 During 1981–1982, both the AIAW and the NCAA sponsored championships; since 1982, only the NCAA has sponsored championships in women's college sports.The Lady Gators finished third in the last AIAW championship tournament, and fourth in the first NCAA championship tournament in 1982.Under Ryan, the Lady Gators golf program peaked in the mid-1980s, when the women's golf team won two back-to-back NCAA tournament championships in 1985 and 1986.