RICHARDSON, Texas – Summer Harper homered for the fifth time this season and the Concordia Texas softball team split a pair of games against UT Dallas on Friday.

In game one, the Comets would strike first with two runs in the first inning.

Jorden Russell would cut the deficit in half though with a solo home run in fifth. It was her second home run of the season.

UT Dallas responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning to make it 3-1 going to the sixth.

Concordia would begin to chip away, cutting the lead to one with a run in the sixth on a Comets error.

In the seventh, trailing 3-2, Payton Walker had a leadoff single and reached second after a sac bunt by Olivia Kaase. Whitten would follow it up with a double into right to tie it up at 3-all.

UT Dallas would win the game in the bottom half of the inning though, scoring an unearned run, to take game one, 4-3.

In game two, the Tornados would have to come from behind once again, trailing 2-0 after the first three frames.

Concordia Texas would tie it up at 2-all in the fourth on a Mycahla Howard two-run single up the middle.

In the sixth, Summer Harper would give the Tornados the lead for good with a two-run blast over the center field wall to make it 4-2. Concordia Texas would tack on another run in the inning and led 5-2 going bottom six.

After the Comets got a run back on a home run in the sixth, Jorden Russell would come in for the seventh, striking out a pair to earn her fourth save of the year and the Tornados defeated UTD 5-3 to even the series.

Concordia Texas will go for the series win in the rubber game on Saturday at 11 a.m. from UTD Softball Field.