Ana Yrazusta

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-6
High School:
Colegio San Antonio Maria Claret
Hometown:
Las Palmas, Spain

2017-18 • Senior

Spring
• Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
• Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 7)
• Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 28)
• ITA Scholar Athlete
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Ranked No. 14 singles player in the Northeast by ITA
• Tabbed the No. 4 doubles pairing with Laura Moreno in the Northeast by ITA
• Primarily playing at No. 1 doubles alongside Laura Moreno and No. 2 singles
• First wins of the spring season came during the 7-0 sweep of Bryant (1/28), which included a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Linnea Sjoberg at No. 2 singles and a 7-6 (7-5) doubles win over Sjoberg and Ashanti Campfield
• Added another two-win outing at Brown (2/2), which included 6-4, 6-3 over Alyza Benotto at No. 2 singles and 7-6 (7-5) over Juliana Simon and Devon Jack at No. 1 doubles
• Downed St. John's Zofia Stanisz at No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-1 and bested Stanisz and Jaide Collins 7-5 at No. 1 doubles (2/5)
• Push her consecutive singles victories streak to four with her 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Army's Ana Joyner on Feb. 17 before she stretched it to five straight victories at No. 2 singles against St. Bonaventure's Dominique Mortier 6-0, 6-0 the following day
• Helped Massachusetts by Elon with a 6-0, 6-3 single win (No. 1) and 6-4 victory alongside Laura Moreno in doubles (No. 1)
• Won at No. 1 doubles with Laura Moreno and No. 2 singles over Amy Yang 6-2, 6-1 as Massachusetts bested Yale on the road, 4-3
• Picked up a pair of victories during a 6-1 win over Fordham, including at No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles
• Guided Massachusetts to a 6-1 Senior Day win over Rhode Island with triumphs at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles
• Capped her collegiate career with an undefeated showing in the Atlantic 10 Championship as she went 7-0 against four teams and Massachusetts advanced to the A-10 Title Match
• Started the A-10 Championship with a 6-0 win alongside Anna Napadiy in No. 3 doubles and 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles against No. 11 seeded Saint Joseph's in the first round
• Also won a pair of matches during the A-10 quarterfinal round upset of No. 3 Davidson as she and Anna Napadiy downed Sam Armas and Alyssa Hahn in No. 3 singles before Yrazusta won a 6-4, 6-0 singles match over Megan Scholvinck
• Added two wins during the upset of No. 2 George Washington in the A-10 Semifinal victory, including victories at No. 3 doubles and No. 2 singles
• Posted a doubles victory alongside Anna Napadiy during the A-10 Championship Match against No. 1 seed VCU

Fall
• Won seven singles matches, primarily at No. 1, and 11 doubles matches alongside Laura Moreno, primarily at No. 2
• Won a pair of singles matches during the 2017 Brown Invitational, one each over Stony Brook (9/23) and Rutgers (9/24)
• Downed Maddie Stearns of Brown 6-2, 6-4 on Oct. 7
• Tallied a thrilling three-set win over Princeton's Clare McKee 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round of the 2017 ITA Northeast Regionals on Oct. 20
• Won her final three singles matches of the fall season, with victories over Minnesota (11/3), Yale and Dartmouth (11/5)
• Bested Minnesota's Caroline Ryba 6-4, 6-2 on the first day of the Big Green Invitational
• Provided a pair of victories on Nov. 5 with a win over Yale's Amy Yang 6-2, 6-1 and Dartmouth's Kristina Mathis 6-1, 6-3
• Swept doubles play at the Brown Invitational with a 6-1 win over Brown (9/22), and identical 6-3 outcomes against Stony Brook (9/23) and Rutgers (9/24)
• Totaled a 6-2 win over Harvard's Annika Ringblom and Irene Lu on Oct. 8
• Reached the quarterfinal round of the 2017 ITA Northeast Regionals with a pair of wins over LIU Brooklyn on Oct. 19 and Syracuse alongside an Oct. 21 victory over Drexel (10/21)
• Teamed with Laura Moreno for an 8-5 takedown of LIU Brooklyn's Anna Grigoryan and Malin Leysen before the duo upset the No. 8 seeded Syracuse pair of Gabriela Knutson and Anna Shkudun 8-4 later in the day
• Moved into the quarterfinals with an ITA Regional Round of 16 win over No. 9 seeded Ghita Benhadi and Kendra Bunch of Drexel, 8-7 (6)
• Finished out the fall season with wins in each of her final three doubles appearances - all coming during the Big Green Invite
• Bested Minnesota's Mehvish Safdar and Caitlyn Merzbacher, 6-3, on Nov. 3
• Closed the fall with two doubles wins on the same day, a 6-0 shutout of Yale's Samantha Martinelli and Sunday Swett and 6-3 over Dartmouth's Kristina Mathis and Racquel Lyn on Nov. 5

