Chelsea's Garrett Livernois returns a ball in his No. 2 singles match against Stevensville Lakeshore at Beach Middle School in Chelsea on Friday. (Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com)

What a difference a day makes.

Fresh off a sub-par performance against Haslett in a season-opening quad a day earlier, the Chelsea High School boys tennis team was hoping to find its swing Friday in triangular action with Dearborn and Stevensville Lakeshore.

The Bulldogs did just that, topping Dearborn 6-2 and tying Lakeshore 4-4 at Beach Middle School in Chelsea. Playing short-handed, the Bulldogs forfeited at No. 4 singles against both teams.

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"I think we played a little more consistent today than yesterday," said Chelsea coach Rahn Rosentreter. "We have nine seniors and they seemed to be a little nervous yesterday for whatever reason. Today, they seemed to be more in control."

Seniors TJ DeRosia and Zach Schepers went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles. The duo dropped just three games, winning by counts of 6-2, 6-0 over Lakeshore and 6-0, 6-1 over Dearborn.

"We weren't really where we wanted to be (yesterday), but today we played better," said DeRosia. "We are where we should be. It's good to just get a good start to the season."

It was, in fact, Chelsea's doubles teams that took the reigns Friday. The Bulldogs (2-1-1) swept Dearborn in doubles and gave up only one doubles loss to Lakeshore.

That one loss, however, may have been a blessing in disguise.

"We came in kind of cocky (against Lakeshore)," admitted Aaron Zynda, who along with Henry Mountain, fell 7-6 (5), 6-2 at No. 2 doubles. "We got too far ahead of ourselves and fell apart.

"I think it's better that we lost that one. We learned we need to do the fundamentals exceptionally well. We have to do the basics -- following through on our groundstrokes and things like that."

Chelsea's No. 3 pair, Jake Ripberger and Drew Johnson, meanwhile, kept their opponents backpedaling with a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over Dearborn and a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Lakeshore.

In the No. 4 bouts, Nick Young and Nate England made quick work of the competition for 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-0 victories.

"Once they slow down a little bit and realize that it's just tennis, then they're in good shape," said Rosentreter.

"Today was a good day," Rosentreter added. "It was nice to come back after the mistakes that we saw yesterday, so that we can right away correct them. Get on the court again, see somebody different and keep building."

Kaleb Roedel is a sports writer for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at (734)623-2562 and e-mailed at kalebroedel@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @Kaleb_R.