BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — University of Michigan rising junior Madeleine “Maddy” Scarth (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada/Huntington Beach (Calif.)) and Canada experienced a 9-4 loss to Australia in both teams’ second game of Group D competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Women’s Junior World Championships (U20) in Salvador, Brazil.
Canada – which is competing in Group D with South Africa, China and Australia – falls to 0-2 following an earlier 12-8 defeat by the People’s Republic of China on August 10.
Australia never trailed in the game by pushing out to 3-0 and 4-0 margins at the end of the first and second quarters, respectively. Trailing 5-2 by the conclusion of the third quarter, Canada was outscored 4-2 in the fourth quarter for the 9-4 final margin.
Canada will conclude its Group D competition at 10:30 a.m. local/9:30 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, August 12, against South Africa.
All matches for the 2025 World Aquatics Women’s Junior World Championships are scheduled to stream live on the World Aquatics YouTube site. Live statistics and postgame box scores are available from MicroPlus Timing Services.
A member of the Canadian Junior National Team which placed second at the 19U Pan-American Championships in 2022. Scarth started her tenure at Michigan by appearing in three games during a redshirt season. In 2025, she accounted for 14 goals, nine assists, seven steals and won three-of-seven sprint attempts.
