With the advent of women's championships in the NCAA came new records, new winning streaks and, eventually, new dynasties.

While some institutions found victory in sports that had brought acclaim to their men's teams, other institutions found that their women's teams brought them a fresh scent of success. Each year as new women's champions are crowned, the race is on to see which streaks will continue and who will bring home a title for the first time.

One institution that is no stranger to national titles is Stanford University. A perennial contender for the Sears Directors' Cup, which measures program-wide prowess, Stanford has had tremendous success with its women's teams. The Cardinal have more NCAA Division I women's team titles than any other school with 26, and they also hold the record for individual titles with 138, 108 of those in swimming and diving. Stanford also boasts 11 women's team titles in tennis and eight in swimming and diving.

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is right behind Stanford with 21 women's NCAA titles, 16 of them coming in women's soccer. Anson Dorrance and his Tar Heels won the first NCAA women's soccer title in 1982, and they have been contenders ever since.

Abilene Christian began its winning ways in 1985 with its first outdoor track and field title, and it notched its first indoor track title in 1988. The Wildcats took both the indoor and outdoor crowns in 1988, 1998 and 1999.

For 17 years, spectators at the Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were treated to an all-Kenyon show. The Ladies took home all the Division III women's swimming and diving team titles from 1984 until the streak was broken in 2001 by Denison University. Kenyon also boasts a formidable title tally in Division III, with 183 individual crowns, 180 of them in swimming and diving.

-- Kay Hawes