A night after being run-ruled by the expansion Oklahoma City Spark, the Texas Volts answered with their first win of the 2026 season, an 8-5 victory that featured a feel-good return and another power surge.
The story in the circle was Alyssa Denham, who tossed six innings to earn the win in her first game action in 655 days. The former Arizona standout had undergone a spinal fusion procedure in November 2024 to repair a fractured back, making her return to a professional mound a milestone in itself.
The bats backed her up. Texas matched a season high with 11 hits, paced by back-to-back home runs from Aminah Vega and Tiare Jennings in the third inning. Vega — a reserve-pool addition who hit .464 in her final season at Duke — connected for the first home run of her professional career and drove in three. Jennings stayed scorching with a solo shot, her second long ball in as many days. Aliyah Binford added a pinch-hit homer in the seventh.
The win evened the series at a game apiece and gave the young Volts their first taste of winning softball in 2026.
Recap compiled from the official AUSL box score and league reporting.