By Tim Clinton
Winning seems to come naturally for the University of Washington women's soccer team.
The program that was only founded in 1991 has already made the NCAA tournament 17 times, with 12 appearances in the Round of 32, five in the Round of 16 and two in the quarterfinals.
The Huskies have one regular season conference championship, coming in the year 2000.
One of the NCAA appearances came that year, along with 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2024.
The two teams that made the deepest drives into the tournament were the UW quarterfinalist teams of 2004 and 2010.
Making the Round of 16 along with those two squads were the Huskies from 2000, 2014 and 2020.
Other teams making the Round of 32 besides the aforementioned five were the Washington sides from 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2024.
The rest only made it as far as the first round, but there were only five Huskies squads that did that.
Washington has spent five seasons under the leadership of current head coach Nicole Van Dyke.
The UW plays its regular season in the fall but also has matches in the late winter and spring.
The Washington women share Husky Soccer Stadium with the men's program. It seats 2,200.