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.

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 & Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. "*" indicates host.

Tucson Super Regional

Waco Super Regional

Knoxville Super Regional

College Station Super Regional

Norman Super Regional

Seattle Super Regional

Tempe Super Regional

Evanston Super Regional

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.

Women's College World Series

Participants

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

Bracket

Game Results

Championship Game

Final standings

PlaceSchoolWCWS Record
1stArizona6-2
2ndTennessee4-2
3rdWashington2-2
3rdNorthwestern2-2
5thBaylor1-2
5thDePaul1-2
7thTexas A&M0-2
7thArizona State0-2

All Tournament Team

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

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..
  • Mowatt's 60 innings pitched in the 2007 College World Series broke the previous NCAA record of 53 held by Michigan's Jennie Ritter. 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 by 16,341.
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