Benjamin Rosenberg

Starkville

Mississippi State Beat Reporter at The Commercial Dispatch

Freelance journalist with @PrepSoftball, @theAUSLofficial and more. Past: @CDispatch, @VNewsUV. Alum @MedillSchool. He/him. Taking it one game at a time.

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Articles

Prep Softball's 2025 Player Of The Year: Hannah DeMarcus

4 days ago | prepsoftball.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Hannah DeMarcus Hannah DeMarcus RHP Pace | 2027 #15 Nation FL was pitching in a preseason scrimmage game at Pace High School in northwest Florida when her catcher, Lana Gonzales, made a comment that she will never forget. “Bro, you throw just like Jayden.”Gonzales was comparing her battery mate to Jayden Heavener, who had graduated from Pace the year before with every accolade imaginable.
2025 All-Prep Softball Third-Team All-Americans

1 week ago | prepsoftball.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Photo: Torynn Slaughter/IG In this article:  The high school softball season is winding down in most states, and top players from all over the country have made names for themselves with breakout performances.   From speedy slappers to powerful sluggers to flamethrowers in the pitcher's circle, all nine of these 2025 All-Prep Softball Third-Team All-Americans are top contributors to their high school teams and are sure...
2025 All-Prep Softball Second-Team All-Americans

1 week ago | prepsoftball.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Photo: Addisyn Trackwell/IG In this article:  The high school softball season is winding down in most states, and top players from all over the country have made names for themselves with breakout performances.   From speedy slappers to powerful sluggers to flamethrowers in the pitcher's circle, all nine of these 2025 All-Prep Softball Second-Team All-Americans are top contributors to their high school teams and are...
2025 All-Prep Softball First-Team All-Americans

1 week ago | prepsoftball.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Photo: Halle Bailey/IG In this article:  The high school softball season is winding down in most states, and top players from all over the country have made names for themselves with breakout performances.   From speedy slappers to powerful sluggers to flamethrowers in the pitcher's circle, all nine of these 2025 All-Prep Softball First-Team All-Americans are top contributors to their high school teams and are sure to...
Mississippi State softball sees season end in Lubbock Regional final

2 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

In the end, Raelin Chaffin and Mississippi State just ran out of gas. After surviving a grueling, 11-10 elimination-game win Saturday night against Washington, the Bulldogs stayed in the fight again Sunday against their much more well-rested opponent, No. 12 seed Texas Tech. But Chaffin, who has carried MSU in the pitcher’s circle all year, was not sharp against the powerful Red Raider bats on a windy day in Lubbock. The Bulldogs fell 9-6 in the regional final as their season came to a close.
Rapid Recap: No. 12 Texas Tech 9, Mississippi State 6

2 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Facing NiJaree Canady for the fourth time in the last two seasons, Mississippi State forced Texas Tech’s superstar ace into by far her worst start of the year in terms of runs allowed. But the Bulldogs still saw their 2025 campaign come to an end Sunday in the Lubbock Regional final with a x-x loss to the No. 12 seed Red Raiders.
What we learned from Mississippi State baseball’s series sweep at Missouri

2 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

There were many points over the last two months when Mississippi State’s season looked left for dead. The Bulldogs were on the wrong end of sweeps against Texas and LSU in March and were still sitting on just one Southeastern Conference win after losing the series opener at home to South Carolina.
Softball: Chaffin, Mississippi State beat Washington in NCAA Tournament opener

3 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Taking the field for the first time in nine days, Mississippi State wasted no time shaking off the sour taste that a shutout loss to LSU in the Southeastern Conference Tournament had left in its mouth. The Bulldogs were held to just one hit in that game. In the opening round of the Lubbock Regional on Friday night against Washington, they had five hits in the first inning alone.
Men’s Tennis: Mississippi State’s season ends with grueling loss in NCAA quarterfinals

3 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

Mississippi State was in the unenviable position of needing to win on all four remaining courts in order to extend its magical season. And the No. 12 seed Bulldogs very nearly pulled it off. Friday’s NCAA quarterfinal in Waco, Texas, ultimately came down to freshman Niccolo Baroni at No. 3 singles, facing Max Basing of No. 4 seed Stanford. Baroni had taken the first set and dropped the second, then was one game away from clinching the match for MSU with a 5-4 lead in the decisive third.
Inside Raelin Chaffin’s path to becoming Mississippi State softball’s ace

3 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Benjamin Rosenberg

STARKVILLE — Sometimes, when a player transfers away from a program, there’s some friction between the two sides that can boil over if that player ends up facing her former team. But with Raelin Chaffin and her former coach at LSU, Beth Torina, that was never the case. Although Chaffin joined a Southeastern Conference rival by transferring to Mississippi State, Torina never stopped rooting for the right-hander she coached for three years.