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R.I. girls’ high school soccer game ends in brawl

League officials investigating after players punch, pull hair, spark fight

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updated 12:34 p.m. ET Nov. 9, 2009

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - League officials in Rhode Island are investigating a fight between members of two girls’ high school soccer teams who threw punches, pulled hair and sparked a brawl in the bleachers.

The fight captured on video by WPRI-TV broke out Sunday with about a minute left in a match between Woonsocket and Tolman high schools.

Woonsocket was leading 5-0 when two players collided, setting off the fray. Fans fought in the bleachers during an awards ceremony.

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Woonsocket coach Kathleen Fagnant says she doesn’t know how the fight started but says she isn’t going to “take the fall for that.”

Rough play has already made a video sensation of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert. She was suspended Friday after grabbing a BYU player’s ponytail and slamming her to the ground.

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