Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 AUSTIN, TX (04.08.16) - The UT Dallas softball team kicked off its three-game American Southwest Conference series at Concordia Texas Friday afternoon with a doubleheader split with the host Tornados. The Comets took the series opener, 3-1, before falling in Friday's second game, 6-3.

The Comets (now 16-17, 12-11 ASC), which matched last season's ASC win total with Friday's game one victory, will close the series with CTX with a single game at 12 p.m. Saturday.

Game 1 - UTD 3, CTX 1
Lauren McLeod tossed a complete-game victory with six strikeouts as the Comets opened their weekend in Austin with a 3-1 victory.

Trailing 1-0 after the 1st inning, UTD plated two runs on two hits and a Tornado error to grab a 2-1 lead. The Comets later added an insurance run in the 4th to secure the series-opening victory. McLeod (10-7) scattered four hits while collecting six strikeouts and did not allow an earned as the Tornados' first-inning run came after UTD's only error of the game.

With runners on second and third with one out in the 2nd, Heather Gilbert knotted the game with a double down the left field line, scoring Aly Hudec. Ravin Wilson then gave UTD the lead with a sacrifice fly, scoring Stefanie Polderman. The Comets added their final run in the 4th when Kendall Moore beat the throw home on a Melissa Livermore ground ball to the pitcher.

Moore was 2-for-3 in the contest while Polderman and Sara Navarro each finished 2-for-4.

Game 2 - CTX 6, UTD 3
The Comets could not overcome a season-high four errors as UTD dropped the second game of Friday's doubleheader, 6-3, to the host Tornados.

CTX grabbed an early lead with three runs in the 1st and never trailed as the Tornados snapped a nine-game losing streak.

Livermore finished the second game 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, extending her school-record total to 34 steals with still seven games left in the regular season. Moore and Perkins were also each 2-for-3 at the plate.

Down 3-0, the Comets plated a pair of runs in the top of the 2nd thanks to RBI singles from both Gilbert and Livermore. But CTX added a run each in the 3rd, 5th and 6th to pull ahead, 6-2. The Comets scored a final run in the 7th on a Perkins RBI double, plating Chelsea Sartor, and brought the tying run to the plate.