Winkelhausen found success after joining the Pätz rink in 2014, playing second. The team won two WCT events in their first season together (the 2014 Red Deer Curling Classic and the 2015 International Bernese Ladies Cup.) They also made it to the quarterfinals of the 2014 Masters of Curling and also played in the 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. The team won the Swiss championship and went on to win a gold medal at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Later that year, she represented Switzerland at the 2015 European Curling Championships, where they missed the playoffs with a 4-5 record.