2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2007 64 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Arizona 8th Tennessee 3rd Mike Candrea 8th Taryne Mowatt 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. Conference SchoolTotal conference invitations America EastAlbany1 ACCVirginia Tech5 Atlantic SunStetson1 A-10Massachusetts1 Big EastNotre Dame3 Big SouthWinthrop1 Big TenOhio State4 Big 12Oklahoma6 Big WestCal Poly5 CAAHofstra1 Conference USAHouston1 Horizon LeagueWright State1 Ivy LeagueHarvard1 MAACCanisius1 MACEastern Michigan1 Mid-ConSouthern Utah1 MEACHoward1 Missouri ValleyCreighton3 MWCBYU1 NECLong Island1 OVCTennessee Tech1 PCSCLoyola Marymount1 Pac-10Arizona8 Patriot LeagueColgate1 SECLSU7 SoConFurman1 SouthlandSam Houston1 SWACMississippi Valley1 WACFresno State2 National seeds Bold indicates WCWS participant. 22em 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. Tucson Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Tucson Regional Columbus Regional 1 Arizona 9 2007 Howard Bison Howard 0 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State 7 2007 Pacific Tigers Pacific 1 Howard 0 Pacific 13 16 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech 5 2007 Canisius Golden Griffins Canisius 0 2007 Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton 1 2007 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 2 Cal State Fullerton 8 Canisius 0 Mississippi State 0 1 Arizona 8 Mississippi State 10 Pacific 12 16 Virginia Tech 1 Ohio State 2 16 Virginia Tech 0 Cal State Fullerton 1 1 Arizona 7 X Pacific 0 X Ohio State 5 3 Cal State Fullerton 6 10 1 Arizona 11 2 X Cal State Fullerton 6 1 X Waco Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Ann Arbor Regional Hempstead Regional 9 2007 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 3 2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan 0 2007 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State 0 2007 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 8 Oregon State 6 Eastern Michigan 1 8 2007 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 8 2007 Albany Great Danes Albany 2 2007 Harvard Crimson Harvard 2 2007 Hofstra Pride Hofstra 3 Albany 1 Harvard 0 Louisville 3 9 Michigan 6 Louisville 4 Oregon State 11 8 Baylor 7 Hofstra 2 Hofstra 2 Albany 4 9 Michigan 7 X Oregon State 0 X 8 Baylor 10 X Albany 0 X 9 Michigan 0 3 0 8 Baylor 9 0 4 Knoxville Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Knoxville Regional Los Angeles Regional 5 Tennessee 8 2007 Furman Paladins Furman 0 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina 4 2007 Winthrop Eagles Winthrop 3 Winthrop 11 Furman 1 12 2007 UCLA Bruins UCLA 6 2007 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount 3 2007 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara 0 2007 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii 2 UC Santa Barbara 3 Loyola Marymount 5 5 Tennessee 2 North Carolina 0 North Carolina 3 Winthrop 6 12 UCLA 1 Hawaii 3 12 UCLA 2 Loyola Marymount 4 5 Tennessee 7 X Winthrop 0 X Hawaii 9 X Loyola Marymount 0 X 5 Tennessee 9 6 7 Hawaii 0 9 1 College Station Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Gainesville Regional College Station Regional 13 Florida 7 2007 Stetson Hatters Stetson 0 2007 Texas Longhorns Texas 2 2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 3 Texas 2 Stetson 0 2007 Houston Cougars Houston 4 2007 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana–Lafayette 3 2007 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State 5 4 2007 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 9 Sam Houston State 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 1 13 Florida 8 Georgia Tech 0 Georgia Tech 2 Texas 4 Houston 8 4 Texas A&M 1 4 Texas A&M 11 Sam Houston State 0 13 Florida 3 X Texas 0 X Houston 2 0 4 Texas A&M 13 5 13 Florida 0 3 0 4 Texas A&M 2 2 2 Norman Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Amherst Regional Carbondale Regional 3 2007 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 5 2007 Colgate Raiders Colgate 2 2007 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 3 2007 UMass Minutewomen UMass 4 Long Island 5 Colgate 1 2007 Missouri Tigers Missouri 8 2007 Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois 0 2007 Mississippi Valley State Devilettes Mississippi Valley State 0 14 2007 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 10 Mississippi Valley State 0 Southern Illinois 7 3 Oklahoma 2 UMass 0 UMass 7 Long Island 3 Missouri 0 14 DePaul 2 Missouri 7 Southern Illinois 4 3 Oklahoma 6 X UMass 3 X 14 DePaul 3 X Missouri 0 X 3 Oklahoma 0 2 X 14 DePaul 3 7 X Seattle Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Tuscaloosa Regional Lincoln Regional 11 2007 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 2 2007 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech 4 