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Let's go to the tape.

Eliz­a­beth Ann Lam­bert is a 21 year old junior at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico. Dur­ing the Lobo's soc­cer semi-final match against BYU, she was video taped act­ing more like a WWE wrestler than a col­lege soc­cer star.

She is seen yank­ing the long hair of BYU for­ward Kas­sidy Shumway, throw­ing the oppos­ing player to the ground motion­less. It is not the only vio­lence on tape, just the most shocking.

Lam­bert has been sus­pended indef­i­nitely by the league and her col­lege. She released a state­ment of apol­ogy:

"I am deeply and whole­heart­edly regret­ful for my actions," said Lam­bert. "My actions were uncalled for. I let my emo­tions get the best of me in a heated sit­u­a­tion. I take full respon­si­bil­ity for my actions and accept any pun­ish­ment felt nec­es­sary from the coach­ing staff and UNM admin­is­tra­tion. This is in no way indica­tive of my char­ac­ter or the soc­cer player that I am. I am sorry to my coaches and team­mates for any and all dam­ages I have brought upon them. I am espe­cially sorry to BYU and the BYU women's soc­cer play­ers that were per­son­ally affected by my actions. I have the utmost respect for the BYU women's soc­cer pro­gram and its players."

It was a close match, with BYU win­ning 1–0 in the end. BYU advances to the con­fer­ence final with the win.

At the time of this story, the You Tube video had been seen more than 725,000 times. It has cre­ated an Inter­net sensation.