The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting.
The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[3][4] It was the seventh America East tournament victory for the Vermont Catamounts soccer program, and second for Head Coach Rob Dow.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds as New Hampshire and Vermont finished the regular season with identical 4–1–2 records.
Another tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Binghamton and NJIT finished tied with 2–3–2 regular season records.