INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Missouri State won four of its six singles matches, including a come-from-behind three-set victory for freshman Alye Darter at the No. 1 spot, to earn a 4-3 dual win over IUPUI Saturday afternoon at the West Indy Racquet Club.

"This was a fantastic team effort today," head coach Mallory Weber said after her team improved its dual record to 3-3 on the season. "I'm proud of the entire group, but extremely impressed with Alye to come back in the No. 1 position and close it out."

After dropping two of three doubles matches to fall behind 1-0, the Bears roared out of the gate in singles play, with Alexia Meyer and Phoebe Boeschen losing a combined four games in a pair of straight set wins at the fifth and six spots.

IUPUI (0-8) evened the match with a win at No. 4 singles, MSU's Fati Khamissi put the Bears back up 3-2 with a sweep at the No. 3 spot, and the Jags pulled even once again with a No. 2 singles win.

With the match hanging in the balance after a tie-break loss in the first set, Darter earned a 7-5 win in the second to pull even at No. 1 singles, then won 6-0 in the third set against IUPUI's Sara Sherif to clinch the MSU win.

The Bears open a four-match home stand with a Feb. 17 doubleheader against UAPB (2 p.m.) and Southeast Missouri State (7 p.m.) at Cooper Tennis Complex.

Match Results:
No. 1 doubles - Samantha Mayer/Sara Sherif (IUPUI) def. Alye Darter/Phoebe Boeschen (MSU), 6-4 
No. 2 doubles - Valeriia Lavrenchuk/Mariella Pessina (IUPUI) def. Fati Khamissi/Ekaterina Donetskova (MSU), 6-4 
No. 3 doubles - Alexia Meyer/Abbey Belote (MSU) def. Marina Schneiger/Molly Nguyen (IUPUI), 6-3
Order of finish: 3,1,2

No. 1 singles - Alye Darter (MSU) def. Sara Sherif (IUPUI), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-0
No. 2 singles - Valeriia Lavrenchuk (IUPUI) def. Anelisse Torrico Moreno (MSU), 7-5, 7-6 (3) 
No. 3 singles - Fati Khamissi (MSU) def. Samantha Mayer (IUPUI), 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 singles - Mariella Pessina (IUPUI) def. Ekaterina Donetskova (MSU), 6-2, 7-5 
No. 5 singles - Alexia Meyer (MSU) def. Marina Schneiger (IUPUI), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 singles - Phoebe Boeschen (MSU) def. Molly Nguyen (IUPUI), 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 6,5,4,3,2,1