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Joe Kissel

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Tennis
Joe Kissel arrived in 2006 at Pike Creek to a second-year women's tennis program still looking for its first win.  What he turned it into was a juggernaut that won the CACC title in 2016 and 2017, claimed a share of the regular season title in 2018 and competed in eight NCAA Tournaments.  He produced 148 wins during his 13 seasons that included the 2014-15 team finishing 31st in the country, the 2017-18 squad ending 32nd and the 2018-19 unit ending 44th.  The Lightning also posted winning campaigns in his final 11 seasons dating to 2008-09 and double-digit victories in nine of the last 11 campaigns.  The 2014-15 season was one of the most memorable with the squad winning a program-record 18 matches and upending CACC-foe Chestnut Hill, becoming the first squad in school history in any sport to win a head-to-head NCAA Tournament contest.  The 2018-19 unit claimed a share of its third straight CACC regular-season title and advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament, marking the furthest a GBC team in any sport advanced in an NCAA sponsored event.
 
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