Having claimed eight national championships (second only to UCLA), the team is one of the most successful in the history of the sport.

It plays its home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium in Tucson, AZ.

[5] The Arizona Wildcats officially began softball play in 1974 under head coach Judy Spray in the Intermountain Conference.

From 1981 to 1986, the Wildcats were members of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association (WCAA), which renamed itself the Pacific West Conference (PacWest; not to be confused with the current NCAA Division II conference) for its final season.

[6] The WCAA/PacWest folded after the 1986 season when the then-Pac-10, home to all five of the final PacWest members, began sponsoring women's sports.

In 1988, Candrea guided the Wildcats to 54 wins and an appearance in the Women's College World Series where the team finished tied for third place.

From 1988 to 2003, the Wildcats made sixteen straight appearances in the Women's College World Series.

In 1992, the Wildcats won the school's first Pac-10 title and finished runner-up at the Women's College World Series.

The Wildcats experienced continued success in the 2000s winning another national title in 2001 after finishing that year 65–4.

The 2004 team won 55 games but lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in the Regionals, which marked the first time since 1987 that the Wildcats did not make it to the Women's College World Series.

Lowe–Nagy spent the last nine seasons under Candrea following a professional player with the USSSA Pride and internationally with Team USA, winning Silver Medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.