CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Second-seeded Virginia had another Delaware on its hands Sunday in the opening round of the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament.

This time, the Cavaliers lived to tell the story.

Virginia, also a second seed when it lost to Delaware in 2007, trailed by three goals in the first half and two goals in the second half before rallying for a 10-9 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County.

In a game that was held up 38 minutes by mid-afternoon storms, UVa (13-3) broke a 9-9 tie on an extra-man goal by junior Garrett Billings with 6:50 remaining.

It was the first loss for sixth-seeded UMBC since March 4. The Retrievers (12-4) entered the game on an 11-game winning streak.

"I never felt comfortable," said UVa coach Dom Starsia, whose Cavaliers face seventh-seeded Maryland (10-5) in the quarterfinals Saturday in Annapolis, Md. "As far as I'm concerned, there's always too much time left on the clock."

UMBC got off four shots in the final 2:30, including three in the final 47 seconds.

"Actually, I don't remember any of my saves," said UVa goalie Bud Petit, a fifth-year senior. "I know the last one hit me in the face. I didn't see it. Thank God it hit my face.

"It seemed like we had it won three or four times down there, making a save or picking up a ground ball and then having UMBC coming back fighting and getting another chance. They had two or three chances when maybe they should have only had one."

Virginia jumped to a quick 2-1 lead, then saw UMBC score four unanswered goals in taking a 5-2 lead with 3:27 remaining in the half. At that point, it was reminiscent of a 14-8 Virginia loss to Delaware at Klockner Stadium, especially in the way UMBC was beginning to control the faceoffs.

The Cavaliers were able to close the deficit to 5-4 when junior Danny Glading scored on a man-up opportunity with 20.3 seconds in the half; then, Glading was to add three more goals in the third quarter, two during a four-goal UVa flurry over the final 3:41 of the period.

That put Virginia ahead 9-7, but UVa couldn't put away the Retrievers, who seemed to have some momentum after making it 9-9 with 11:55 left. The stalemate was broken shortly after UMBC defenseman Bobby Atwell was called for a one-minute roughness penalty with 7:39 left.

UMBC coach Don Zimmerman, who won three national championships at Johns Hopkins in the 1980s, protested the calls, but the officials ruled that Atwell was a little overzealous when he whacked UVa's Brian Carroll after he had fallen to the ground.

"I think it's [lacrosse] a rough game," Zimmerman said. "I was a little surprised by it."

The game originally was scheduled for 5 p.m., but a thunderstorm hit the Charlottesville area at approximately 3:30 p.m., and a baseball game at adjoining Davenport Field ultimately was halted by wet grounds.

Starsia admitted that it crossed his mind that the lacrosse game might not start until 7 or 8 p.m.

"The way things were going, it would have been good news if you had told me we would be starting by 8 p.m.," he said.

There were puddles in front of both goal mouths at the game's start, but the rain stopped and the field drained well.

The conditions didn't slow down UVa's starting attack of Glading, Billings and Ben Rubeor, who combined for nine of UVa's 10 goals. Glading had been nursing a hamstring problem for the second half of the season.

"By far, it was the best I've felt." Glading said.

It was the fourth one-goal victory of the season for the Cavaliers, who also have won two games by two goals.

"In all the games we won by a goal or two, we've always played smart at the end." Glading said. "We've just got to clean up some of the early sloppiness."

UMBC 2 3 2 2--9

Virginia 2 2 5 1--10

UMBC, Goals, Latham 3, Hopmann 2, Wimer 2, Davis 2. Assists, Kimener 2, Davos, Hopmann, Wimer.

Virginia, Goals, Glading 4, Billings 3, Rubeor 2, S. Bratton. Assists: Billings 2, Lamade 2, Glading, Rubeor.

Saves: UMBC, Blevins 12. Virginia, Petit 8.

Shots: UVa 42-33.

Faceoffs: 10-10.