BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Richard Jata scored once and set up the game-winner and Campbell defeated Jacksonville 3-1 Thursday night in Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer action at the Eakes Athletic Complex.

Campbell (5-5-1, 1-1-1) improved to 4-0-0 at home this year. Jata, a sophomore from Port Richey, Fla., has scored in each of those contests. Jacksonville (3-7-1, 1-1-0), which entered the game as the top scoring team in the conference, was able to only muster one, first-half goal.

Both teams created opportunities early in the first half. Jacksonville's Stefan Lindholm missed just over the bar with a left-footed shot from 20 yards in the eighth minute.

In the 11th minute, Campbell's Julian Fulton just missed wide left on a near-post header off Austin Skakle's service.

After 17 minutes, Anton Axelsson collected a poor Campbell clearance and forced keeper Aaron Johnson to dive and tip his shot over the bar.

Jata put the Camels in front in the 20th minute with his sixth strike of the year, a right-footed direct kick from about 20 yards that sailed just by teammate Willy Guadarrama's head on the right side of the wall.

After the goal, Jacksonville's Tommy Krizanovic, who entered the week as the nation's top goal scorer with 12 strikes in 10 outings, left the game and did not return.

However, the Dolphins equalized just 36 seconds later when Anton Axelsson hit the right post with a shot and Ramak Niakan Safi netted the rebound for his first goal.

In the first three minutes of the second half, Jacksonville nearly broke in front when Bojan Milicevic shot from the top of the area missed just wide left.

Campbell broke in front in the 51st minute when Vince Petrasso shot from outside the box and JU keeper Chad Comroe had to dive to tip the deflected attempt over the crossbar for a corner. On the ensuing kick, Stephen Oyuga nodded home Jata's service for his second goal of the season.

Guadarrama was stopped by Comroe from point-blank range at the near post in the 58th minute before he set up Josh Elliott for an insurance marker three minutes later. Guadarrama dribbled down the left flank and squared the ball across the top of the area to Elliott, who found the net for his first goal of the season.

In the 65th minute, Comroe saved Alex Bruemmer's one-on-one shot. Eleven minutes later, Jata's dipping shot beat the keeper, but bounded off the crossbar.

Jacksonville's best chance to pull closer came in the 77th minute on Andrew Vassilo's shot that beat keeper Aaron Johnson, but was cleared off the line by Camel defender Michael Hutchison.

Campbell held a 17-10 edge in shots, including an 11-6 margin in the second half. Johnson finished with three saves and lowered his goals-against average to 1.34, second-best in the league. Comroe had five stops for the Dolphins.

The Camels, who play five of their next six opponents at home, have outscored their foes by an 11-4 edge this season at the Eakes Complex.