The team plays its home games at Eaton Street Softball Complex located on the university's campus.

[1] Since joining the Patriot League in 1991 as a founding program, the Raiders have had some moderate success.

The team has won two regular season championships, doing so in 1999 in a three way tie, and also in 2011 outright.

Despite qualifying for the 1999, 2003, and 2007 tournaments, Colgate failed to win a single game in each of them.

[6][7][8] The team has also won three PL Coach of the Year awards, winning them in 2003, 2007, and 2009 with Vickie Sax.