2007 NCAA Division I softball season

2007 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Arizona
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Arizona (8th title)
Runners-up	Tennessee (3rd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Mike Candrea (8th title)
WCWS MOP	Taryne Mowatt (Arizona)
Seasons
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The 2007 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2007. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2007 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 6, 2007.

2007 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 5 Baylor ‍†‍‍y 14 – 3 – 0   .824 51 – 16 – 0   .761 No. 11 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14 – 4 – 0   .778 55 – 8 – 0   .873 Missouri ‍‍‍y 13 – 4 – 0   .765 40 – 24 – 0   .625 No. 7 Texas A&M ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 6 – 0   .667 46 – 14 – 0   .767 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 10 – 8 – 0   .556 37 – 20 – 0   .649 No. 24 Texas ‍‍‍y 8 – 10 – 0   .444 35 – 20 – 0   .636 Kansas ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 33 – 24 – 1   .578 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4 – 12 – 0   .250 24 – 27 – 0   .471 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 3 – 15 – 0   .167 25 – 33 – 0   .431 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 3 – 15 – 0   .167 24 – 40 – 0   .375 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]	2007 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 23 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 2   .875 40 – 18   .690 No. 4 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 52 – 13   .800 No. 13 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 47 – 13   .783 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 37 – 21   .638 Penn State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 9   .526 36 – 23   .610 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9   .526 33 – 32   .508 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 30 – 25   .545 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 10   .412 33 – 26   .559 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 27 – 20   .574 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9   .308 24 – 22   .522 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 1 – 19   .050 21 – 34   .382 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2007[2] Rankings from NFCA	2007 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 15 – 5 – 1   .738 50 – 14 – 1   .777 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8 – 0   .619 54 – 17 – 0   .761 Washington  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9 – 0   .571 42 – 19 – 0   .689 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9 – 0   .571 37 – 18 – 0   .673 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 11 – 0   .476 41 – 23 – 0   .641 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 7 – 13 – 1   .357 35 – 21 – 1   .623 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 7 – 14 – 0   .333 44 – 19 – 0   .698 California  ‍‍‍y 7 – 14 – 0   .333 34 – 32 – 0   .515 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of August 5, 2007[3] Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2007 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Texas–Arlington  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 5 – 0   .792 36 – 16 – 0   .692 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 38 – 26 – 0   .594 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 32 – 26 – 0   .552 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 27 – 31 – 0   .466 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11 – 0   .577 27 – 28 – 0   .491 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12 – 0   .571 30 – 32 – 0   .484 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 29 – 29 – 0   .500 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414 31 – 27 – 0   .534 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 19 – 37 – 0   .339 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200 16 – 42 – 0   .276 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 5 – 25 – 0   .167 12 – 38 – 0   .240 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2007[4] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2007 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 31 to June 6, 2007 in Oklahoma City.^[5]

	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

Batting

• Batting average: .492 – Kaitlin Cochran, Arizona State Sun Devils
• RBIs: 81 – Samantha Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners
• Home runs: 25 – Beth Boden, Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Pitching

• Wins: 50-5 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers
• ERA: 0.56 (25 ER/311.1 IP) – Angela Tincher Virginia Tech Hokies
• Strikeouts: 724 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

NCAA Division I season strikeouts: 724 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers^[6]

Junior class strikeouts: 617 – Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech Hokies

Team strikeout ratio: 13.5 (910 SO/470.0 IP) – Tennessee Volunteers

Team fielding percentage: .988% – Tennessee Volunteers

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers^[7]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers^[8]

• Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award Team:

Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols^[9]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2007	50	5	63	52	45	29	5	358.1	136	36	35	63	724	0.68	0.55

• Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award

Taryne Mowatt, Arizona Wildcats

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2007	42	12	60	53	50	19	3	370.0	205	90	77	168	522	1.45	1.01

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[10]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Monica Abbott	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Angela Tincher	JR.	Virginia Tech Hokies
	Katie Burkhart	JR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
C	Killian Roessner	JR.	LSU Tigers
1B	Dena Tyson	SR.	Washington Huskies
2B	Lauren Parker	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
3B	Norrelle Dickson	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
SS	Jenn Salling	FR.	Oregon Ducks
OF	India Chiles	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Caitlin Lowe	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Kaitlin Cochran	SO.	Arizona State Sun Devils
UT	Danielle Lawrie	SO.	Washington Huskies
	Chelsea Bramlett	FR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
AT-L	Megan Gibson	JR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Caitlin Lever	SO.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
	Lisa Modglin	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Amanda Scarborough	JR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Tammy Williams	SO.	Northwestern Wildcats

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Eileen Canney	SR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Taryne Mowatt	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Stacey Nelson	SO.	Florida Gators
C	Rachel Folden	JR.	Marshall Thundering Herd
1B	Tonya Callahan	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
2B	Lisa Dodd	SR.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Kara Nelson	FR.	Illinois State Redbirds
SS	Amber Jackson	SR.	Maryland Terrapins
OF	Krista Colburn	JR.	UCLA Bruins
	Danielle Kinley	SO.	Penn State Nittany Lions
	Brittany Rogers	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
UT	Kate Robinson	JR.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
	Susan Ogden	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
AT-L	Tracie Adix	SR.	DePaul Blue Demons
	Ashley Charters	JR.	Washington Huskies
	Samantha Ricketts	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Lindsay Schutzler	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Clare Warwick	SO.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Lauren Eckermann	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Robin Mackin	SO.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Chrissy Owens	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
C	Courtney Totte	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
1B	Garland Cooper	SR.	Northwestern Wildcats
2B	Veronica Wootson	SR.	FSU Seminoles
3B	Brette Reagan	SO.	Baylor Bears
SS	Aileen Morales	JR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
OF	Gina Carbonatto	SR.	Pacific Tigers
	Angela Findlay	FR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Leslie Klein	SR.	LSU Tigers
UT	Abbie Sims	SR.	NC State Wolfpack
	Tyleen Tausaga	SR.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
AT-L	Jennifer Curtier	SR.	Pacific Tigers
	Alissa Haber	FR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Becca Heteniak	FR.	DePaul Blue Demons
	Ashley Monceaux	SR.	Baylor Bears
	Kim Waleszonia	SO.	Florida Gators

• Washington vs. DePaul: 2007 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube