LAS VEGAS, Nev. — University of Hawai'i sophomore forward Amber Gilbert scored her team-high fourth goal of the season, senior goalkeeper Sophie Augustin repeatedly denied UNLV threats in the final moments and the Rainbow Wahine soccer team earned a 1-1 draw with the Rebels on Sunday at Peter Johann Memorial Field in Las Vegas.
 
After UNLV took the lead with a penalty kick in the 23^rd minute, Gilbert scored the equalizer less than two minutes later and Augustin posted seven saves — five in the second half — as the Rainbow Wahine closed non-conference play at 1-2-2.  
 
UNLV (2-2-2) struck first in the fifth all-time meeting between the programs, and the first since 2015, after drawing a foul in the box midway through the first half. Kitty Jones-Black, a Kamehameha graduate, converted the penalty kick into the left side of the net to push the Rebels ahead.
 
The Rainbow Wahine answered quickly when Gilbert tracked down a high bouncing ball and poked it past the UNLV goalkeeper near the top of the box. She then slipped a shot past two Rebel defenders and into the right side of the net to even the match in the 25^th minute and tie her goal total of the 2022 season when she was named to the Big West's All-Freshman team.
 
Gilbert nearly gave UH the lead moments later when her shot from the right side banged off the crossbar and the teams went into halftime tied 1-1.
 
The Rainbow Wahine kept the pressure on in the second half and the teams traded shots in a frantic final 10 minutes. Augustin came out to stop a shot by UNLV's Trinity Buchanan then denied another on the rebound and made another save on a drive from Kam Jalayer with just under five minutes to play.
 
UH put together a final push and a shot by Brynn Mitchell was punched over the goal by UNLV keeper Lucia Guemes with less than a minute left. UH's corner kick as time expired was turned away and the series between the teams remained knotted at 2-2-1.
 
UH took 17 shots to UNLV's 14 and Guemes finished with five saves for the Rebels.
 
UH returns home following a two-game road trip and will have an 11-day break between matches before opening the Big West schedule against CSUN on Sept. 14 at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Complex.