MVC Tournament Central
 
NORMAL, Ill. – The Missouri State women's tennis team battled, but fell short on the final day of the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Tennis Individual Championship Monday.

In the Flight 3 singles championship match, junior Phoebe Boeschen fell 6-4, 6-4 to Drake's Joely Lomas for the Bears' third runner-up singles finish in as many seasons. Boeschen's three singles second-place mark is the highest flight since Miranda Poile finished second in Flight 5 singles in 2015. Sophomore Alexia Meyer collected a silver medal in 2016 in the Flight 6 singles.

Sophomore Alye Darter was unable to get past Evansville's Diana Tkachenko, dropping a 6-2, 6-2 decision in the Flight 1 singles third-place match.

Senior Abbey Belote fell 6-1, 6-1 to Evansville's Marie Kapelevich in Flight 7 singles third-place action.

Darter and freshman Ellie Burger fell in a tough fifth-place battle in Flight 1 doubles, 8-7 (7-3), to Stony Brook's Ester Chikvashvili and Maria Ribeiro.

Missouri State returns to action at the ITA Regional Championship, October 19-23 in Lawrence, Kan. For all of the latest information on the Missouri State women's tennis team, visit MissouriStateBears.com or follow @MSUBearsTennis on Twitter. 
 
Singles Results
No. 1 Singles – Diana Tkachenko (UE) def. Alye Darter (MSU) 6-2, 6-2 (3^rd-place match)
No. 3 Singles – Joely Lomas (DU) def. Phoebe Boeschen (MSU) 6-4, 6-4 (championship match)
No. 5 Singles – Victoria Gonzalez (BU) def. Ellie Burger (MSU) retired (3^rd-place match)
No. 7 Singles – Marie Kapelevich (UE) def. Abbey Belote (MSU) 6-1, 6-1 (3^rd-place match)
 
Doubles Results
No. 1 Doubles – Ester Chikvashvili/Maria Ribeiro (SB) def. Alye Darter/Ellie Burger (MSU) 8-7 (7-3) (5th-place match)