All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Superior, Wisconsin.
The NESCAC allowed its teams to play in national tournament for the first time.
However, as part of the conference rule changes, such teams could only play in one postseason tournament.
There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration.
No formal seeding was used while quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.