Fairly or unfairly, women’s college soccer usually draws almost zero public attention. It is probably no exaggeration to say that most games produce more goals than news accounts.
But the sport has gained viral attention as the violent play of a University of New Mexico defender, Elizabeth Lambert, has become an ignominious sensation on television, the Internet and talk radio.
Lambert, 20, has been suspended indefinitely by New Mexico after she engaged in shoving, punching, tripping and yanking an opponent down by the ponytail last Thursday in a 1-0 loss to Brigham Young.
She did however apologized:
Lambert said she was “deeply and wholeheartedly regretful” for losing her self-control during the Mountain West Conference tournament semifinal match
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