AUSTIN, Texas – Ashley Hallmark went a combined 3-for-7 with a run scored and an RBI, but the Concordia Texas softball team were unable to complete a comeback, falling to UT Dallas in a doubleheader on Friday.

The Tornados returned home to Tornado Softball Field for the first time since Feb. 15, opening a three-game series against the Comets.

In game one, CTX struck first, pushing across a run in the opening inning, but it was all they amounted as the Comets came from behind for a 2-1 victory.

In the first, after quick two outs, Erica Riley ripped a double down the right-field line for the game's first hit. She stole third and came home on Hallmark's RBI single, making it 1-0.

Meanwhile, in the circle, Bailey Tisdale was dominant, striking out four batters and allowing no hits through the first three frames.

She ran into trouble in the fourth though as the Comets plated a pair of runs and went in front 2-1.

Hallmark recorded her second hit of the game in the sixth inning, stole second, but was stranded after a pop out ended the inning.

The Tornados were retired in order in the following inning, falling 2-1 to UTD.

In the second game of the night, Riley and Kylie Pavlicek each tallied a pair of hits, but CTX only scored a run, coming up short 2-1 to the Comets.

It was a scoreless bout between the teams till the fifth inning when UTD scratched across a pair of runs and led 2-0.

The Tornados were quick to respond in the bottom half of the inning as Hallmark doubled to right and scored later in the inning on a Comets' throwing error, cutting the deficit in half at 2-1.

Megan Hooper tallied her lone hit of the night in the following frame but CTX was unable to continue the inning, trailing 2-1 going into the seventh.

In their final at-bat, the Tornados were retired in order, dropping the second game of the doubleheader 2-1.

Concordia Texas will look to salvage the series on Saturday in the finale, hosting the Comets at noon from Tornado Softball Field.