The team plays its home games at 500-seat Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park and are coached by Ron Frost Jr.

The Colonels have won five Southland Conference regular season titles (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2018) and two Southland Conference Tournament titles (1996 and 1997), the Colonels have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament three times (1995, 1996, 1997) with a tournament record of 3–6.

[3] Source:[4][5][6] The Colonels have appeared in three NCAA Division I Tournaments, all as Nicholls State University.

Source:[5] The Colonels have appeared in three NCAA Division I Tournament Play-Ins, all as Nicholls State University.

Source:[5] The 1987 team appeared in the women's NWIT tournament winning one of three games.