on an RBI double and senior Ben Przepiora (Syracuse, NY/Solvay) plated Keuka’s fourth and final run of the inning on an RBI double.

In the seventh, Campbell had an RBI groundout and Borchert scored on a wild pitch to close out the scoring.

Senior Anthony Zaia (Phoenix, NY/John C. Birdlebough), making his final start for the Green and Gold, allowed five earned runs on 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings pitched. He struck out two while issuing only one walk.

In-between games of the doubleheader, Keuka paid tribute to six seniors for their hard work and dedication to the Green and Gold: Justin Citronnelli (Bronx, NY/Mt. St. Michael), Kyle McGrath (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder), Przepiora, John Sculli (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua), Pete Venuti (Lakeland, NY/Solvay) and Zaia.

In the nightcap, Corbin, Borchert and Campbell each had two hits as the Storm out-hit the Pioneers 10-8.

Utica scored four runs in the first and added three more in the second before Keuka plated two runs in the bottom of the second. With one out, Campbell doubled and Przepiora singled to put runners at second and third. Venuti got Keuka on the board with an RBI single and with two outs, freshman Dylan Thomas (Kent, OH/Theodore Roosevelt) added an RBI single to score Przepiora.

Keuka loaded the bases with no one out in the third and came away with one run. Corbin and Borchert each singled and Prestano was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Campbell, who coaxed a walk that scored Corbin and made it a 7-3 game.

With two outs in the fourth, Keuka pushed across another run as freshman Joey Bernabei (Uniontown, OH/Lake) doubled and Corbin singled, putting runners at the corners. Borchert had an RBI single to pull the Storm within 7-4, but that was as close as Keuka would get.

Utica tacked on two runs in the fifth and one in the seventh to close out the sweep. Freshman Zach Nobles (Wayland, NY/Wayland-Cohocton) did an excellent job in relief, allowing four runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings pitched.

Senior Gino Marcello was one of five Keuka College men's lacrosse players to earn spots on the All-NEAC squads (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department)

The Keuka College men’s lacrosse team closed out the regular season with seven straight North Eastern Athletic Conference victories to earn the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NEAC postseason tournament, and the Storm placed five players on the year-ending All-NEAC squads.

Senior Gino Marcello (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili), sophomore Scott Miller (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) and sophomore Zachary Koczent (Geneva, NY/Geneva) all earned first-team All-NEAC honors while junior Chris Redington (Tully, NY/Tully) earned second-team and freshman Anthony Luppino (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) earned third-team All-NEAC, the conference announced Wednesday.

A total of 36 student-athletes were selected by position by the conference coaches for the first, second and third teams.

Marcello led the Storm (9-4 overall, 7-1 NEAC) in goals (36) and points (49) and his 13 assists were second most on the team during the regular season.

Marcello, an attacker, scored a goal in all 13 of Keuka’s games and had 25 of his 36 goals vs. NEAC foes, including tying a career-high with six goals during a 16-5 win over SUNY Cobleskill on April 7.

Marcello scored the Storm’s first five goals of that contest vs. Cobleskill. His five man-up goals were second on the team and he added 20 ground balls.

Miller played a key role on defense as Keuka earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming postseason tournament. Miller started all 13 games on defense for a Keuka team that allowed only eight goals a game, with seven games allowing five or fewer goals.

Over the last five games, Keuka has allowed only 19 goals, including a 24-0 win over Penn State-Abington on April 21, the first shutout in the program’s 26-year history.

Miller also scooped up 40 ground balls, third-most on the team.

Koczent was Keuka’s best performer at faceoffs, winning 130 of 213 (61 percent) on the year, including going 88 of 129 (68 percent) in conference play. He won 18 of 20 faceoffs during a home win over Hilbert College and was 17 of 22 during a home win over SUNYIT. Koczent also led the Storm in ground balls (61), including 10 during the win over Hilbert.

Redington, an attacker, was second on the Storm in goals (24) and points (33) despite only playing in 9 of a possible 13 games due to injuries. Redington led the Storm in man-up goals with 10, including seven man-up goals over a three-game stretch from March 10-21.

He scored a goal in all nine games in which he played this year, including matching his career-high with six goals during a 19-4 home win over Hilbert College on April 14. Redington scored 12 goals over Keuka’s first three games.

Luppino was third on the Storm in goals (23) and fourth in points (30) to help Keuka win its last seven NEAC contests. Luppino was second on the team in ground balls (54) and his two man-down goals were tied for the most on the team.

