On Monday, Emma Boettcher grabbed a small piece of television history, dethroning the “Jeopardy!” juggernaut James Holzhauer just as he was poised to break a longstanding record.

Boettcher was no one-game wonder. She won her next two games, making some think she might go on her own Holzhauer-esque streak.

But in the game that aired on Thursday, she finished third, closing the books on her run.

“Being on ‘Jeopardy!’ had to end sometime, and I’m not unhappy with the way it did,” she said in an interview. “It was just marvelous to be there.”

Boettcher, 27, a librarian at the University of Chicago, beat Holzhauer during the episode broadcast on Monday, preventing him from surpassing the $2.52 million Ken Jennings won during his record 74-game streak in 2004. Holzhauer departed with $2.46 million and commended Boettcher on a “world-beating performance.”