Elizabeth lambert soccer interview after game

Photo: Elizabeth Lambert, right.

NEW YORK (CBS) Elizabeth Lambert became an Internet celebrity for all the wrong reasons this fall.

Now the suspended New Mexico soccer player, who was caught attacking opposing players on tape, has met with the New York Times to put the aggressive infractions into context.

Saying that her actions were "indefensible" in her first interview since the incidents occurred, Lambert, 20, told the Times that she still "deeply regrets it and will always regret it and will carry it through the rest of my life not to retaliate."

The junior defender is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding with several players and then yanking the ponytail of a BYU player who went crashing to the ground.

Lambert's actions brought unprecedented — and very unwanted — attention to the Mountain West women's soccer tournament this fall.

New Mexico lost to BYU 1-0.

Video highlights have been airing nationally.

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