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No. 7 Women’s Tennis completes three-day Texas Invite
01.12.2025 | Women's Tennis
The Longhorns posted 16 combined wins in singles and doubles against opponents from San Diego, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Austin – No. 7 Texas Women's Tennis posted 16 combined singles and doubles wins against opponents from San Diego, Tennessee and Wisconsin while hosting the three-day Texas Invite in Austin from Friday through Sunday. Day one was forced inside the Weller Indoor Tennis Center due to weather, but the other two days were held outside at the Texas Tennis Center.
Both freshman No. 44 Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo and junior No. 95 Vivian Ovrootsky posted 6-0 records, playing in the maximum number of three singles matches and three doubles matches and winning them all.
Day one featured four singles wins for the Longhorns against players from Wisconsin, including Anazagasty-Pursoo and Ovrootsky, freshman No. 28 Carmen Herea, and sophomore Shachf Lieberman. Anazagasty-Pursoo combined with freshman Eszter Meri for a doubles win against Tennessee.
Herea, Anazagasty-Pursoo and Ovrootsky all came back with day two singles wins against ranked Volunteers, including Herea topping No. 10 Elza Tomase, 6-3, 7-6 (7), Anazagasty-Pursoo downing No. 19 Catherine Aulia, 6-4, 7-6 (5), and Ovrootsky defeating No. 54 Vanesa Suarez, 6-4, 6-3. In doubles, Ovrootsky paired with senior Sabina Zeynalova, and Lieberman combined with Anazagasty-Pursoo for wins over San Diego.
The final day saw Anazagasty-Pursoo and Ovrootsky complete their 3-0 singles records with wins against players from San Diego and Wisconsin, respectively, while Zeynalova also picked up a singles win against San Diego. Additionally, the Longhorns swept three doubles matches, including Ovrootsky with freshman Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz against Wisconsin, Zeynalova with freshman Ashton Bowers over the Badgers, and Anazagasty-Pursoo with Meri against San Diego.
Texas is slated to open its dual match season on the road at USC on Friday, January 17, at 12 p.m. PT/2 p.m. CT.
Texas Invite Day 1 – Friday, January 10
Singles
#28 Carmen Herea (TEX) def. Katya Ivanova (WIS) 6-2, 6-3
#44 Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (TEX) def. Ariel Johnson (WIS) 6-4, 6-4
#95 Vivian Ovrootsky (TEX) def. Ellison Reynoldson (WIS) 7-5, 6-3
Shachf Lieberman (TEX) def. Parker Christensen (WIS) 6-2 6-1
#3 Maria Sholokhova (WIS) def. Eszter Meri (TEX) 6-1, 6-0
Taylor Cataldi (WIS) def. Sabina Zeynalova (TEX) 6-4, 5-7, 1-1, ret.
Kája Jacobson (WIS) def. Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (TEX) 3-6, 5-4, ret.
Doubles
Eszter Meri/Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (TEX) def. Elza Tomase/Elim Yan (TENN) 6-4
Maeve Thornton/Francesca Mattioli (TENN) def. Ashton Bowers/Shachf Lieberman (TEX) 7-6 (5)
Catherine Aulia/Leyla Britez Risso (TENN) def. Carmen Herea/Vivian Ovrootsky (TEX) 6-4
Texas Invite Day 2 – Saturday, January 11
Singles
#28 Carmen Herea (TEX) def. #10 Elza Tomase (TENN) 6-3, 7-6 (7)
#44 Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (TEX) def. #19 Catherine Aulia (TENN), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
#95 Vivian Ovrootsky (TEX) def. #54 Vanesa Suarez (TENN) 6-4, 6-3
Maeve Thornton (TENN) def. Eszter Meri (TEX) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
Elim Yan (TENN) def. Shachf Lieberman (TEX) 5-7, 7-6 (12), 6-2
Saray Yli-Piipari (TENN) def. Maddy MacNeille (TEX) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Sabina Zeynalova/Vivian Ovrootsky (TEX) def. Gabby Gregg/Kristina Nordikyan (SD) 7-5
Shachf Lieberman/Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (TEX) def. Anni Puls/Hannah Read (SD) 6-2
Texas Invite Day 3 – Sunday, January 12
Singles
#44 Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (TEX) def. Anni Puls (SD) 6-4, 6-0
#95 Vivian Ovrootsky (TEX) def. Ariel Johnson (WIS) 6-0, 6-0
Sabina Zeynalova (TEX) def. Claudia de las Heras (SD), 7-6 (6-3), ret.
#3 Maria Sholokhova (WIS) def. #28 Carmen Herea (TEX), 6-6, ret.
Parker Christensen (WIS) def. Audrey Deatherage (TEX) 6-3, 6-1
Maya Bordereau (WIS) def. Maddy MacNeille (TEX) 6-2, 6-3
Ellison Reynoldson (WIS) def. Shachf Lieberman (TEX) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz/Vivian Ovrootsky (TEX) def. Ariel Johnson/Parker Christensen (WIS) 6-4
Ashton Bowers/Sabina Zeynalova (TEX) def. Maria Sholokhova/Ellison Reynoldson (WIS) 6-2
Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo/Eszter Meri (TEX) def. Anni Puls/Hannah Read (SD) 6-3
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