2016-17 • Junior

Spring
• Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
• Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (March 21)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete Award
• Was dominant throughout the season primarily playing at No. 3 singles and finished with a 16-3 record, including a 4-0 mark against Atlantic 10 foes
• Went 17-8 primarily playing No. 2 doubles alongside Janja Kovacevic
• First win of the spring came against Quinnipiac's Jennifer Lu 6-2, 6-3 on Jan. 28
• Bested Fairleigh Dicksinson (2/5) and Georgetown (2/10) while playing at No. 2 singles
• Collected her first Atlantic 10 win of the season at George Washington 6-4, 6-0 over Melis Bayraktaroglu on Feb. 11
• Kick-started a nine-match win streak with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over College of Charleston's Mara Arfyriou on March 14
• Her nine-match win streak included victories over Atlantic 10 foes from Davidson (3/17), Rhode Island (4/22) and Fordham (4/23)
• Went undefeated in singles play during the Atlantic 10 Championship with wins over Duquesne (4/27; quarterfinals), Fordham (4/29; semifinals) and VCU (4/30; championship match)
• Represented the Minutewomen at No. 1 singles during the NCAA Championship First Round at No. 1 Florida (5/13)
• Won her first seven doubles matches of the spring season
• Debuted in the spring with Kovacevic with a 7-5 win over Quinnipiac's Sitilia Rencheli and Layla Rodriguez on Jan. 28
• Took a 6-3 match from Marie-Louise Decamps and Taylor Nederlander of George Washington on Feb. 11
• Added Atlantic 10 victories over Davidson on March 17 and Fordham on April 23
• Won against Duquesne in Atlantic 10 Championship doubles action, 6-2 on April 27
• Posted an Atlantic 10 Championship Semifinal triumph over Fordham on April 29 to help push the Minutewomen into the championship match
• Represented the Minutewomen at No. 2 doubles during the NCAA Championships First Round on May 13

Fall
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Picked up three singles wins during the fall, primarily playing at the No. 2 spot
• Downed players from Brown (two) and Cornell for her singles victories
• Paired with Janja Kovacevic for four doubles victories, playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots
• Won over players from Brown, 8-3, and Rutgers, 8-4, alongside Kovacevic on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24, respectively
• Took a 6-3 victory from Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph and Gillian Perrotta at No. 2 doubles on Sept. 28

2015-16 • Sophomore

Spring
• Began her spring season against Cornell (1/23) with a doubles win alongside Carol Benito
• Triumphed in straight sets against LIU Brooklyn (2/6) in singles and doubles
• Won her singles match with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 score and her doubles match with a score of 6-3 against Army West Point (2/13)
• Took a straight-set match from St. Bonaventure (2/13)
• Playing in the No. 2 singles spot against Dartmouth, Yrazusta won in straight sets (2/21)
• Collected victories in singles and doubles action against Albany (3/5)
• Battled for a three-set win over the College of Charleston 6-4, 2-6, 5-4 on March 15
• Picked up singles and doubles victories over Towson (3/17)
• Added another three-set singles victory over Charleston Southern (3/18) alongside a 6-1 triumph in doubles
Put in a dominant performance for a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (4/2)

Fall
• Won three doubles matches with Carol Benito at the Brown Invitational (9/25) • Team with Benito for an 8-7 doubles win against Connecticut (10/1)
• Picked up wins in singles and doubles against Providence (10/15)
• Reached the ITA Regionals Round of 16 in doubles while working alongside Carol Benito (10/23)
• Bested singles competitors from Dartmouth and Yale at the ITA Regionals, putting her in Round of 16 (10/24)
• Worked with Benito at the Big Green Invite against Denver and won via an 8-2 margin (11/6)

2014-15 • Freshman

• Alongside Carol Benito, Yrazusta received the highest regional ranking of any pair in program history, placing fourth in the final ITA Northeast Regional Rankings
• Named co-MVP for the Maroon and White alongside Arielle Griffin, as determined by members of the team
• Yrazusta's standout rookie campaign of 24-7 in singles play tied as the most wins on the team for 2014-15 with sophomore Anna Woosley
• The 24 wins also marked the second-most for a single season in program history
• Named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and was an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection
• In doubles play, Yrazusta paired with Carol Benito at the No. 1 position setting a new program record for wins in a single season (27)
• The duo went 19-3 in dual matches and were a perfect 4-0 in A-10 match-ups
• Closed the 2014 fall season winning all doubles matches faced at the Big Green Invitational
• The freshman recorded victories over Dartmouth, Boston University and Minnesota
• Yrazusta also rallied in a 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 come-from-behind win against Minnesota in singles play (11/4)
• Added a 6-0, 6-2 dual-match win against Connecticut, as well as an 8-7 doubles victory when paired with Carol Benito (10/9)
• Won three of four doubles matches at the Army Invitational against Connecticut, Stony Brook and Quinnipiac
• The rookie also clinched four singles wins, including a 6-0, 6-0 sweep against Long Island (11/29)
• Yrazusta marked her first collegiate victory with a 5-7, 6-2, 10-6 singles win over Boston University
• The freshman also tallied two doubles wins when paired alongside Carol Benito (9/21)