Petzold Picks Up Pair of Wins at Great River Cup

Monday, February 16

Gulfport, Miss. | Windance Country Club

James Madison University

Great River Cup

2/17/2026 2:04:00 PM | Women's Golf

GULFPORT, Miss. – The James Madison women's golf team concluded its opening tournament of the spring on Tuesday, competing at the Great River Cup.

JMU finished eighth out of eight teams at the par-72, 6,114-yard Windance Country Club hosted by Sun Belt Conference foes ULM and Southern Miss.

Grace Petzold led the Dukes with a 2-0-1 record, winning both matches on Monday before tying in her final match against Pavarisa Jongpittaporn (Memphis). Petzold finished 1UP on Missouri State's Kiser Pannier and recorded a 2UP decision in Monday's second match against Little Rock's Petra Balkovec.

Bella Flores (1-2-0), Klára Sionková (1-2-0), and Maria Atwood (1-2-0) also picked up wins in the two-day, match-day tournament. Avery Robinson finished 0-2-1 with a tie against Elvira Flodstrom (Little Rock) while freshman Emerson Elm finished 0-3-0, dropping a pair of close matches

Results
Missouri State 3, JMU 2 (0-1-0)
Jiaya Zhang 2&1 Avery Robinson
Bella Flores 1UP Kyleigh Pfitzner
Tierney Baumstark 7&6 Emerson Elm
Chloe Bolte 1UP Klára Sionková
Grace Petzold 1UP Kiser Pannier
Maria Atwood (Ind.) 1UP Isabel Mas Pitarch (ULM)

Little Rock 3.5 JMU 1.5 (0-2-0)
Avery Robinson TIED Elvira Flodstrom
Lara Martin 1UP Bella Flores
Cloe Poizac 1UP Emerson Elm
Eleonore Aernouts 5&4 Klára Sionková
Grace Petzold 2UP Petra Balkovec
Alma Betoret de Salazar (Southern Miss) 1UP Maria Atwood (Ind.)

Memphis 3.5, JMU 1.5 (0-3-0)
Claire Swathwood 5&4 Avery Robinson
Emily Wilson 2&1 Bella Flores
Tilly Garfoot 1UP Emerson Elm
Klára Sionková 2UP Malia Cottriel
Grace Petzold TIED Pavarisa Jongpittaporn
Claire Toddd 4&3 Maria Atwood (Ind.)