October 14, 2024
FORT COLLINS, CO – Triple Crown Sports is pleased to announce the game schedule for the ninth edition of the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, which will be held over two sessions, Feb. 6-8 and Feb. 12-15, along the sunny and inviting Pacific Coast.
All games are played in the heart of Puerto Vallarta’s cobblestone streets at the Nancy Almaraz Stadium, which is a short five-minute walk from the oceanside Sheraton Buganvilias Resort and Convention Center, where the teams and many fans will stay. To request a room in our Fan Lodging block, click here.
The 2025 edition of the PV College Challenge features several mainstays such as BYU, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, LA Tech and Oklahoma State, as well as several schools making their first trip such as Florida State, Illinois State, Indiana, Florida International and Boise State.
All games will be live-streamed by FloCollege ($$). Tournament game tickets are available for purchase online here.
Here's the schedule for both sessions:
Session 1 schedule (all times CT):
Feb. 6
10 a.m. – Florida State vs. Oklahoma State
1 p.m. – Florida State vs. Northern Colorado
4 p.m. – Northern Colorado vs. LA Tech
Feb. 7
1 p.m. – Florida State vs. LA Tech
4 p.m. – Oklahoma State vs. LA Tech
7 p.m. – Northern Colorado vs. Oklahoma State
Feb. 8
1 p.m. – LA Tech vs. Northern Colorado
4 p.m. – LA Tech vs. Florida State
7 p.m. – Oklahoma State vs. Florida State
Session 2 schedule (all times CT):
Feb. 12
Noon – North Dakota State vs. BYU
Feb. 13
10 a.m. – Florida International vs. Boise State
1 p.m. – Florida International vs. North Dakota State
4 p.m. – BYU vs. Illinois State
7 p.m. – Indiana vs. North Dakota State
Feb. 14
10 a.m. – Florida International vs. Illinois State
12:30 p.m. – Florida International vs. North Dakota State
3 p.m. – Illinois State vs. Indiana
6 p.m. – Boise State vs. Indiana
8:30 p.m. – Boise State vs. BYU
Feb. 15
10 a.m. – Illinois State vs. North Dakota State
1 p.m. – Indiana vs. BYU
4 p.m. – BYU vs. Florida International
7 p.m. – Boise State vs. Florida International
“The Puerto Vallarta College Challenge offers an opportunity that these players and teams can’t get anywhere else and is unlike anything they have done in travel and college ball before,” Triple Crown Sports founder and tournament director Dave King said. “Coaches want to see their players get a unique experience, and you see that with the teams we have this year. We have perennial Women’s College World Series teams in Florida State and Oklahoma State the first week, and LA Tech and Northern Colorado are teams that have experienced a lot of success too. The second week is a very well-rounded group of teams that want that first-time Mexico experience.”
The Puerto Vallarta College Challenge began in 2015 and has evolved into one of the premier tournaments designed to launch the softball season. It was the first-ever D-I softball event held outside the United States and has included programs from well-known Power 5 conferences as well as the deep pool of strong mid-major schools — the Mexican Olympic team also played in the tournament in 2020.
Puerto Vallarta remains a safe and easy-to-navigate destination and is excited to welcome back tourists. The area is full of other diversions and entertainment options for fans attending the PV College Challenge. Visit www.pvcollegechallenge.com for more information.
About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for more than 40 years. TCS runs both the preseason and postseason WNIT basketball events and produces the men’s and women’s DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown is also powering “WNIT” concept events in D-I softball (NISC) and volleyball (NIVC), with those two events debuting in 2017. Triple Crown’s PV College Challenge features more than 10 of the top D-I college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Anchored by the 1,100-team Colorado 4th of July event, TCS fastpitch tournaments draw the nation’s finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces one of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 650-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 550 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.