2007 California Golden Bears California 13 2007 Florida State Seminoles Florida State 6 11 Alabama 6 Florida State 3 2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 2 2007 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 3 2007 Creighton Bluejays Creighton 1 6 2007 Washington Huskies Washington 5 Nebraska 1 Creighton 2 California 1 Tennessee Tech 3 California 1 11 Alabama 13 6 Washington 8 Georgia 0 Georgia 3 Creighton 0 Tennessee Tech 10 2 11 Alabama 19 7 6 Washington 1 1 Georgia 2 0 11 Alabama 3 5 X 6 Washington 4 7 X Tempe Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Provo Regional Palo Alto Regional 7 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 2 2007 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Southern Utah 1 2007 BYU Cougars BYU 9 2007 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly 0 Southern Utah 9 Cal Poly 4 2007 Stanford Cardinal Stanford 0 2007 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 2 2007 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge 2 10 2007 LSU Tigers LSU 3 Stanford 3 Cal State Northridge 0 7 Arizona State 7 BYU 1 Southern Utah 5 BYU 10 10 LSU 1 Fresno State 0 Fresno State 0 Stanford 1 7 Arizona State 6 X BYU 3 X 10 LSU 11 X Stanford 5 X 10 LSU 0 4 X 7 Arizona State 1 7 X Evanston Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Columbia Regional Evanston Regional 15 2007 NC State Wolfpack NC State 2 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina 5 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 0 2007 Oregon Ducks Oregon 4 15 NC State 1 Penn State 0 2007 Illinois State Redbirds Illinois State 2 2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 1 2007 Wright State Raiders Wright State 1 2 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 4 Wright State 0 Notre Dame 3 Oregon 8 South Carolina 4 South Carolina 4 15 NC State 3 Illinois State 2 2 Northwestern 5 Illinois State 3 Notre Dame 1 Oregon 0 3 South Carolina 2 4 2 Northwestern 4 X Illinois State 1 X South Carolina 1 0 X 2 Northwestern 6 3 X 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 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State Pac-10 54–15 (13–8) Clint Myers 6 (last: 2006) 3rd(1982) 5–10 2007 Baylor Bears Baylor Big 12 50–14 (14–3) Glenn Moore 1 — 0–0 2007 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Big East 46–11 (20–0) Eugene Lenti 4 (last: 2005) 3rd(1999) 2–6 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Big Ten 50–11 (15–3) Kate Drohan 5 (last: 2006) 2nd(2006) 12–9 Tennessee SEC 59–6 (23–4) Ralph WeeklyKaren Weekly 3 (last: 2006) 3rd (2005, 2006) 6–4 2007 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Big 12 46–12 (12–6) Jo Evans 6(last: 1988) 1st(1983, 1987) 18–8 2007 Washington Huskies 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 1/1/2/3 1 Arizona 29 8 2007 Baylor Bears Baylor 1 4 2007 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 0 5 Tennessee 2 8 Baylor 7 4 Texas A&M 4 14 2007 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 1 6 2007 Washington Huskies Washington 3 2 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 2 7 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 0 7 Arizona State 1 14 DePaul 3 1 Arizona 0 5 Tennessee 1 8 Baylor 0 2 Northwestern 7 6 Washington 95 2 Northwestern 0 14 DePaul 0 1 Arizona 3 5 Tennessee 3 — 2 Northwestern 0 — 6 Washington 0 1 1 Arizona 2 8 5 Tennessee 3 0 0 1 Arizona 0 110 5 Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes 5/31/2007 Game 1 2007 Washington Huskies Washington 3 – 1 2007 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Game 2 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 2 – 0 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State Game 3 Tennessee 2 – 0 2007 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Game 4 Arizona 2 – 1 2007 Baylor Bears Baylor 9 inn. 6/1/2007 Game 5 2007 Washington Huskies Washington 9 – 0 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 5 inn. Game 6 Tennessee 1 – 0 Arizona 6/2/2007 Game 7 2007 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 3 – 1 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State Arizona State eliminated Game 8 2007 Baylor Bears Baylor 7 – 4 2007 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated Game 9 Arizona 3 – 0 2007 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul DePaul eliminated Game 10 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 7 – 0 2007 Baylor Bears Baylor Baylor eliminated 6/3/2007 Game 11 Arizona 2 – 0 2007 Washington Huskies Washington Game 12 Tennessee 3 – 0 2007 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Northwestern eliminated Game 13 Arizona 8 – 1 2007 Washington Huskies 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 NorthwesternOutfield 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. 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