DOHA, Qatar, October 11, 2025.- Scribner & Grimes strung together nine wins without dropping a set to win the gold medal as another American pair, Avery & Addison Junk, settled for silver.
USA have retained the FIVB Beach Volleyball Under 18 World Championship title. The pair of Jordyn Scribner & Ella Grimes beat the Junk twin sisters, Avery and Addison, in straight sets in an all-American final on Saturday to ensure USA retained the title won by Myriah Massey & Lily Davis in Shangluo, China last year when the competition was played in Under-19 age-group. Belgium’s Lente Thant & Simone Vervloet settled for bronze after a three-set victory over Esmee Radstake & Jara Both of the Netherlands in the third-place playoff.
Scribner & Grimes’ gold medal brings USA joint level with Brazil as the most successful nation in this age group on the girls’ side, with four titles each.
The all-American girls’ final unfolded in three sets with Jordyn Scribner & Ella Grimes emerging 2-0 (21-13, 24-22) winners over the Junk sisters to win the gold medal unbeaten and without dropping a set in 9 matches, including 2 games in the qualification phase.
“Since we started out in the qualification, we told ourselves that we are not going down without a fight. We pushed for every single point and I’m so happy with how it went down. We came here to win and that’s what we did,” said Scribner.
“I feel like both of us worked so hard to get here. They are our friends but we had to turn it on once we got on the court. We worked so hard together, pushed for every point and I’m super glad that we won,” added Grimes.
The Junk sisters had stormed the final on a 6-0 win-loss record including their 2-1 win over Esmee Radstake & Jara Both of the Netherlands in Saturday’s semifinal. However, they tasted their first loss of the competition at the hands of their compatriots in the fiercely contested final.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to play in the final of a tournament like this but we weren’t at our best today. They were the better team and we are happy that USA still defends the title,” said Addison.
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