Homecoming Sports Festival

Saturday, September 13, 2025

12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Celebrate with the Pride of PNW at the Homecoming Sports Fest at Dowling Park and the Kube in Hammond. Enjoy food, music, activities and more!

This jam-packed day of sports included women’s and men’s soccer, women’s and men’s tennis, baseball, softball and ice hockey games.

Want to keep supporting the Pride? Explore the PNW Athletics calendar!

Logo: Purdue University HOCO Sports Festival, with Leo the lion in place on one of the Os.

Join PNW’s Pride for an unforgettable Homecoming Sports Fest at Dowling Park and the Kube in Hammond! Enjoy a day filled with food, music, activities and more.

Experience a thrilling lineup of sports, including women’s and men’s soccer, women’s and men’s tennis, men’s baseball, women’s softball and men’s ice hockey games.

Tickets are:

  • $30 per adult
  • $10 for those under 21
  • free for children under 5

Each ticket grants you:

  • Entrance to Dowling Park and the Kube
  • Access to the VIP tent
  • Complimentary Italian buffet
  • Two drink tickets

Purchase VIP Tickets

Ticket sales end Friday, September 5th, 2025.

General admission tickets will be available soon.

General admission tickets are:

  • $10 for adults
  • $5 for children

PNW students attend the Sports Fest for free.


2025 Homecoming Sports Fest Athletics Schedule

11 a.m.

  • Women’s Soccer vs Winona State
  • Men’s & Women’s Tennis vs Judson

Noon

  • Softball vs South Suburban
  • Baseball vs St. Francis

2 p.m.

  • Men’s Soccer vs Walsh University

4 p.m.

  • D1 Hockey vs. Chicago Cougars

7 p.m.

  • D2 Hockey vs. Wisconsin Rapid River Kings

Looking Back at Homecoming Sports Fest 2024

PNW cheerleaders smile and hold black and gold pompoms
Two students use inflatable sticks to push against each other
Two people pose with Leo the Lion
Two students play cornhole
PNW women's soccer players run down the field
PNW cheerleaders smile and hold black and gold pompoms. One of the cheerleaders is leaning out of line and smiling at the camera
Four students stand together. They are all wearing white "Sports Fest" t-shirts
PNW Baseball players - one is at bat and the other is warming up
PNW athletes pose with Leo the Lion
A PNW softball player

Location

Dowling Park is located in Hammond, IN at Kennedy Ave. and 80/94.


Sponsors

Logo: Laborers Local 41

To request a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office of Civil Rights at civilrights@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.

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