Western Kentucky senior Rachel Anderson became just the third player in Lady Topper Volleyball history to record 400 career blocks Friday night as the Lady Toppers fell to UAB in four sets.

The Blazers took down the Lady Toppers 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 17-25 and 25-17). 

WKU fell to 14-7 overall and 5-2 in Conference USA play, while UAB improved to 11-9 with a 3-3 mark in league action.

Sophia Cerino led WKU with 10 kills on a .304 hitting clip, while adding three of the Lady Toppers’ eight aces. Hallie Shelton also contributed a trio of aces along with six digs, four kills and an assist.

With her first two blocks in the match, Anderson moved into third all time on WKU volleyball’s career blocks list. Her third block made her just the third-ever Lady Topper to register 400 career blocks. 

Lauren Matthews also added four blocks in the contest, while contributing nine kills on the night.

Payton Frederick led WKU in the dig column with 16, while Darby Music also hit double figures with 10.

Mary Martin and Taylor Bebout shared setting duties and finished with 16 and 19 assists, respectively.

WKU will travel to Clarksville, Tenn., on Tuesday night to wrap up nonconference action with Austin Peay before returning to Diddle Arena on Friday evening to host Conference USA foe North Texas.