Wiger-Nordas named Player of the Week after weekend sweep
3/18/2026 10:55:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Baltazar Wiger-Nordas went undefeated in singles and doubles to lead Montana to a historic pair of wins in Oregon over the weekend and has been named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week for the second time in his career for the effort, the league announced Wednesday. Â
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The Grizzly senior led Montana to a road sweep that included UM's first win over the West Coast Conference's University of Portland in program history, and a Big Sky Conference win over Portland State.
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"Baltazar found his flow in Portland, which was good to see. For us to be successful this season we need our seniors at the top to be playing well. Our goal is for everyone to be playing their best tennis in March and April, so it was nice to see him hit his stride," said head coach Jason Brown.
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The Portland Pilots, a traditionally strong team in the competitive WCC, have only lost two matches to a team from the Big Sky in the last decade. Montana made it a third with a 5-2 win, the largest margin of victory ever for a team from the Big Sky inside UP's Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center.
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Along with his doubles partner Duncan McCall, Wiger-Nordas opened the weekend with a 6-4 win over Portland's Fernando/Keremedechiev pair – the reigning WCC Doubles Team of the Week. That win on court one set the tone for the Griz, who went on to clinch the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead over the Pilots.
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The native of Bergen, Norway, then took down Tom Garcia in straight sets on court two, winning 6-3, 6-3, in the first singles win of the day for UM as the Griz went on to a 5-2 victory.
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Against Portland State, Wiger-Nordas and McCall again led UM to a doubles point with a 6-4 win on court one over the Cravenzola/Schotanus pair.
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He then followed that up with another straight-set win on court two, beating Maas Schotanus 6-4, 6-4, for the first of four UM singles wins en-route to a 5-2 league win for the Griz.
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Wiger-Nordas is coming off one of the most decorated seasons in program history as a junior, helping lead UM to its first Big Sky title in a decade. He capped his junior year with first team all-conference honors in singles, a top 20 regional singles ranking and a top 10 regional doubles ranking at the end of the year.
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At the tail end of the nonconference season, he's racked-up a 7-3 doubles record with four singles wins as well.
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He and the Griz return to Big Sky play this week with a road trip to Idaho to face the Vandals inside the Kibbie Dome on March 20, followed by the nonconference final at Lewis-Clark State on March 21.
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The Grizzly senior led Montana to a road sweep that included UM's first win over the West Coast Conference's University of Portland in program history, and a Big Sky Conference win over Portland State.
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"Baltazar found his flow in Portland, which was good to see. For us to be successful this season we need our seniors at the top to be playing well. Our goal is for everyone to be playing their best tennis in March and April, so it was nice to see him hit his stride," said head coach Jason Brown.
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The Portland Pilots, a traditionally strong team in the competitive WCC, have only lost two matches to a team from the Big Sky in the last decade. Montana made it a third with a 5-2 win, the largest margin of victory ever for a team from the Big Sky inside UP's Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center.
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Along with his doubles partner Duncan McCall, Wiger-Nordas opened the weekend with a 6-4 win over Portland's Fernando/Keremedechiev pair – the reigning WCC Doubles Team of the Week. That win on court one set the tone for the Griz, who went on to clinch the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead over the Pilots.
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The native of Bergen, Norway, then took down Tom Garcia in straight sets on court two, winning 6-3, 6-3, in the first singles win of the day for UM as the Griz went on to a 5-2 victory.
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Against Portland State, Wiger-Nordas and McCall again led UM to a doubles point with a 6-4 win on court one over the Cravenzola/Schotanus pair.
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He then followed that up with another straight-set win on court two, beating Maas Schotanus 6-4, 6-4, for the first of four UM singles wins en-route to a 5-2 league win for the Griz.
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Wiger-Nordas is coming off one of the most decorated seasons in program history as a junior, helping lead UM to its first Big Sky title in a decade. He capped his junior year with first team all-conference honors in singles, a top 20 regional singles ranking and a top 10 regional doubles ranking at the end of the year.
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At the tail end of the nonconference season, he's racked-up a 7-3 doubles record with four singles wins as well.
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He and the Griz return to Big Sky play this week with a road trip to Idaho to face the Vandals inside the Kibbie Dome on March 20, followed by the nonconference final at Lewis-Clark State on March 21.
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