2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 17 through June 4, 2007. 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

2007 NCAA Division I
softball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Arizona (8th title)
Runner-up	Tennessee (3rd WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Mike Candrea (8th title)
MOP	Taryne Mowatt (Arizona)
← 2006  NCAA Division I softball tournament 2008 →

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 29 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 35 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

Conference School Total conference invitations America East Albany 1 ACC Virginia Tech 5 Atlantic Sun Stetson 1 A-10 Massachusetts 1 Big East Notre Dame 3 Big South Winthrop 1 Big Ten Ohio State 4 Big 12 Oklahoma 6 Big West Cal Poly 5 CAA Hofstra 1 Conference USA Houston 1 Horizon League Wright State 1 Ivy League Harvard 1 MAAC Canisius 1 MAC Eastern Michigan 1 Mid-Con Southern Utah 1 MEAC Howard 1 Missouri Valley Creighton 3 MWC BYU 1 NEC Long Island 1 OVC Tennessee Tech 1 PCSC Loyola Marymount 1 Pac-10 Arizona 8 Patriot League Colgate 1 SEC LSU 7 SoCon Furman 1 Southland Sam Houston 1 SWAC Mississippi Valley 1 WAC Fresno State 2

National seeds

Bold indicates WCWS participant.

1. Arizona
2. Northwestern
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas A&M
5. Tennessee
6. Washington
7. Arizona St.
8. Baylor
9. Michigan
10. LSU
11. Alabama
12. UCLA
13. Florida
14. DePaul
15. North Carolina St.
16. Virginia Tech

Regionals and super regionals

Bold indicates winner. "*" indicates host.

Tucson Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	1	Arizona	9
		Howard	0
							Mississippi State	0
						1	Arizona	8
		Mississippi State	7
		Pacific	1
											1	Arizona	7	X
	Tucson Regional
												Pacific	0	X
		Howard	0
		Pacific	13
							Mississippi State	10
							Pacific	12
																	1	Arizona	11	2	X
																		Cal State Fullerton	6	1	X
	16	Virginia Tech	5
		Canisius	0
						16	Virginia Tech	1
							Ohio State	2
		Cal State Fullerton	1
		Ohio State	2
												Ohio State	5	3
	Columbus Regional
												Cal State Fullerton	6	10
		Cal State Fullerton	8
		Canisius	0
						16	Virginia Tech	0
							Cal State Fullerton	1

Waco Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	9	Michigan	3
		Eastern Michigan	0
							Louisville	3
						9	Michigan	6
		Oregon State	0
		Louisville	8
											9	Michigan	7	X
	Ann Arbor Regional
												Oregon State	0	X
		Oregon State	6
		Eastern Michigan	1
							Louisville	4
							Oregon State	11
																	9	Michigan	0	3	0
																	8	Baylor	9	0	4
	8	Baylor	8
		Albany	2
						8	Baylor	7
							Hofstra	2
		Harvard	2
		Hofstra	3
											8	Baylor	10	X
	Hempstead Regional
												Albany	0	X
		Albany	1
		Harvard	0
							Hofstra	2
							Albany	4

Knoxville Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	5	Tennessee	8
		Furman	0
						5	Tennessee	2
							North Carolina	0
		North Carolina	4
		Winthrop	3
											5	Tennessee	7	X
	Knoxville Regional
												Winthrop	0	X
		Winthrop	11
		Furman	1
							North Carolina	3
							Winthrop	6
																	5	Tennessee	9	6	7
																		Hawaii	0	9	1
	12	UCLA	6
		Loyola Marymount	3
						12	UCLA	1
							Hawaii	3
		UC Santa Barbara	0
		Hawaii	2
												Hawaii	9	X
	Los Angeles Regional
												Loyola Marymount	0	X
		UC Santa Barbara	3
		Loyola Marymount	5
						12	UCLA	2
							Loyola Marymount	4

College Station Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	13	Florida	7
		Stetson	0
						13	Florida	8
							Georgia Tech	0
		Texas	2
		Georgia Tech	3
											13	Florida	3	X
	Gainesville Regional
												Texas	0	X
		Texas	2
		Stetson	0
							Georgia Tech	2
							Texas	4
																	13	Florida	0	3	0
																	4	Texas A&M	2	2	2
		Houston	4
		Louisiana–Lafayette	3
							Houston	8
						4	Texas A&M	1
		Sam Houston State	5
	4	Texas A&M	9
												Houston	2	0
	College Station Regional
											4	Texas A&M	13	5
		Sam Houston State	2
		Louisiana–Lafayette	1
						4	Texas A&M	11
							Sam Houston State	0

