(Source: HBCU Sports)
Three HBCU women’s wrestlers made history Saturday.
Delaware State’s Louise Juitt (145 lbs.) and Icart Galumette (117 lbs.), along with Allen University’s Isis Severe (131 lbs.) finished in the top three in their weight classes in this weekend’s NCAA Women’s Wrestling Region III championships.
Thanks to those placements, the three wrestlers have advanced to the first ever NCAA women’s wrestling national championships Friday March 6 and Saturday March 7.
Juitt, the first recruit to sign with Delaware State, advanced to the 145-pound finals with a pin over Mount Olive’s Savannah Chesney in just 27 seconds in the opening round, then won decisions over Shonticia Taft of Lincoln Memorial (5-0) and Frostburg State’s Amber Hunter-Snyder (8-1). Juitt fell short of the gold, with Presbyterian’s Madeline Kubicki winning the championship bout with a pin in the second period.
Galumette earned a first-round bye, then defeated Morgan Layman of Frostburg State in a technical fall (11-0) in the first period of the quarterfinals. Galumette lost in a technical fall to Presbyterian’s Jenna Anderson in the semifinals.
Severe earned a 10-0 technical fall win over Leigh-Anne Verburg of Southern Virginia in the first round, a 7-2 decision Ingrid Penn of Marymount (Va.) in the quarterfinals, then was defeated by Kassey Daughtery of Presbyterian by technical fall (10-0) in the semifinals.
