I le 2011 FINA World Championships i Shanghai, Saina, na toe tauva ai foi Mate i ni taaloga se lua o le breaststroke, ae na ia ausia se faatinoga matitiva. Na faaiʻu lona tolu sefulu iva i le 100 m breaststroke, ma le tolusefulu-lua i le 200 m breaststroke, faʻapipiʻi lona taimi sili ona telegese o le 1:01.88, ma le 2:15.45, faʻatulagaina. Na ia faaleleia lona faailoga i le taamilosaga muamua, i le 2012 European Championships
i Debrecen, ma le taimi e 2:14.79, ae na faaiʻu i le tulaga sefulu iva.