Norman Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	3	Oklahoma	5
		Colgate	2
						3	Oklahoma	2
							UMass	0
		Long Island	3
		UMass	4
											3	Oklahoma	6	X
	Amherst Regional
												UMass	3	X
		Long Island	5
		Colgate	1
							UMass	7
							Long Island	3
																	3	Oklahoma	0	2	X
																	14	DePaul	3	7	X
		Missouri	8
		Southern Illinois	0
							Missouri	0
						14	DePaul	2
		Mississippi Valley State	0
	14	DePaul	10
											14	DePaul	3	X
	Carbondale Regional
												Missouri	0	X
		Mississippi Valley State	0
		Southern Illinois	7
							Missouri	7
							Southern Illinois	4

Seattle Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	11	Alabama	2
		Tennessee Tech	4
							California	1
							Tennessee Tech	3
		California	13
		Florida State	6
												Tennessee Tech	10	2
	Tuscaloosa Regional
											11	Alabama	19	7
	11	Alabama	6
		Florida State	3
							California	1
						11	Alabama	13
																	11	Alabama	3	5	X
																	6	Washington	4	7	X
		Nebraska	2
		Georgia	3
						6	Washington	8
							Georgia	0
		Creighton	1
	6	Washington	5
											6	Washington	1	1
	Lincoln Regional
												Georgia	2	0
		Nebraska	1
		Creighton	2
							Georgia	3
							Creighton	0

Tempe Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	7	Arizona State	2
		Southern Utah	1
						7	Arizona State	7
							BYU	1
		BYU	9
		Cal Poly	0
											7	Arizona State	6	X
	Provo Regional
												BYU	3	X
		Southern Utah	9
		Cal Poly	4
							Southern Utah	5
							BYU	10
																	10	LSU	0	4	X
																	7	Arizona State	1	7	X
		Stanford	0
		Fresno State	2
						10	LSU	1
							Fresno State	0
		Cal State Northridge	2
	10	LSU	3
											10	LSU	11	X
	Palo Alto Regional
												Stanford	5	X
		Stanford	3
		Cal State Northridge	0
							Fresno State	0
							Stanford	1

Evanston Super Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	15	NC State	2
		South Carolina	5
							Oregon	8
							South Carolina	4
		Penn State	0
		Oregon	4
												Oregon	0	3
	Columbia Regional
												South Carolina	2	4
	15	NC State	1
		Penn State	0
							South Carolina	4
						15	NC State	3
																		South Carolina	1	0	X
																	2	Northwestern	6	3	X
		Illinois State	2
		Notre Dame	1
							Illinois State	2
						2	Northwestern	5
		Wright State	1
	2	Northwestern	4
											2	Northwestern	4	X
	Evanston Regional
												Illinois State	1	X
		Wright State	0
		Notre Dame	3
							Illinois State	3
							Notre Dame	1

Women's College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (including 2007 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†	WCWS W–L record†
Arizona	Pac-10	44–12–1 (15–9)	Mike Candrea	19 (last: 2006)	1st (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006)	51–23
Arizona State	Pac-10	54–15 (13–8)	Clint Myers	6 (last: 2006)	3rd (1982)	5–10
Baylor	Big 12	50–14 (14–3)	Glenn Moore	1	—	0–0
DePaul	Big East	46–11 (20–0)	Eugene Lenti	4 (last: 2005)	3rd (1999)	2–6
Northwestern	Big Ten	50–11 (15–3)	Kate Drohan	5 (last: 2006)	2nd (2006)	12–9
Tennessee	SEC	59–6 (23–4)	Ralph Weekly Karen Weekly	3 (last: 2006)	3rd (2005, 2006)	6–4
Texas A&M	Big 12	46–12 (12–6)	Jo Evans	6 (last: 1988)	1st (1983, 1987)	18–8
Washington	Pac-10	40–17 (12–9)	Heather Tarr	8 (last: 2004)	2nd (1996, 1999)	13–12

† Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Tournament notes

• Washington's Danielle Lawrie and Tennessee's Monica Abbott each pitched no-hitters on the first day of the tournament, although Lawrie allowed a run. This is the first time a no-hitter has been accomplished since the 2003 Women's College World Series and only the third time in the NCAA era of the WCWS that two pitchers had no-hitters on the same day.
• This was the first time that UCLA did not advance to the WCWS in its NCAA era.
• Only one game in the entire tournament ended with the losing team scoring more than one run, an NCAA record for offensive futility.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Arizona	29
	8	Baylor	1
						1	Arizona	0
						5	Tennessee	1
	4	Texas A&M	0
	5	Tennessee	2
											5	Tennessee	3	—
											2	Northwestern	0	—
	8	Baylor	7
	4	Texas A&M	4
						8	Baylor	0
						2	Northwestern	7
																	5	Tennessee	3	0	0
																	1	Arizona	0	110	5
	14	DePaul	1
	6	Washington	3
						6	Washington	95
						2	Northwestern	0
	2	Northwestern	2
	7	Arizona State	0
											6	Washington	0	1
											1	Arizona	2	8
	7	Arizona State	1
	14	DePaul	3
						14	DePaul	0
						1	Arizona	3

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
5/31/2007	Game 1	Washington	3 – 1	DePaul
	Game 2	Northwestern	2 – 0	Arizona State
	Game 3	Tennessee	2 – 0	Texas A&M
	Game 4	Arizona	2 – 1	Baylor	9 inn.
6/1/2007	Game 5	Washington	9 – 0	Northwestern	5 inn.
	Game 6	Tennessee	1 – 0	Arizona
6/2/2007	Game 7	DePaul	3 – 1	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
	Game 8	Baylor	7 – 4	Texas A&M	Texas A&M eliminated
	Game 9	Arizona	3 – 0	DePaul	DePaul eliminated
	Game 10	Northwestern	7 – 0	Baylor	Baylor eliminated
6/3/2007	Game 11	Arizona	2 – 0	Washington
	Game 12	Tennessee	3 – 0	Northwestern	Northwestern eliminated
	Game 13	Arizona	8 – 1	Washington	Washington eliminated
6/4/2007	Finals game 1	Tennessee	3 – 0	Arizona
6/5/2007	Finals game 2	Arizona	1 – 0	Tennessee	10 inn.
6/6/2007	Finals game 3	Arizona	5 – 0	Tennessee	Arizona wins WCWS

Championship game

School	Top Batter	Stats.
Arizona	Chelsie Mesa (2B)	2-3 3RBIs HR
Tennessee	Kenora Posey (2B)	2-2 SB

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Arizona	Taryne Mowatt (W)	7.0	7	0	0	4	11	28	33
Tennessee	Monica Abbott (L)	6.0	10	5	5	4	7	26	31

Final standings

Place	School	WCWS record
1st	Arizona	6-2
2nd	Tennessee	4-2
3rd	Washington	2-2
	Northwestern	2-2
5th	Baylor	1-2
	DePaul	1-2
7th	Texas A&M	0-2
	Arizona State	0-2

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Monica Abbott	Senior	Tennessee
	Danielle Lawrie	Sophomore	Washington
1st Base	Dena Tyson	Senior	Washington
	Ashley Monceaux	Senior	Baylor
3rd Base	Jenae Leles	Sophomore	Arizona
Shortstop	Ashley Charters	Junior	Washington
	Kristie Fox	Senior	Arizona
	Tammy Williams	Sophomore	Northwestern
Outfield	India Chiles	Senior	Tennessee
	Caitlin Lowe	Senior	Arizona
	Lindsay Schutzler	Senior	Tennessee
Most Outstanding Player	Taryne Mowatt	Junior	Arizona

WCWS records tied or broken

• The 2007 tournament was ruled by pitchers, as 11 shutouts were thrown over the week, an NCAA record. Tennessee alone didn't allow a run in the entire tournament until the 10th inning of the second game of the finals.
• After fanning 11 Lady Vols in the final game, Arizona's Taryne Mowatt passed Tennessee's Monica Abbott for the WCWS single-season NCAA strikeout record. Mowatt struck out 76 batters in 2007, while Abbott finished with 75 strikeouts. (Both passed the previous record held by the previous Arizona pitcher, Alicia Hollowell, who held the record with 65).
• Mowatt's 60 innings pitched in the 2007 College World Series broke the previous NCAA record of 53 held by Michigan's Jennie Ritter (2005). Mowatt delivered every Arizona pitch in this year's event.
• Arizona's Kristie Fox recorded her 11th hit of the 2007 WCWS, tying the NCAA record of UCLA's Natasha Watley set in 2003.
• The Lady Vols’ Kenora Posey tied the WCWS single-season NCAA steals record with four. She shares the top spot with Lowe, who had four steals in 2006, and two others.
• The 2007 event marked the best-attended Women's College World Series in history. A total of 62,463 fans passed through the gates of ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, including 5,533 for the third game. The 2007 attendance total broke the previous WCWS record (set in 2006) by 16,341.

See also

• NCAA Division I Softball Championship

External links

• NCAA Softball