Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo

Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Westbury, N.Y.
Major:
Physical Culture & Sports

Pronunciation: arr-ee-AH-nah anna-zah-GAS-tee per-SUE

• Qualified for the 2024-25 NCAA Singles Championships (played in November of 2024)
• Singles champion at the 2024 ITA Texas Regional Championships
• Joined the team in August 2024
• Signed her commitment to compete for The University of Texas Women's Tennis program in November 2023

AS A FRESHMAN (2024-25)
• Posted a 13-4 singles record in the spring with an 10-4 mark in dual matches, including 3-1 at No. 4, 4-2 at No. 5 and 3-1 at No. 6
• Notched a 15-16 doubles record in the spring with a 12-11 mark in dual matches, including 10-8 at No. 1, 1-0 at No. 2 and 1-3 at No. 3
• Was 1-3 in doubles dual matches with Eszter Meri and 11-8 with Ashton Bowers
• Had a high singles ranking of No. 39 on Feb. 5 and finished No. 75
• Won five straight singles matches from March 30 May 10
• Clinched overall matches over Abilene Christian and No. 23 South Carolina (Apr. 17)
• Clinched doubles dual matches over Maryland, No. 7 Michigan (Feb. 9), No. 6 Texas A&M (Feb. 23), No. 33 Alabama, No. 70 Boise State and No. 3 Michigan (May 10)
• Notched a ranked singles win over No. 19 Catherine Aulia of Tennessee
• Posted three ranked doubles dual match wins over No. 27 Piper Charney and Jessica Bernales of No. 7 Michigan (Feb. 9), No. 65 Ellie Eades and Lizzy Stevens of No. 42 Kentucky and No. 18 Jessica Bernales and Lily Jones of No. 3 Michigan (May 10)
• Won four straight doubles dual matches alongside partner Ashton Bowers from February 8 to February 28

Fall 2024
• Posted a 10-2 record in singles and 1-2 mark in doubles
• Finished the fall No. 44 in the ITA singles rankings
• Defeated teammate No. 104 Ashton Bowers, 6-4, 6-4, to win the singles title at the ITA Texas Regionals
• One of her two losses came to No. 26 Carson Tanguilig in the NCAA Singles round of 64
• Won three prequalifying matches at the ITA All-America Championships

Before Texas
• Career high juniors ranking of No. 38
• Rated as a Blue Chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net, which has listed her as high as No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the state of New York
• Played both singles and doubles in all four junior majors in 2023
• Advanced to the singles round of 32 at Wimbledon and was in the singles round of 64 at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Open in 2023
• Made the doubles round of 16 at the US Open and was in the round of 32 at the other three in 2023
• Reached the US Open singles round of 32 in 2022, and the doubles round of 16 in 2021
• Advanced to the singles final of the JA Merida in Mexico in 2022
• Won five juniors titles in her career, including three in doubles and two in singles
• Junior doubles titles include the ITF J300 Pan American Closed, J2 Montreal and J1 Guadalajara in 2022
• Junior singles titles came at the J3s in Santo Domingo and Coral Gables in 2022
• In professional play, she was just came up just short in a third-set superbreaker to Nicole Rivkin at the W25 Florence in South Carolina in 2022