Iron Mountain senior goalkeeper Emily Copley dives to stop a Three Lakes’ shot on Tuesday at Mountaineer Stadium. (Terry Raiche photo)

IRON MOUNTAIN — The gray skies and rain clouds hanging over Mountaineer Stadium gave way long enough for the Iron Mountain girls varsity soccer team to get a game in against Three Lakes on Tuesday.

The Mountaineers struggled to get going and the Bluejays pulled through with a 3-1 win.

“We had zero energy,” IM co-coach Carly Lambert said, “Again, not getting after the ball. We need to get a little bit more aggressive. I think we came off of that really good game last Thursday … But they need to treat every team like they’re the same.”

Through 24 minutes of play, neither team had recorded a goal. That’s when the Bluejays made their move. They scored a quick goal to take a 1-0 lead.

Three Lakes added another goal, off of a rebound, to its tally three minutes later and it held a 2-0 advantage at halftime.

Mountaineers’ defender Camryn Doers (14) takes the ball from the Bluejays and looks to advance it up field at Mountaineer Stadium on Tuesday. (Terry Raiche photo)

Iron Mountain came into the second half with a new found energy. It almost immediately resulted in points as a Bluejays’ foul set up a free kick.

Jaedyn Simonetti took the kick and sent it past the Three Lakes’ goalkeeper to the right corner at the 35:58 mark.

The Mountaineers trailed 2-1 at that point.

The Bluejays increased their lead to 3-1 with seven minutes to play and they would hold on for the win.

As the U.P. girls soccer finals approach, Lambert wants to see improvements in on-field communication and overall energy from her players.

Iron Mountain's Avea Brown (22) waits for the ball to land as she boxes out a Three Lakes player on Tuesday at Mountaineer Stadium. (Sean Chase/Daily News photo)

“We have two more regular season games before the U.P.s, we have a lot of work to do,” Lambert added.

Iron Mountain closes out the home-portion of its 2024 schedule on Monday at Mountaineer Stadium against Houghton at 5 p.m.

The Mountaineers close out the regular season on Wednesday in Marquette.

Iron Mountain's Ava Marttila (24) waits for the ball to land as she boxes out a Three Lakes player on Tuesday at Mountaineer Stadium. (Sean Chase/Daily News photo)