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2020-21 Wrestling Roster

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Laurence Kosoy

  • Class Senior
  • Weight 165
  • Hometown Boca Raton, Fla.
  • Previous School Olympic Heights
  • College CC

Biography

- 2019 Second-Team All-Ivy
- 2019 EIWA All-Academic Team

2019-20:
Did not compete (Greyshirt).

2018-19 (Junior): Posted the second-most wins on the squad, going 26-11 overall ... Finished seventh at 165 pounds at the EIWA Championships to earn a alternate bid to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships ... Named to Second-Team All-Ivy and named to the EIWA All-Academic Team ... Finished 11-4 in dual matches, 7-3 in EIWA bouts and 4-1 in Ivy League matches ... Ripped off eight-match winning streak (Nov. 18 - Jan 1) Had three straight wins at the Princeton Open (Nov. 4), winning 21-6 via technical fall against Chase Anklam (USMAPS), pinning Jack Bond (Old Dominion) at 1:18 and taking down Stanford's Dom Mandarino, 4-3 ... Began eight match winning streak with a victory via fall at 3:43 over Buffalo's Noah Grover at the Black Knight Invite (Nov. 18) ... Wrapped up Black Knight Invite with a 6-4 (SV-1) victory over Aiden Monteverdi (Binghamton) ... Won the 165-pound title at the Mat Town Open (Nov. 25), taking down Nathan Thacker (Finger Lakes), 17-0, Lock Haven's Larry Brown, 6-0, and Virginia's Cameron Coy via fall at 4:05 ... Opened dual match season with back-to-back wins over Jakob Kennedy of VMI (Dec. 8), 6-0 and Northern Colorado's Macoy Flanagan (Dec. 10), 11-4 ... Won three matches at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1), winning 6-4 over Air Force's Marcus Amico, 4-1 in a rematch against Monteverdi and via fall at 6:27 against Appalachian State's Michael Elliot (Jan. 2) ... Got season's first EIWA win over Anthony Wokasch of American (Jan. 12), 8-4 ... Won first Ivy League match of the season with 4-1 victory over Cornell's Jake Brindley (Jan. 19) ... Had back-to-back Ivy League wins over Penn's Evan Deluise (Feb. 9), 5-0 and 7-1 against Dale Tiongson from Princeton (Feb. 10) ... Finished the regular season with three straight wins, taking down Harvard's Tyler Tarsi (Feb. 16), 3-0, D.J. Hollingshead from Bucknell (Feb. 23), 3-0 and Bloomsburg's Alex Carida (Feb. 23), 4-2 ... Earned three wins at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9), to finish seventh, starting with an opening win via technical fall (18-0 [6:25]) over Crew Fullerton (Franklin & Marshall) ... Added a 5-0 win in rematch against Wokasch and took down Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell), 12-1, in the seventh place match.

2017-18 (Sophomore): Went 8-17 during his second season, including a 4-9 mark in duals ... Won three matches via pin, and one more with a major decision.

2016-17 (Freshman): Became the dual meet starter at 157 pounds during his first season, going 10-9 overall ... Helped the Lions to dual match victories against Hofstra and Bloomsburg.

Personal: A four-time state qualifier at Olympic Heights High School in Florida ... Won the state championship in 2016 at 170 pounds, finishing the season 53-1 overall with 44 pins ... Claimed third during the state championships in 2015 at 160, and second in 2013 at 132 ...  Took part in the NHSCA tournament and the Disney Duals competing for the South Florida Lightning ... The son of Natalya and Roman Kosoy ... Brother, Mike, was a heavyweight wrestler at NC State ... Will attend Columbia College.

Career Record (2016-19):

2016-17: 10-9, 1-3 EIWA; 0-2 Ivy League
2017-18: 8-17, 2-7 EIWA; 0-5 Ivy League
2018-19: 26-11, 7-3 EIWA; 4-1 Ivy League
Totals: 44-37, 10-13 EIWA; 4-8 Ivy League

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    165 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    165 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    165 lbs
  • 2020-21Senior

    165 lbs