The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[3] The conference tournament title was the third for the Missouri State women's soccer program, and first for head coach Kirk Nelson.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds between Southern Illinois and UIC as both teams finished the regular season with 5–2–3 conference records.
UIC claimed the third seed by virtue of a 1–0 win over Southern Illinois on the last day of the regular season.
UNI was awarded the sixth seed based on cumulative record against teams above them in the standings because their regular season match ended in a 0–0 draw.