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Shoshana Seumanutafa’s name is a mouthful.

And when the University of Alberta Pandas faced her on the rugby pitch last Friday, they found out they’d bitten off more than they could chew, too.

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UBC’s freshman outside centre scored three tries and was responsible for another as the Thunderbirds rallied to beat Alberta for the first time in school history, winning 29-19.

Seumanutafa — for the record, it’s pronounced “Say-U-Man-Ew-Ta-Fa” — scored in the seventh and 34th minute of Friday’s game at Ken Woods Field at UBC, putting the home side up by three before the Pandas scored two of their own to take the lead back.

But the 18-year-old from South Surrey earned a penalty try in the 67th and scored again in the 77th to provide the winning points.

“I only found out we hadn’t beaten Alberta (before) after the game,” said the 5-foot-4 Seumanutafa, who is of Samoan descent.

“I was really proud of all of our girls. We had put in some hard work in training … so I think it paid off.”