The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Hermann Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri.
The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds as Rhode Island and Saint Joseph's finished with identical 5–2–1 records.
A final tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds as Duquesne and Davidson finished with identical 3–3–2 records.
[4] Dayton earned the tiebreaker for the eighth seed over UMass and George Washington due to head-to-head results between the three teams.