Joel McCandless of the 2024-2025 Men's Tennis team.

Joel McCandless

  • Award
    Doubles Team
  • Week Of
    5/5/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Lexington, Mass.
  • High School
    Lexington
The RPI second doubles team of Tsubi Okada and Joel McCandless went 2-0 at the Liberty League Championship, helping the Engineers clinch the doubles point in both matches. In the semifinal against Skidmore, Okada and McCandless picked up the team's second doubles win, 6-3, to earn the doubles point. In the championship match against Hobart, the teams split matches at first and third doubles, leaving second doubles as the deciding match. Okada and McCandless rallied from an early break to record a 6-4 victory, clinching the point for RPI.