2007 NCAA Division I softball season

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
	← 2006 2008 →

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.

Conference standings

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

Women's College World Series

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

Season leaders

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

Records

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

Awards

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

All America Teams

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
UT	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
UT	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
UT	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

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "2007 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
^ 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
^ "2007 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ "Sportswoman of the Year Award–Team". Womensportsfoundation.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ "2007 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

External links

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

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[2] "2007 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2020.

[3] 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

[4] "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

[5] "2007 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[6] "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

[7] "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[8] "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[9] "Sportswoman of the Year Award–Team". Womensportsfoundation.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

[10] "2007 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

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