2007 Women's College World Series

2007 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament
Teams 8
WCWS 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)
NCAA Softball Tournaments
«2006 2008»

The 2007 Women's College World Series was held May 31st through June 6th, 2007 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Eight NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. The official host for the event was the University of Oklahoma.

After successfully advancing through the regional and super regional rounds of the 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, eight teams advanced to Oklahoma City. Arizona, Baylor, Tennessee, Texas A&M, DePaul, Washington, Arizona State, and Northwestern all won their super-regionals and made the trip to the 2007 Women's College World Series. Oklahoma was the lone seed of the predetermined top eight not to advance, as they fell to DePaul in super regional action.

The first pitch of the 2007 Women's College World Series was Thursday, June 16, at 12:00 PM CDT. The 2007 tournament was only the second time in its NCAA era in which 16 WCWS games were played (the other being the 2005 Women's College World Series).

The best-of-three championship series featured Arizona and Tennessee. After facing elimination three times, the Arizona Wildcats advanced to the championship series by beating DePaul in an elimination game and winning the next two against Washington. Tennessee advanced to the championship series by beating Texas A&M, Arizona, and finally Northwestern. Monica Abbott of Tennessee had a no-hitter on the first night of the WCWS and also did not allow a run before entering the championship series.

Tennessee won the first game of the series, 3-0. Arizona won the second game, 1-0, in ten innings; it was the first run allowed by Tennessee throughout WCWS action. Arizona won the deciding game, 5-0, winning the school's eighth national title in softball and its second consecutive. All games were televised on ESPN and ESPN2.


Arizona pitcher Taryne Mowatt was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


See also: Women's College World Series for series history and past champions.

Participants

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

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

Tournament Notes

Bracket

2007 Women's College World Series bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                           
1  Arizona 2  
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 1* 5
14  DePaul 1  
6  Washington 3  
  6  Washington 9
  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 Wildcats Chelsie Mesa (2B) 2-3 3RBIs HR
Tennessee Lady Vols Kenora Posey (2B) 2-2 SB
School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Arizona Wildcats Taryne Mowatt 7.0 7 0 0 4 11 28 33
Tennessee Lady Vols Monica Abbott 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

See also

2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

External links