Michael Rosen

Summer Managing Editor at The Daily Californian

Michael Rosen is the current Sports Editor and a Senior Staff writer at the Daily Cal. He served as the Assistant Sports Editor in the spring of 2013. In his time in the sports department, he has covered almost every prominent Cal sport, including football, men's basketball, women's softball and baseball. He was hired in the fall of 2011 as a men's soccer writer.

Softball

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Field of Dreams

Jolene Henderson isn't just the best pitcher on the Cal softball team; she's the best in the country. Her dominant collegiate campaign literally began in her own backyard.

In the backyard of a house in Sacramento, Calif., the best pitcher in college softball transformed from a troubled benchwarmer to a full-fledged superstar. Jolene Henderson is 14-1 with a 0.99 ERA this season. Behind her signature changeup and blazing fastball, Henderson has blown by virtually every team she’s faced
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Softball

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Cal takes care of Princeton in final nonconference game

In the Cal softball team’s last game before the commencement of Pac-12 play, it was the Valerie Arioto Show. Arioto hit a two-run homer in the first inning and pitched five scoreless innings, leading the Bears to a 8-0 victory in five innings over Princeton on Tuesday at Levine-Fricke Field.
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Softball

Monday, March 19, 2012

No. 1 Bears’ Hawaii road trip, perfect record besmirched by loss

The No. 1 Cal softball team has finally lost. After facing five quality opponents in the span of three days, the fatigue and competition finally got to the resilient Bears, forcing them to drop a game to Hawaii on Thursday, 3-1, in 10 innings. After defeating No. 21 Texas A&M
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Softball

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Cal, Henderson shut down Aggies in Spring Fling opener

One down, four to go. In the first game of the treacherous Hawaii Spring Fling tournament in Honolulu, the No. 1 Cal softball team took down the No. 21 Texas A&M Aggies, 3-0, on Wednesday behind a one-hitter from starting pitcher Jolene Henderson and an offensively strong fifth inning. “We
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Softball

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

No. 1 Cal begins Hawaii Spring Fling with Aggies

The No. 1 Cal softball team is getting a little repetitive. After a fifth consecutive weekend in which the Bears not only swept their four opponents but mercilessly shellacked them, Cal begins the ascent towards the tallest mountain of all: Pac-12 play. But before the inaugural conference opener against Stanford
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Softball

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Cal bludgeons hapless Aggies

As the No. 1 Cal Bears softball team took on 6-14 UC Davis at Levine-Fricke Field in Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon, it was less a matter of if the game would get out of hand and more of a question of exactly when. It didn’t take long. Breana Kostreba hit
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Softball

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cal takes on Aggies in first home game of season

The Bears just keep on rolling. This past weekend, the No. 1 Cal softball team competed in its fourth tournament in as many weekends, at the DeMarini Invitational in Fullerton, Calif. The result of the weekend’s slate of games was, predictably, another sweep. The Cal Bears thoroughly demolished their competition, outscoring
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Softball

Monday, February 20, 2012

Bears finish off tourney with pounding of LSU

Another weekend, another sweep. The No. 1 Cal softball team continued its pillaging of any and all comers Sunday in Henderson, Nev., with a resounding 14-3 victory over No. 24 LSU. “I thought they were definitely one of the better teams we played this year,” said pitcher Jolene Henderson. “Fortunately,
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Bear Bytes

Friday, February 17, 2012

Player of the Week: Valerie Arioto

The accolades just keep on coming for the Cal softball team. After a 4-0 showing at the Kajikawa classic in Tempe, the Bears ascended to the No. 1 position in the ESPN rankings. And now, first baseman/pitcher Valerie arioto has received some accolades of her own. The USA softball national team
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Bear Bytes

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Cal alums Alex Morgan, Natalie Coughlin in SI Swimsuit issue

According to the opening paragraph of its Wikipedia page, Berkeley houses nine Nobel Prizes, 139 Guggenheim Fellows, three Pulitzer prizes, and is consistently ranked as the greatest public school in the history of the universe. But never has a Berkeley alum achieved the lofty status that Alex Morgan has recently
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Field of Dreams

Jolene Henderson isn't just the best pitcher on the Cal softball team; she's the best in the country. Her dominant collegiate campaign literally began in her own backyard.

Cal takes care of Princeton in final nonconference game

No. 1 Bears’ Hawaii road trip, perfect record besmirched by loss

Cal, Henderson shut down Aggies in Spring Fling opener

No. 1 Cal begins Hawaii Spring Fling with Aggies

Cal bludgeons hapless Aggies

Cal takes on Aggies in first home game of season

Bears finish off tourney with pounding of LSU

Player of the Week: Valerie Arioto

Cal alums Alex Morgan, Natalie Coughlin in SI Swimsuit issue