Can we have the Head of the Hudson?

Spotlight: Head of the Charles Regatta

One week after splitting the team to compete in two different races on the Passaic and Housatonic Rivers, the lightweight crew team competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend. Joining them was Columbia’s women’s rowing team, in their first meet this non-traditional season. The Head of the Charles Regatta, one of the most prestigious rowing competitions in the world, is in its 49th year of existence and was started by several members of the Cambridge Boat Club on the advice of a former Harvard sculling instructor. The Lions participated in a field of 9,000 athletes and were watched by around 300,000 spectators. A prestigious race for a prestigious school like Columbia.

Yesterday, the men’s team got 13th out of 47 in the Club Eights Men.  Today the men’s team participated in the Lightweight Eights, but at writing scores were not available.  Meanwhile, the women fought in the Championship Eights.  We’ll update once the results come out.

Other Columbia scores:

Volleyball beat Brown in straight sets, but lost to Yale 3-1

Women’s soccer tied Princeton 3-3

Men’s soccer lost to Princeton 1-2

Field hockey played Delaware at 1 pm today

And, of course, the Lions lost to Penn on Saturday at Homecoming

Next up:

Men’s soccer returns home against Binghamton (Wednesday 10/23, 7 pm)

Football is at Dartmouth (Saturday 10/26, 1:30 pm)

Men’s and Women’s soccer both play at Dartmouth (Saturday 10/26, 4:30 pm for women and 7 pm for men)

Volleyball is home against Cornell (Saturday 10/26, 2 pm)

Professional Scores/Info

The Knicks began their 2013-14 season today with a practice and scrimmage at Levien Gymnasium. Notable players such as Tyson Chandler, Metta World Peace, JR Smith, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony took to the court. Rookie Tim Hardaway was in attendance as well.

Giants play Minnesota on Monday night in New Jersey

Jets played New England.

Rangers lost 0-4 to Devils in New Jersey

Some nice river in Boston via Wikicommons