Complex sentence: Defending national champion Cardinal Stritch earned an automatic berth as regular-season champions out of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Wolves eleventh championship appearance overall and fifth-straight.
Split into simpler sentences: Defending national champion Cardinal Stritch earned an automatic berth as regular-season champions out of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Theis is the Wolves 11th championship appearance overall and fifth-straight.