Nikki Yovino, 18, has been charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

A teen who accused two football players at Sacred Heart University of raping her at a party last year has confessed to lying about the sexual assault.

Nikki Yovino, 18, of South Setauket, New York, has been charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, according to the Connecticut Post, after recanting her story of the attack.

The university told Dailymail.com that the accused men never had their scholarships revoked and were never expelled.

Both men have now been cleared.

Yovino told police at the hospital in October that she attended a football club party at Lakeside Drive in Bridgeport where she was allegedly pulled in by the two men who took turns raping her.

'I don’t want to be in here, I don’t want to do anything. My friends are waiting for me outside, let me go outside,' police said she told them.

The two athletes said they did in fact have sex with Yovino, but said the act was consensual.

The Sacred Heart University student confessed after detectives pressed her about the inconsistencies of her story

Detective Walberto Cotto Jr. spoke to students who were at the party who said the teen had gone into the bathroom with the football players willingly.

Another witness said he overheard Yovino telling the men she wanted to have sex with them, the affidavit obtained by the Post states.

Yovino confessed after Cotto Jr pressed the girl on the inconsistencies of her story.

She admitted that she fabricated the rape incident to get sympathy from a prospective boyfriend.

The affidavit states: 'She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault against (the football players) because it was the first thing that came to mind and she didn’t want to lose (another male student) as a friend and potential boyfriend.

The university reportedly expelled the football players from the team and they were revoked of their scholarships after the allegations. They have since been cleared by police

'She stated that she believed when (the other male student) heard the allegation it would make him angry and sympathetic to her.'

Yovino was released after posting $50,000 bond. The teen's charges can be punishable by up to five years in prison.

The Director of Communications at Sacred Heart University told Dailymail.com that they could not comment on the students citing The Federal Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act.

'Whenever there is any kind of incident at Sacred Heart University, we go to great lengths to ensure due process for all parties involved.

'The way that this particular case is playing out certainly demonstrates the validity of our procedures,' she said.