The Carthage College baseball team (0-0, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 14th in the March 13 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association/“D3baseball.com” poll, opens its 2012 season with a nine-game spring trip to the Tucson Invitational at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Ariz. 

Carthage opens the trip with a Saturday, March 17 game versus Dakota Wesleyan University at 11 a.m. (all times MST).  On Sunday, March 18, the Red Men play Wisconsin-Superior at 10 a.m., followed by a Monday, March 19 games versus Luther College at 2 p.m. and Carleton College at 6 p.m.  On Tuesday, March 20, Carthage faces Hamline University at 11 a.m.  Following an off-day on Wednesday, March 21, the Red Men take on Carleton at 10 a.m. and No. 9 Eastern Connecticut State University at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 22.  On Friday, March 23, the Red Men play a Noon game with Nebraska Wesleyan University.  The trip concludes on Saturday, March 24 with a 2 p.m. contest against Middlebury College.