The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
The defending champions were the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils, who won a tournament that was shortened to a single game in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1] Central Connecticut State successfully defended their title, defeating the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 3–0 in the final.
[2] This was the twelfth Northeast Conference tournament title for the Central Connecticut women's soccer program, ten of which have come under the direction of head coach Mick D'Arcy.
This was also the fourth straight title for Central Connecticut and Mick D'Arcy.