Luppino, a midfielder, made an instant impact for Keuka, scoring seven goals in the Storm’s first three games, and he recorded a goal in 12 of Keuka’s 13 games. Luppino scored a season-high five points on three goals and two assists during a 12-8 home loss to Morrisville State on March 31, and had two goals with an assist and a career-best 10 groundballs during a 12-5 win over Wells College April 24.

Keuka faces No. 3 Cazenovia College (7-7, 6-2 NEAC) at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon in a NEAC semifinal, with the winner advancing into the championship game against No. 1 Morrisville State (10-3, 7-0 NEAC) and No. 4 Medaille (7-6, 5-3 NEAC).

Freshman James Voigt scored a career-high five goals as Keuka's men's lacrosse team clinched the No. 2 Seed in the NEAC tournament with a 15-4 win over Cazenovia Saturday afternoon (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

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On a special day dedicated to the five seniors on Keuka College’s men’s lacrosse team, freshman James Voigt (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) scored a career-high five goals and four different members of the Storm scored two goals as Keuka clinched the No. 2 seed in the upcoming North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) postseason tournament with a convincing 15-4 win over Cazenovia College Saturday at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex.

Senior Gino Marcello (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili), juniors Chris Redington (Tully, NY/Tully) and Anthony Jones (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) and freshman Anthony Luppino (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) all chipped in with two goals as the Storm (9-4, 7-1 NEAC) picked up its seventh straight conference victory.

With the win, Keuka clinched the No. 2 seed in the NEAC tournament and will face No. 3 Cazenovia (7-7, 6-2 NEAC) in a semifinal contest at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5.

The top four teams qualify for the tournament, which runs May 5-6. Morrisville State (10-3, 7-0 NEAC) earned the top seed and will host the competition. The Mustangs will face Medaille College (7-6, 5-3 NEAC) in Saturday’s other semifinal, with the winner advancing into the NEAC title game against the Keuka/Cazenovia winner at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 6.

Against the Wildcats, senior Mason Brown (Dundee, NY/Dundee) scooped up a team-leading six ground balls, Luppino had five ground balls, and junior Mike Crumlish (Hilton, NY/Hilton) and freshman Steve Ruggles (Corning, NY/Corning) each had a goal and an assist to pace the Storm.

“All of the seniors had some choice words in the locker room and we just told the rest of the guys that just because they’re not seniors yet, they’ll think of this day when they are seniors. When it’s their last game on their home field, they’ll know what that moment will mean to them,” said Brown, one of five seniors honored by the Green and Gold.

“We all played together as a team today. It was pretty emotional before the game, but I’m glad we came out, controlled the ball and got the win like we did. It means everything, this is a great feeling.”

At halftime, Keuka paid tribute to its Seniors, and to the parents of the players, for all their support to the men’s lacrosse program at Keuka.

On a sunny day with temperatures in the mid 40s, nearly 200 fans came out to support the Storm in its regular-season finale, a fact that wasn’t lost on junior defenseman Scott Welch (Palmyra, NY/Palmyra-Macedon).

“Our fans are instrumental to what we’re doing here, and it’s great to see them coming down and supporting us,” Welch said. “We had beautiful weather and the fans brought their energy today. We feed off of our fans and they feed off of us, and we came away with a victory.”

Jones staked the Green and Gold to a 1-0 lead on an unassisted goal 33 seconds in. T.J. Shaw scored the first of his two goals to even the score at 1-all with 12:07 remaining in the opening quarter, but Luppino, Voigt, Jones and Crumlish all scored in the first as Keuka took a 5-1 lead into the second quarter.

“JJ [James Voigt] definitely stepped up big-time, he took advantage of the opportunity he had and it worked out well for us,” Redington said afterwards. “Scoring that early definitely set a really good tone for us, especially after how Anthony came out, went in on cage and scored so early. We ran our offense, played within ourselves and it worked out well. Now, we have to carry this momentum over into practice.”

Crumlish and Voigt added goals less than two minutes apart early in the second to extend the lead to 7-1, and the Storm defense held Cazenovia scoreless for nearly 23 minutes spanning the first and second quarters and took a 7-3 lead into halftime.

Redington scored the Storm’s first two goals of the third quarter, including an impressive man-down goal with 1:54 remaining off a feed from senior Ben Ternosky (LaFayette, NY/LaFayette).

