Three Finish Inside Top-25, Dukes Place Fifth at The Southern

Monday, September 8

Statesboro, Ga. | Forest Heights Country Club

James Madison University

The Southern

Three Finish Inside Top-25, Dukes Place Fifth at The Southern

9/9/2025 3:28:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

STATESBORO, Ga. – Three members of the James Madison women's golf team finished inside the top 25 to lead the Dukes to a fifth-place finish at The Southern to open the 2025-26 season on Tuesday afternoon.

Freshman Klára Sionková led the Dukes, tying for 15th in her collegiate debut with a three-round score of 226 (+10). Sionková opened the tournament with a one-under 71 on the par-72, 6,316-yard Forest Heights Country Club. She then carded rounds of 77 and 78 to close the tournament.

Junior Grace Petzold (76-72-79) and freshman Emerson Elm (76-73-78) tied for 17th at 227 (+11) to round out the top-25 finishes in the 70-player field.

As a team, James Madison placed fifth out of 13 teams with a 54-hole total of 912 (+48), finishing with rounds of 300-299-313 across the two-day tournament.

Rounding out the JMU contingent was sophomore Bella Flores, who managed a three-round aggregate of 232 (+16) after tallying rounds of 77-77-78. Senior Maria Atwood tied for 58th with a 54-hole score of 243 (+27) and rounds of 77-84-82.

The Dukes will be back in action at the Elon Invitational, which is set for Sept. 15-16 in Burlington, N.C.