HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison defeated Mount St. Mary's 3-1 in men's soccer action at the JMU/Comfort Inn Harrisonburg Invitational on Friday.

Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier) scored his first collegiate goal early in the second half for the Mount (1-1) off Kyle Patrick's (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) second assist of the season. Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia/Kirwan State) made seven saves in the loss.

Nick Zimmerman scored twice for the Dukes (1-2) and Andrew Harvey dished out two assists. Ken Mahahan turned away three shots in the winning effort.

In the first meeting between the two program's since 2002, James Madison jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the first half and never looked back to earn its 11th win against the Mountaineers in 12 tries.

C.J. Sapong handed the Dukes the early advantage when he found the twine off helpers from Harvey and Kule Morsink at the 25:11 mark. Harvey then set up Zimmerman at 33:17 to hand James Madison a two-goal edge going into the intermission.

Mount St. Mary's got on the board six minutes into the final stanza a pair of newcomers hooked up after Patrick feed Wheeler at 51:14 to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Zimmerman then sealed the victory with an unassisted tally at 63:28.

The Mountaineers had a chance to tie the game at 2 when senior captain Vinnie Berry (Helensburgh, Scotland/St. Patrick's) had his shot saved by Mahanan in the 55th minute. Mahahan also stopped another Berry scoring threat in the 73rd minute.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Sunday against High Point at the JMU/Comfort Inn Harrisonburg Invitational. Game time is 12 p.m.