That goal started a 7-0 run by the Green and Gold over the game’s final 17 minutes as Keuka blanked Cazenovia in the fourth quarter.

“Our midfielders stepped up today, they slid when they had to and their play on defense was probably the best they’ve played all year,” Ternosky said. “Our physical play definitely set the tone, and when we were called for a flag, our man-down unit just picked up the slack and Cazenovia only had one man-up goal (in six chances).”

Voigt and Marcello scored twice while Ruggles, Luppino and Redington added goals during the spurt.

Freshman Eric Saltrelli (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) stopped 14 shots for the win to improve to 6-4 on the season.

Now the Storm has the difficult task of beating the same team twice in a week, but Marcello, who upped his team-leading goal total to 36 goals, is confident the Green and Gold will be up to the task.

“We told ourselves all week long that our new season starts after the Wells game. We have two games left that we have to win to take home the NEAC title, that’s the main goal,” Marcello said.

“It will be tough facing these guys again in a week, but we know what we need to do to win the game, and if we come to play next week just like we did today, there won’t be a problem.”

For the second straight year, Keith Prestano earned second-team All-NEAC honors (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

Junior outfielder Keith Prestano (Queens, NY/Xaverian) leads the Keuka College baseball team in batting average, home runs and runs batted in, and on Wednesday, Prestano was recognized by the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) with second-team All-NEAC honors for the West Division.

Prestano, who earned second-team All-NEAC honors in 2011, is currently batting .349 (22-for-63) with 4 home runs, 17 RBI, 14 runs scored, 5 doubles and 2 triples for Keuka (2-22, 2-12 NEAC).

Among the year’s highlights for Prestano was a two-homer game during a 9-3 loss at Wilkes (Pa.) University on March 29, and a 2-for-5 game with four RBI and two doubles during a 22-10 loss to Dickinson (Pa.) College on March 28.

Prestano has recorded a hit in 14 of the 19 games he has played in, including eight of the last nine contests.

The All-NEAC teams consist of the top 24 players, regardless of position, as voted on by the conference coaches. To view the entire team, click here.

Keuka closes out the season with a 2 p.m. non-conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at home against Utica College on Senior Day.

Freshman Tommy Drumm's RBI single gave Keuka a 1-0 lead early in Game Two of its doubleheader at SUNY Oswego, but the Storm suffered a sweep at Oswego.

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Sophomore Jeremy Pyszczynski (Alden, NY/St. Mary’s) struck out nine batters over six effective innings in Game One of Keuka College’s baseball doubleheader against SUNY Oswego, but the Storm couldn’t get the bats on track and dropped both games of the non-conference doubleheader at Oswego, losing 5-0 and 9-1 Wednesday afternoon.

Senior Ben Przepiora (Syracuse, NY/Solvay) managed the only hit in the first game for Keuka (2-22) off of Oswego starter Adam Bishop, a one-out, first-inning single.

The Storm only had two other base runners in the first game, when Przepiora and classmate Pete Venuti (Lakeland, NY/Solvay) reached on errors in the fourth. With runners at first and second and two outs, the Storm threat ended on a strikeout.

Oswego (17-19) scored two runs in the first and added runs in the second, third and fifth innings for the win.

In the nightcap, Keuka took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. Venuti walked, stole second and scored on a single by freshman Thomas Drumm (Oswego, NY/Oswego). But the Lakers pushed across six runs in the bottom of the second and held the Storm hitless after the third inning to claim the sweep.

Keuka’s best threat in the second game came in the top of the third. With one out, freshman Joey Bernabei (Uniontown, OH/Lake) and Przepiora each dropped singles into left field, and the Storm had runners at second and third with two outs after Bernabei stole third, but a strikeout ended the Keuka threat.

The Storm was outhit 11-3 in the second game.

Keuka closes out the season with a 2 p.m. non-conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at home against Utica College on Senior Day.

Freshman Derek Pfeiffer scored twice and eight different players scored goals in Keuka's 12-5 win over Wells College Tuesday afternoon (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

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Senior Gino Marcello (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) scored three goals with one assist and freshman Anthony Luppino (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) added two goals, an assist and 10 ground balls to lead the Keuka College men’s lacrosse team to its sixth straight conference victory Tuesday afternoon.

On a rainy, windy day on the Keuka campus, the Storm (8-4, 5-1 North Eastern Athletic Conference) handed Wells College (3-10, 1-6 NEAC) a 12-5 setback at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex.

