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I was actually out having a life today instead of just cruising the board all day, so I'm checking in kind of late, but I would say at least go through the beginning motions of pressing charges. You might try to get some press coverage, so that other parents learn that this isn't acceptable, and could cause them more trouble than it's worth. This gal may or may not learn her lesson, but going through the motions does help get the message out.
I was "assaulted" once, fairly early on in my career, by an angry coach who followed me out onto the floor after a particular call, and gave me a good chest bump. There's a thread here about it somewhere, I'm not good at finding links. He was forcibly removed from the gym by his assistant and the site manager (this was 6th grade rec league!!), one on each arm, and came back later to apologize. The site manager asked me whether I wanted to press charges, but it looked as though the assistant coach was taking care of the "lesson" aspect of things, so I decided not to. Besides, I still had the whistle in my mouth when he got to me, and he was about six inches shorter than me so I gave him a good one right in the ear. I hope that was enough punishment.
The big difference I see between your situation and mine is that in my case, there was just one angry person, and not a whole crowd, and the guy didn't "get away with it." In your case, where this gal may still today feel justified in her actions, you definitely need to send a message. I just cannot imagine a society that thinks it's even remotely okay to get to the point of physical damage about something as unimportant (in the scheme of things) as 7th grade basketball!
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