The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches.
The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[2] This was the thirteenth Northeast Conference tournament title for the Central Connecticut women's soccer program, eleven of which have come under the direction of head coach Mick D'Arcy.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds as Central Connecticut and Fairleigh Dickinson finished the regular season tied with 24 points each.
Central Connecticut won the regular season meeting between the two teams 2–1 on September 24 and was therefore the second seed.