Story updated at 9:30 a.m. CST on Friday

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Top-seeded Millikin will serve as hosts for the 2022 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Softball Tournament this weekend at the Workman Family Field.

Games will be broadcast via Millikin's Live Video and Live Stats links.

The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division III Softball Championship. The NCAA will announce the entire field on Monday, May 9 via NCAA.com.

Millikin enters the tournament as the back-to-back regular season champions and the defending tournament champions.

Tournament Schedule (as of 5/7/22, 4:30 p.m. -- Subject to Change)

Friday, May 6
Game 1: #4 North Central 10, #5 Carthage 0
Game 2: #2 Illinois Wesleyan 9, #3 Carroll 1
Game 3: #1 Millikin 5, North Central 3

Saturday, May 7
Game 4: Carroll 4, Carthage 2
Game 5: Illinois Wesleyan 2, Millikin 0
Game 6: North Central 1, Carroll 0
Game 7: North Central vs. Millikin, 4:30 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video

Sunday, May 8
Game 8: Illinois Wesleyan vs. Game 7 Winner, 11 a.m. Live Stats | Live Video
Game 9: If Necessary Game, 1 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video

Team Capsules

#1 Millikin - Team Page
Co-Head Coaches: Whitney Sowers (5th Season) & Katie Tenboer (8th Season)
2022 Record: 31-5, 13-3
CCIW Regular Season Titles: 7 (Last: 2022)
CCIW Tournament Appearances (including this year): 16 (Last: 2017)
CCIW Tournament Titles: 3 ('87, '90, '21)

#2 Illinois Wesleyan - Team Page
Head Coach: Tiffany Prager (6th Season)
2022 Record: 24-13, 12-4
CCIW Regular Season Titles: 16 (Last: 2019)
CCIW Tournament Appearances (including this year): 25 (Last: 2019)
CCIW Tournament Titles: 14 ('96, '97, '00, '01, '02, '03, '09, '10, '12, '14, '15, '17, '18, '19)

#3 Carroll - Team Page
Head Coach: Amy Gradecki (13th Season)
2022 Record: 19-13, 11-5
CCIW Regular Season Titles: N/A
CCIW Tournament Appearances (including this year): 2 (Last: 2018)
CCIW Tournament Titles: N/A

#4 North Central - Team Page
Head Coach: Venus Taylor (2nd Season)
2022 Record: 22-9, 11-5
CCIW Regular Season Titles: 7 (Last: 2005)
CCIW Tournament Appearances (including this year): 25 (Last: 2019)
CCIW Tournament Titles: 7 ('89, '95, '98, '99, '05, '08, '11)

#5 Carthage - Team Page
Head Coach: Amy Gillmore (25th Season)
2022 Record: 14-16, 8-8
CCIW Regular Season Titles: 4 (Last: 2013)
CCIW Tournament Appearances (including this year): 20 (Last: 2019)
CCIW Tournament Titles: N/A
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL).