COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Each week during the 2018-19 season a Maryland student-athlete, who has shown excellence on and off the playing field, will be selected as the Solomon Eye Associates Terp of the Week. This week's Solomon Eye Associates Terp of the Week is Virunpat Olankitkunchai of the women's golf team. 

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After strong showings in the second and third rounds, sophomore Virunpat Olankitkunchai of the Maryland women's golf team finished tied for 43rd in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Sunday at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
 
Olankitkunchai teed off in the third and final round Monday just before 8 a.m. local time. She birdied three holes, parred three holes and bogeyed three holes on the front nine to stay even. On the back nine, she bogeyed 12 and 14, then birdied the par-4 18^th hole to finish +1 on the day. She finished the tournament with a score of 230 (83-73-74), which was +11 overall.
 
Olankitkunchai moved up 58 spots on the leaderboard from her first round to finish tied for 43^rd out of the 132- player field. Olankitkunchai entered the tournament ranked No. 72 in the country and beat 28 players ranked ahead of her. She was one of just 12 individuals in the country to advance to the NCAA Championships.