2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament explained

Year:	2007
Teams:	64
Wcwsballpark:	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
City:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions:	Arizona
Titlecount:	8th
Wcwscount:	3rd
Coach:	Mike Candrea
Coachcount:	8th
Mop:	Taryne Mowatt
Mopteam:	Arizona

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.

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.

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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.

Arizona
Northwestern
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Tennessee
Washington
Arizona St.
Baylor
Michigan
LSU
Alabama
UCLA
Florida
DePaul
North Carolina St.
Virginia Tech

Regionals and super regionals

Bold indicates winner. "*" indicates host.

Evanston Super Regional

Women's College World Series

Participants

Record (conference)	WCWS appearances† (including 2007 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†	WCWS W–L record†
44–12–1 (15–9)	19 (last: 2006)	1st (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006)	51–23
54–15 (13–8)	6 (last: 2006)	3rd (1982)	5–10
50–14 (14–3)	1	—	0–0
46–11 (20–0)	4 (last: 2005)	3rd (1999)	2–6
50–11 (15–3)	5 (last: 2006)	2nd (2006)	12–9
59–6 (23–4)	3 (last: 2006)	3rd (2005, 2006)	6–4
46–12 (12–6)	6 (last: 1988)	1st (1983, 1987)	18–8
40–17 (12–9)	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

Game results

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

All Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher		Senior	Tennessee
Pitcher		Sophomore	Washington
1st Base		Senior	Washington
1st Base		Senior	Baylor
3rd Base		Sophomore	Arizona
Shortstop		Junior	Washington
	Kristie Fox	Senior	Arizona
		Sophomore	Northwestern
Outfield		Senior	Tennessee
		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.

External links

NCAA Softball