On the strength of a goal and an assist by Jamie Davin, the American University men's soccer team improved to 2-0 in Patriot League play with a 2-0 victory over Army on Saturday night in West Point, N.Y.

Davin scored the first goal of the match, which occurred on a penalty kick in the 72nd minute, to give American (5-4, 1-0 PL) a 1-0 advantage. The play was setup when Davin made a run into Army's goalbox, and was taken down by a Black Knight defender. Davin stepped up for the penalty kick, and buried the shot into the top-left of the goal.

American had a golden opportunity to take a two-goal lead when the Eagles earned a second penalty kick. In the 87th minute, Mike Worden's shot was stopped on a quality save by Army goalkeeper Ryan Currens.

Moments later, however, the Eagles were able to add a late insurance goal when Kapus scored in the 90th minute off a feed from Davin.  Kapus' second score of the season set the final margin at 2-0 in favor of the Eagles.

American goalkeeper Matt Makowski recorded two saves to earn the shutout, his second of the season and 13th of his career.

"The first half was very evenly played. Army came out with tremendous energy and I am not sure that we matched it," Head Coach Todd West said. "I challenged the guys to raise the energy in the second half and the improved work rate led to more scoring opportunities. Overall it was a hard-fought conference win on the road. Army is an improved team and we are happy with the result."

Davin's goal was his second game-winner of the season, and fourth of his career. The senior now has eight points in 2010 on two goals and four assists. Additionally, this is the second time in which he has recorded a goal and an assist against the Black Knights, as he registered another three-point effort in last year's 4-0 win at Reeves Field.

American dominated the match on the stat sheet, outshooting Army (1-8, 0-2 PL) by a 19-7 margin, including a 9-2 advantage in shots on goal.  The Eagles accumulated seven corner kicks compared to four for Army.

With Saturday's triumph, AU has won each of the previous four matchups against the Black Knights, and seven of the last eight.

The Eagles will be back in action on Wednesday, October 6 when they host Georgetown in a non-conference matchup. Game time is set for 3 p.m.. Like all AU men's soccer home matches, it can be watched live on Eagles Vision TV, part of AUeagles.com.

AU will return to Patriot League play next Saturday, October 9 at Lafayette.