The team plays its home games at Quinnipiac Softball Field, which is located on the college's campus.

[2] The Bobcats had some success as an NCAA Division II program, winning the Northeast-10 Conference regular season title in 1996.

Quinnipiac has finished as high as second in the Northeast Conference standings twice, doing so under coach Germaine Fairchild in the 2004 and 2012 seasons.

[6][7] Fairchild's firing became the subject of a lawsuit carried out by the former coach against the university, citing a violation of Title IX.

[8] A previous lawsuit had been filed in 2009 against the university after the school had announced the elimination of several sports, notably women's volleyball, and the addition of a Division I cheerleading team.