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Barry Werner

Jackson State’s Leilani Armenta becomes first woman to score in HBCU game

While Jackson State’s former coach Deion Sanders saw Colorado fall to 4-4, his former school was making HBCU history while winning its sixth game in 2023.

Kicker Leilani Armenta became the first woman to score in an HBCU game when she kicked three extra points in the Tigers’ 40-14 win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Saturday.

Armenta, a freshman from Ventura, Ca, is a soccer player and is coming off an ACL injury.

Per the Clarion-Ledger:

Armenta against Bethune-Cookman was out of necessity. The Tigers’ usual kicker, Gerardo Baeza, had been injured in the Texas State game. All-American punter Matt Noll was injured in practice the week leading into the game.

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