The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final.
[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play.
[1] Minnesota were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–0 quarterfinal loss to Wisconsin.
The Penn State Nittany Lions won the title with a 2–1 win over the Northwestern Wildcats in the final.
The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Penn State women's soccer program and the third for head coach Erica Dambach.