The women's basketball team is 196-127 over the last dozen seasons, making the Knights one of the most dominant programs in the conference. Carleton has collected three MIAC regular-season titles and four MIAC Playoff titles during that time span. Their four straight MIAC Playoff titles marked the first time in conference history one program has won four consecutive conference tournament titles in any sport.

The Knights have enjoyed great success in the conference, winning back-to-back titles in 2004, 2005 before posting runner-up finishes in 2006 and 2007. Carleton returned to the top spot in 2009 and captured their fifth crown in 2011 when Simone Childs-Walker '12, Alison Smyth '12, and Rachel Kelhm '13 finished 1-2-3. The Knights have been nationally ranked the last seven seasons and earned team berth to the NCAA Championships eight times (1981, 1989, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, and 2012). Carleton has received the All-Academic Team Award every year since the program began in 1993.

Women's golf has been a varsity sport at Carleton since 1998-99. The Knights have been nationally ranked the last five seasons, posting their best finish at the MIAC Championships in 2012, finishing second and setting a new 18-hole team record with a second-round 315. They also broke the 54-hole school scoring mark, posting a 977.shooting a school record for the 54-hole event. The Knights have posted the five lowest season stroke averages in program history over the past five years. They play a split fall-spring schedule with their home course located at Northfield Golf Club mere blocks from campus.

The Carleton women's soccer team won back-to-back MIAC regular-season crowns in 2010 and 2011. They claimed the conference playoff title in 2008 and 2009 and made three consecutive trips to the NCAA Championships from 2008-10. In 2011 the squad earned the highest national ranking in program history at No. 11. Three members of the 2012 team earned All-MIAC honors, with Marlena Hartman-Filson '13 receiving her second career All-Region recognition. The squad has also won 12 straight team academic awards and its 2011-2012 GPA was third among NCAA Division III programs.

2011 saw the Knights' best season in four years with several strong performances. Newcomer Jenny Ramey '14 became the first player in program history to be named the conference's Rookie-of-the-Year, while Jocelyn Friedman '13 and Kelsey Parsons '13 earned spots on the Honorable Mention All-Conference Team. In 2012, Chelsea Yost '13 earned All-Conference honors. Carleton improved its record in each of head coach Amy Erickson's first three seasons and won a school-record 21 games in 2000. Erickson is the school's all-time winningest coach.

Carleton captured MIAC Championships in 2000, 2001, and 2009. The Knights were runners-up at the conference meet from 199-2003, 2005, 2006, and 2010. The team finished in the Top 10 at the NCAA Championships three times over the last 10 years, including sixth-place finishes in 2003 and 2005, highlighted by Marie Marsman's two indvidual national titles and the team's two relay national titles. Since 1995 the Knights have produced 189 individual All-MIAC performances, 70 All-MIAC relay performances, 84 individual conference titles, 28 All-America performances, and 29 All-America Honorable Mention swims.

The Knights earned their fourth MIAC title in 2012 defeating 20-time defending champion Gustavus Adolphus College. In the same year, Carleton claimed the postseason MIAC title and won an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships. Carleton has been nationally-ranked throughout the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons and regionally-ranked for the past 12 years. The squad has finished in the top three in the MIAC 19 times since joining the conference in 1983 and qualified for the NCAA Championships four times (1995, 1996, 2005, and 2012). The Knights have also been named an ITA All-Academic Team every year since the award began.

In the past 16 years, head coach Donna Ricks has guided the Knights to strong MIAC finishes, coached three national champions and numerous All-Americans. Aminah Ricks '94 captured the 100-meter national title in 1994 and Sandra Helquist '00 raced to victory in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1999 NCAA Division Championships. Kelly Lovett '11 turned in the program's seventh national title performance winning the crown for the javelin in 2011. Five Carleton athletes have earned 17 All-American honors over the past 10 seasons, with Lovett collecting three All-America honors and Simone Childs-Walker '12 accumulating 10 All-America citations on the track.

The volleyball team finished in the top four of the conference standings each season from 2003-07 and won the 2004 regular-season title. In 2012, led by All-Region pick Jessa Youso '13 and All-MIAC honoree Sarah Nielsen '13, the Knights advanced to the conference semifinals where they lost a five-set thriller to eventual national champion University of St. Thomas. Under head coach Heidi Jaynes, the team has enjoyed unparalleled success, qualifying for the MIAC Playoffs six times and advancing to the 2005 and 2007 NCAA Tournaments. They were ranked in the national Top 25 AVCA poll from 2004 through 2007.