Palm Springs, Calif. ? The Kansas University softball team was shut out, 4-0, by the University of California-Santa Barbara on day three of the Cathedral City Classic on Saturday evening.

KU, 1-3 during the tournament, fell to 5-8 overall. UC-Santa Barbara improved to 8-5.

Kansas scattered four hits throughout the game, but three times it came with two outs in the inning.

Senior Stevie Crisosto finished with two of Kansas’ hits, her second multihit game of the season, and has a team-best four hits so far during the tourney. She is riding a three-game hitting streak.

UC-Santa Barbara stole one of the Jayhawks’ best scoring opportunities when the center fielder saved an Allie Clark hit from sailing over the fence for a home run. Clark hit a deep fly ball straight out in center field, but the Gauchos’ center fielder’s reach was just long enough to snag the catch, while simultaneously falling through the temporary outfield fencing to hang onto the ball.

Despite stranding two runners in the second and third innings, UC-Santa Barbara was able to bring in a run in the top of the fourth. The Gauchos led off the inning with a double and, following a sacrifice bunt, batted in a run off another double.

UC-Santa Barbara tacked on two more in the top of the fifth from a walk and two singles to expand its lead to 3-0. A trio of hits in the seventh inning produced the Gauchos’ final run.

Crisosto had four assists and four putouts at shortstop while also helping to turn two doubles plays.

Freshman pitcher Sarah Blair, who entered in the third inning for junior Sarah Vertelka to take the loss, pitched in on defense with four assists.

Kansas softball will wrap up play in the Cathedral City Classic at 11 a.m. today against Cal, followed by a contest with Cal Poly at 1 p.m.