The field hockey team received some good news on the eve of its first game of the NorPac Championships last night, as five players and coach Tara Danielson earned all-conference honors at the conference awards banquet.

Junior Becky Dru highlighted the selections, nabbing her second straight Defense Player of the Year award while also being named Co-Player of the Year with California’s Andre Earle and to her third consecutive All-NorPac team.

Dru leads the team in goals (14) and points (35) and was joined on the all-conference list by seniors Stephanie Byrne and Ale Moss, as well as freshman Alex McCawley.

Moss has had a solid year in goal with six shutouts for the No. 6 Cardinal, which is seeking its fifth-straight conference title this weekend at the conference championships.

McCawley and Byrne have both played major roles in Stanford’s attack thus far, combining for eight goals and 17 assists.

Stanford will play Appalachian State at 1:30 p.m. on the Varsity Turf to kick off the postseason.

–Miles Bennett-Smith