Perez named Big Sky Player of the Week

Just two weeks into the season, the Montana men's tennis team picked up its first Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honoree, the league announced Wednesday.

Fernando Perez, who was undefeated in a pair of wins for UM over Eastern Washington and Grand Canyon, earned Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career.

Not only did Perez pick up a pair of wins, he clinched the victory over the Antelopes in dramatic fashion in a three-set thriller.

The junior from Murica, Spain, breezed past EWU's Caden Kammerer 6-1, 6-1, on Friday in a 7-0 Grizzly win.

On Sunday he gutted-out a two-hour, three set, come-from-behind win over fellow Spaniard Pablo Salvador 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, to clinch Montana's 4-1 win over GCU.

Perez' two doubles matches both went unfinished, leaving him at 2-0 on the weekend.

Montana, now 4-0 on the early season, returns home this weekend for a nonconference dual against Whitman at the Peak Racquet Club on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Admission to the Peak is free and open to the public.

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Fernando Perez

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