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November 6, 2009 10:45 AM

Elizabeth Lambert: College Soccer Player Turns NCAA Playoff Game Into Hand-to-Hand "Combat"

Posted by Barry Leibowitz
(GoLobos.com)
Photo: Elizabeth Lambert.

NEW YORK (CBS) It's not extreme fighting... It's not boxing... It's not even hockey. But a women's college soccer game offered its own brand of "combat" of a not-very-sporting kind.

VIDEO: Elizabeth Lambert Makes a Mark (RadarOnline.com)

In an NCAA west conference semi-final game, Elizabeth Lambert of the University of New Mexico had some physical run-ins with opposing players from Brigham Young University, leading some to question if Lambert's actions crossed the line.

The video of Lambert's actions was shown by ESPN, and in perhaps the most arresting incident she blatantly pulled the hair of a BYU player, snapping her head back in the process.

Just a game?

BYU did win 1-0 to advance to the finals. The season is over for Lambert's New Mexico squad, but probably not the post-game trash talking.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Is Elizabeth Lambert guilty of more than just bad sportsmanship?

VIDEO: Elizabeth Lambert Makes a Mark (RadarOnline.com)

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by heavygee November 18, 2009 10:12 PM EST
something needs to be done about Elizabeth Lambert she is out of control.
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by Brody1989 November 18, 2009 7:17 PM EST
Elizabeth Lambert should have her nipples cut off for such a disgusting act!
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by Zolt43 November 18, 2009 7:12 PM EST
File assault charges against Elizabeth Lambert! Suspension is nothing. She should be in jail.

And what twisted logic are you using, wilkat425? Do you have eyes? A brain? What actions have warranted such retaliation by Elizabeth? Nothing. The girls psychotic. She should be in jail. I'm glad they've suspended her. She's a clear nutcase.
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by mac3444 November 19, 2009 3:38 PM EST
Whoever u are? Grow up u freak!!! Most of those women are married and im married to one of them. before u post anything u better make sure u have your facts right!!!!
by wilkat425 November 16, 2009 3:13 PM EST
Wow-have any of you really looked at the video of not only the 2nd half but first half of that game! Can you say sexual harrassment!Now that is a crime. Absolutely disgusting!!! During the first half the byu sexually repressed girls were grabbing Elizabeth lamberts crotch and other body parts every chance they got - whenever they thought the cameras weren't looking. I imagine by the 2nd half she had had enough.Personally I would be in prison for putting one of those PERVERTS 6 foot under! If you look carefully at the video(thats been played over & over in the media)right as she grabs the ponytail of one of the sexual predators, you will notice said predator starting to push Elizabeths shorts up to cop another feel in full view of the camera! Well I would say Elizabeth Lambert was difinitly ready for her - GOOD FOR HER! What the hell do they teach those girls at byu!Think people - why would Elizabeth lambert all of sudden go ballistic in the 2nd half? I also have a strong feeling the girls of byu planned thier sexual attack before the game.While I can only imagine the hell Lambert is going through in her life right now, I believe what you do in this life will eventually come back at you seven-fold,those girls will someday pay for thier indescretions - its called karma.As for why Lambert didn't say anything - besides the disgust and humiliation of being sexually accosted by a bunch of mormon women - take a look at whats being said and written in the media and blogs as you read this.How much worse would it be for her if the truth came out! Shame on byu and shame on the unm coach for not sticking up for one of her girls.
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by Brody1989 November 18, 2009 7:20 PM EST
It doesn't excuse what the b*tch inflicted on the unsuspecting, does it? I say off with Lambert's nipples!
by heavygee November 18, 2009 10:25 PM EST
i think steve wonder saw what Elizabeth Lambert did,wow,she could have broke that girls neck. wilkat425
by jewels5839 November 16, 2009 2:23 PM EST
That is a shame that the officials allowed her to get away with all of that. So she got elbowed but did that constitute an all out assult on that girl. No. She should have gotten thrown out of the game and fined. Since the officials put up with that - in my book - she should have been delt the same back to her.

If she would have been playing with me or any of the girls I knew growning up, she would have gotten her lilly white A** BEAT all over that soccer field. From one end to the other. Then the officials would have gotten involved. She got away with it this time and she will continue to do it until one of these other players send her crying to her soccer mommie on the side-lines and I can't wait for that to be covered by the news.

Its called Karma - and it will be served. Again, if it were me she hit like that, I would have taken both of us out of the game and the officials would have made no mistake by what they saw. It would have been very clear to everyone that she got STOMPED!

It is a shame that she stoops that low when clearly she could be a great soccer player and there may be some young ladies that looked up to her at one time. I know that I would not have let her get away with that if she did that to me. It would have turned into a professional light-weight boxing match, no - just two hits, me hitting her and her embedded into the ground! :)
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by Elcontador November 13, 2009 2:29 AM EST
This is some of the absolute worst officiating I've ever seen at any level of the game, and I've watched or played for over thirty years.

One of the main purposes of officiating in fútbol is to protect the players and be in control of the game when absolutely necessary. We saw none of this in the ESPN video.

Take the legs out of an opposing player and miss the ball, you get a yellow card. Talk **** to an official, you get a yellow card. Intentionally do something to injure an opposing player, you get an immediate red. It's that simple.

If I was an official at that match, upon her first blatant attack on an opposing player, out she'd go. If she was provoked, the offending party should be carded (depending on the severity, a yellow or a straight red). Anyone who wouldn't do this shouldn't be an official.
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by anniesezz November 12, 2009 11:03 PM EST
Loser... sore loser that is! What a disgrace to the sport, but I guess you gotta play dirty when you suck... what comes around goes around!!!!
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by Reigekiz November 11, 2009 11:19 AM EST
She is Just fighting back...
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by chapper3103 November 11, 2009 7:36 AM EST
Heck Lambert is in the wrong sport! She needs to be in MMA....put her against Brock Lester, my money is on Lambert!
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by chapper3103 November 11, 2009 7:36 AM EST
Heck Lambert is in the wrong sport! She needs to be in MMA....put her against Brock Lester, my money is on Lambert!
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