The Keuka College softball team suffered a pair of setbacks Sunday during day three of the annual North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) postseason tournament, as the Storm (16-10) were knocked out of the double-elimination competition.

Keuka College fell to eventual champion Penn State-Berks (29-6) 13-3 in five innings in the first game, and lost to rival SUNYIT 6-5 in the second game.

In the opener, sophomore Liz Warren (Elmira Heights, NY/Thomas A. Edison) belted a solo home run and seniors Katie Evangelista (Geneva, NY/Geneva) and Jill Hart (Cowlesville, NY/Iroquois) each drove in runs, but the Storm managed only three hits off of Berks' starter Casey Hafer, who earned her 18th win of the year.

The Nittany Lions scored three runs in the first and tacked on six in the second and took a 9-0 lead into the fourth inning.

Hart and Evangelista each had RBI singles in the fourth as the Storm clawed within 9-2, but Berks responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by a three-run homer from Hafer.

Warren hit her home run, the first of her collegiate career, in the fifth, but it wasn't enough as the Storm fell via the mercy rule.

Taking on SUNYIT (19-15) in an elimination game, the Storm took a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh, but the Wildcats pushed across four runs to knock the Green and Gold out of the tournament.

Sophomore Ally Muller (Bath, NY/Haverling) was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, freshman Samantha Blum (Niskayuna, NY/Colonie) was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and sophomore Mackenzie Cole (Ogdensburg, NY/Ogdensburg Free Academy) added a solo home run in the loss.

Evangelista and senior Deliane Lessard (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia) each drove in runs for the Storm, who committed three errors in the loss.

Evangelista staked the Green and Gold to a 1-0 lead on an RBI double in the second, but Krista Pristera hit a two-run home run in the fourth as IT took a 2-1 lead.

In the sixth, the Storm scored four runs, highlighted by an RBI double from Lessard and RBI singles from Blum and Muller.

Warren retired the Wildcats in order in the bottom of the inning, and when Cole smacked her solo home run, the Storm held a 5-2 lead.

But a pair of errors helped SUNYIT score four runs in the bottom of the seventh to earn the win. The Wildcats would then lose to Berks 9-0 in five innings in the NEAC championship game. Berks will represent the NEAC in the annual NCAA Division III tournament.