Elizabeth Lambert Still Searched One Year After Hair-Pulling Soccer Game

Elizabeth Lambert, who gained fame for her powerfully disturbingly effective display of punching and hair pulling in the New Mexico Lobos Soccer game against BYU last year, is still a searched for personality one-year after the incident.



Lambert was stripped of her right to play NCAA Soccer in the wake of the event, then reinstated in August of this year. This season New Mexico Women's Soccer posted a 12-3-5 record, and undefeated at home. They lost to Notre Dame 3-0 on Friday.

If Lambert played, it's not readily clear as there are no posted stats for her in the game.

Here's what this blogger wrote about Lambert (#15 in the cdn.turner.com photo) last year:

Elizabeth Lambert is a junior at New Mexico and is 5'8 and her position is "Defender". She was born December 29, 1988 and according to her player bio enjoys camping, surfing, and tacos...in addition to hair pulling and fist throwing. She's majoring in University Studies with a focus on (drum roll please)...Occupational Therapy!


But as surprising as this may be to some, I know a lot of women soccer players who say the kind of activity Elizabeth Lambert is being suspended for is common. It's just that few have captured it on video and in a spotlight game against two major colleges like BYU and New Mexico where such actions are bound to get World attention as this has.

Quiet Liz

Lambert's managed to stay out of the limelight this year, save for the news of her reinstatement. That's going to be hard to maintain, as she's now an Internet celebrity; once she does something, anything, it's news.