Sports briefly: Women's tennis, rowing

The women’s tennis team will head to New Haven, Conn., for the Northeast Division I ITA Regionals beginning on Oct. 21. The ITA Regional competition being held at Yale is just one of 88 regional competitions being held across the country over the next five days. Sophomore Bianca Sanon has been seeded No. 15 in the main singles draw and junior Nicole Bartnik has been seeded third in the main draw. Sophomore Iona Alecsiu and freshmen Crystal Leung, Adel Arshavskaia, and Renata Arshavskaia will also be competing in the main singles draw.

The men’s heavyweight, lightweight, and women’s rowing teams will all be competing at the Head of the Charles this weekend in Boston. The prestigious event is the second largest two-day regatta in the world, attracting over 300,000 spectators each year to watch almost 8,868 athletes from 1,953 boats compete in 56 different collegiate and professional events. The Lions will compete in the Championship Men’s and Women’s Eights and the Lightweight Men’s Eights at 2:31 p.m., 2:46 p.m., and 4:14 p.m. respectively Saturday. The lightweight squad will have a hard time keeping pace with Princeton, which set a new course record here last year. For the women’s squad, this will be their first competition under new head coach Scott Ramsey.