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Division I

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, held at

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from May 21–26.

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defeated

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in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the

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Regular season results

* Records reflect conference play only.

Bracket

* Bold indicates the winner of the game. * ''Italics'' indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

All-tournament team

References

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