With the win, Keuka remains in contention for one of the top three spots in the NEAC. The top four teams qualify for the NEAC postseason tournament, which runs May 5-6. Keuka, currently alone in third place, trails Morrisville State (9-3, 6-0 NEAC) and Cazenovia (7-5, 6-0 NEAC) for the top two spots in the conference.

Cazenovia and Morrisville square off at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon before the Wildcats come to Keuka for a 2 p.m. Parents’ Day and Senior Day game against the Storm Saturday afternoon.

Against the Express, freshman Derek Pfeiffer (Lee Center, NY/Rome Free Academy) added two goals and eight different players scored for Keuka.

Luppino staked the Storm to a 1-0 lead early on, scoring unassisted just 31 seconds into the contest. Richard Aberle responded with the first of his two goals to knot the score at 1-all against Keuka starter Scott Thielman (Amherst, NY/Amherst), but the Storm answered with four straight goals.

Freshman James Voigt (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan), Marcello, sophomore Mike Donals (Livonia, NY/Livonia) and junior Anthony Jones (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) all had goals during the run.

Wells tacked on a goal with 2:29 remaining in the quarter as Keuka took a 5-2 lead into the second. The Storm defense, led by sophomore Scott Miller (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) and junior Dustin Kiellach (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) clamped down and held the Express scoreless over the first 13:03 of the second until Aberle found the back of the net as Keuka took a 6-3 lead into halftime.

Junior Mike Crumlish (Hilton, NY/Hilton) scored and Marcello added back-to-back goals to extend the Storm lead to 9-3, and Keuka breezed to the win. The Storm enjoyed a 53-22 edge in shots, a 48-33 edge in ground balls and forced 24 Wells turnovers.

Thielman made one save for his third win while freshman Eric Saltrelli (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) made 12 saves over the final three quarters.

Live stats from Saturday afternoon’s regular-season finale can be accessed at www.KeukaStorm.com/live-stats.

Sophomore Justin Fries, above, and brothers Kyle and Dan Stephens earned berths in the NEAC postseason tennis tournament, which runs Saturday and Sunday (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

The Keuka College men’s tennis team wrapped up the 2012 regular season with three North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) matches and a non-conference clash with Elmira College, and the Storm dropped all four contests.

Keuka suffered a 9-0 home shutout to Elmira College on Wednesday, losing five of six singles matches in straight sets and being swept in the three doubles matches. Junior Dan Stephens (Odessa, NY/Odessa-Montour) won the first set of his third singles match with Sam Pine by a 7-6 (9-7) score before dropping the second 6-2 and the tiebreak 10-5.

Hosting NEAC rival Lancaster Bible College on a picture-perfect Friday afternoon, the Storm fell to the Chargers 7-2. Stephens posted a 6-3, 7-6 (10-8) victory over Brandon Cutler at fourth singles, and sophomore Justin Fries (Marion, NY/Marion) and senior Kyle Stephens (Odessa, NY/Odessa-Montour) defeated Alex Ko and Grant Noel 8-5 at first doubles for Keuka’s only two points of the match.

The Green and Gold hit the road on Saturday and Sunday for a pair of tough NEAC clashes, and Keuka suffered an 8-1 loss at Penn State-Berks on Saturday and a 9-0 loss to Penn State-Harrisburg on Sunday.

Against Berks, seven of the nine matches were sweeps by the Nittany Lions. Dan Stephens posted a 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over Bradley Kale at third singles, and Fries had a close match at first singles. Facing Matt Holdorf, Fries won the first set 7-6 (7-2) but lost the second set 6-0 and the decisive third set 10-2.

Closing out the regular-season against Harrisburg, Keuka (1-7, 0-4 NEAC) suffered straight-set losses at all six singles events and all three doubles contests.

While the Storm didn’t qualify for this weekend’s NEAC team championships, several individual members earned spots in the tournament, which runs Saturday and Sunday at the Birchwood Tennis Club in Clarks Summit, PA.

Dan Stephens earned the No. 4 seed in the third singles draw while brother Kyle Stephens and Justin Fries earned the No. 4 seed in the first doubles draw.

The No. 1 and No. 4 players/teams will square off in one semifinal, with the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds squaring off in the other semifinal.

The winners of each match will play for the conference championship, with the winner earning first-team All-NEAC and the runner-up earning second-team All-NEAC. The winner of the third-place match earns third-team All-NEAC.