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ANNVILLE, Pa. - Lebanon Valley scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to overcome a 21-20 Salisbury lead, using some impressive second-half defense to propel it to a 37-21 win the 2009 ECAC Southwest Bowl at Arnold Field.

The Dutchmen (9-2) set a program record for wins in a season as they won their first postseason hardware since the Tampa Bowl in 1935. LVC was making its first postseason appearance since the 1951 Burley Bowl.

Most Outstanding Player Alex Gilchrist had 10 tackles and a sack, and forced two fumbles, returning one 25 yards for a touchdown to lead the Dutchmen defense, which held Salisbury without a first down in the second half.

Lebanon Valley held Salisbury's outstanding run game to just 134 yards and 184 yards overall, while the Dutchmen racked up 446 yards total, including 239 on the ground.

The duo of Ben Guiles and Charlie Parker combined for 193 yards, with Guiles going for 113 and touchdown and Parker, in the final game of an exceptional career, going for 83 on 28 carries.

Caleb Fick threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns, and Colt Zarilla was 4-for-5 with a touchdown. Sean Donovan caught five balls for 105 yards and a score, while Joe Brennan snagged two touchdowns among his 63 yards receiving.

LVC entered the fourth quarter down 21-20 after Salisbury's Brandon Hudson picked off for a 72-yard touchdown in the third.

But the LVC defense answered back as Will Keylor grabbed a fumble forced by Dane Eichelberger, and Brennan hauled in a spectacular one-handed touchdown grab out of double-coverage to take the lead three plays later.

Gilchrist gave LVC some breathing room when he stepped right into Kurt Purnell's option pitch and had nothing but daylight for a 25-yard fumble takeback, and Bruno Iozzo capped the effort when he sacked Purnell in the end zone for a safety to finish swinging a 21-20 Salisbury lead into a 37-21 LVC win.

The first half was a back-and-forth running exhibition as Salisbury effectively used its triple option offense and LVC's Parker and Guiles racked up the yardage.

The sides traded touchdowns over the first five drives of the game, starting when Guiles burst loose for a 41-yard touchdown on the game's first drive. Salisbury answered back as Randal Smedley finished a long drive with a four-yard punch up the middle.

Fick hit Donovan for a 10-yard touchdown pass to retake the lead at 13-7 before the Sea Gulls responded with Midgette's four-yard run, and LVC finished the half as Colt Zarilla hit Brennan on a wide-open five-yard out.

LVC had a great chance late in the half after Matt Lillis' interception was returned 40 yards to the Salisbury 46, but Guiles fumbled on the Sea Gull 19 to end the half.