Junior Sarah Capek (Elmira, NY/Horseheads) chose a good time to score her first two goals of the season.

The playmaking and distributing forward, who leads the Storm with five assists, got into the scoring act during Saturday's Senior Day game against SUNYIT to help shore up the Storm's postseason chances as Keuka (8-6-1, 8-3-1) picked up a hard-fought 3-2 win over SUNYIT at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex.

"This was huge to get the win. Last year we had a rough game against SUNYIT and lost 7-1, so coming back this year and beating them was huge for us," Capek said with a broad smile after the Storm won for the fifth time in six games.

"It's big heading into the NEAC tournament to win like this, now we have a lot of momentum heading into NEAC's. I think we're peaking at the perfect time. … At this point in the season it's so important to come out, play together and win because we know we have a chance to play in the NEAC's and see how far we can go."

With the regular season finished, Keuka earned the fourth seed in the NEAC postseason tournament. The top six teams in the standings qualify for the tournament, which runs Nov. 1-6.

Keuka will host fifth-place Penn State-Berks (7-3-1) in a NEAC quarterfinal game at 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

After a scoreless first half, senior Elly Disbrow (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) staked the Storm to a 1-0 lead in the 61st minute. With less than 30 minutes remaining, junior Shelby Seeley (Livonia, NY/Livonia) chipped a pass from 30 yards out into Disbrow, who hit a right-footed shot that sailed over the head of SUNYIT keeper Aubrey Campbell. It was Disbrow's third goal of the season, and all three goals have come during home games.

"It was sweet to score on Senior Day," said Disbrow, who along with goalie Morgan Engelbert (Elmira, NY/Thomas Edison) and student-assistant coach Sara James were honored for their Keuka careers at halftime of Saturday's game.

"But my goal was all because of Shelby. She had an awesome cross in and I just got a foot on it and it happened to go over the goalie, so all the credit goes to her … and Capek was just awesome out there today."

SUNYIT tied it 90 seconds later before Capek came through with her first goal of the season. Following a bad clear by the Wildcats, Capek collected a loose ball and ripped a shot from 15 yards out that soared into the upper-middle portion of the goal in the 74th minute. SUNYIT (8-8-1, 6-4-1) knotted the score at 2-all with 8:29 remaining, but Capek made sure Keuka's three seniors walked away victorious on Senior Day.

Sophomore Stephanie Havens (Unadilla, NY/Unatego) sent a cross from the right side of the goal area into the middle of the box for Capek, who turned and pushed her shot into the far post with 5:05 remaining.

Engelbert made eight saves for her seventh win of the year.

"I feel this is a step in the right direction," Disbrow said. "This season has been a little difficult for us, it's been hard between injuries and always altering our starting lineups so people are in different spots. We've developed into more of a cohesive unit because we've been playing this way for a couple of games now. Having this lineup on the field is definitely a step in the right direction and we're just looking forward to the postseason. I think we will be a threat."