Abby Baierl sets new 3-point record for Columbus

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Abby Baierl scored 17 points and set a new school-record for 3-pointers made for her career, but the Marshfield Columbus Catholic girls basketball team came up short in a 58-48 loss to Owen-Withee in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Thursday night at Columbus Catholic High School.

Baierl made a pair of 3-pointers to give her 104 for her career, besting the former record of 102.

Jessica Trad added nine points, and Marissa Immerfall had seven points and 14 rebounds for the Dons (8-10, 5-8 Cloverbelt East).

Whitney Baehr had 13 points and 12 rebounds for Owen-Withee (11-6, 9-4 Cloverbelt East).

The Dons trailed 26-22 at halftime and could not make up any ground in the second half.

Columbus Catholic plays at Neillsville on Tuesday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Blackhawks 58, Dons 48

Owen-Withee 26 32 – 58

Columbus Catholic 22 26 – 48

OWEN-WITHEE (58): Brittany Schwark 1-7 3-8 5, Kallie Falteisek 3-10 2-5 9, Megan Simington 3-7 0-0 7, Erica Arndt 3-11 1-4 10, Holly Hatlestad 1-14 0-0 3, Whitney Baehr 6-13 1-1 13, Megan Funk 0-0 1-2 1, Sierra Renderman 1-1 0-0 2, Jennifer Wendler 4-7 0-0 8. FG: 22-70. FT: 8-20. 3-pointers: 6-26 (Arndt 3-7, Simington 1-3, Falteisek 1-5, Hatlestad 1-10, Schwark 0-1). Record: 11-6, 9-4 Cloverbelt East.

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (48): Morgan Albrecht 2-12 0-0 5, Baylie Neider 0-7 3-6 3, Maren Seefluth 0-4 2-2 2, Kendra Baierl 0-3 2-2 2, Jessica Trad 3-15 1-4 9, Abby Baierl 6-15 3-4 17, Natalie Pospyhalla 1-8 0-0 3, Sierra Litwatis 0-0 0-0 0, Marissa Immerfall 3-9 1-2 7. FG: 15-73. FT: 12-20. 3-pointers: 6-26 (Trad 2-8, A. Baierl 2-5, Pospyhalla 1-6, Albrecht 1-6, Neider 0-1). Record: 8-10, 5-8 Cloverbelt East.