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HOUSTON, Texas -- For a short period on Thursday afternoon, Christopher Newport sophomore Erica Whitehouse was alone at the top of the leaderboard at the 2019 NCAA Division III Women's Golf National Championships. The Captains' second-year star cruised through her third round at the Bay Oaks Country Club and signed for a three-over 75. Heading into the final round, Whitehouse is +9 and just two strokes off the lead in fourth place. 

After a birdie on the 155-yard Par 3 third hole, which served as Whitehouse's 12th hole of the day, the CNU sophomore took the lead at six-over par. She closed three-over in the final six holes to fall back to fourth, but a tremendous start to her third round has the Captains' participant in contention with just 18 holes left to play. 

Whitehouse got on a run of pars to start her round on Thursday, knocking in seven par putts in a row before giving a stroke back on the 350-yard Par 4 17th. She buried three more pars before getting back even with the birdie on three. 

In her third round, Whitehouse finished with 13 pars and a birdie. Her five-over performance on the Par 4 holes this week ranks fourth in the tournament with a 4.17 scoring average. She also is one-over on the Par 5 holes with a 5.08 average so far. 

The CAC Player of the Year has finished her three rounds of play in 225 strokes, scoring a 77-73-75 line over the first 54 holes. That mark matches the best three-round score of her season as she heads into the first fourth round appearance of her career. 

The field was cut down to 15 teams and six individuals not among those teams after Thursday's moving day, leaving just 81 players vying for the 2019 national championship on Friday. Whitehouse will tee off from the 10th hole, where she has started the last two days, at 9:30 a.m. in Houston on Friday. As she has all week, Whitehouse will play with Bailey Plourde (+8), tied for second, and Taylor Beckwith (+16), in 16th place. 

Emily Salamy of Rhodes College currently holds the top spot on the individual leaderboard with a seven-over par score. Cordelia Chan and Plourde are tied for second at eight-over with Whitehouse alone in fourth place at nine over.