After intermission, the stepladder finals opened, pitting two Women's National Duckpin Association hall-of-famers against each other, Andrea Lanahan vs. Adele Asimenios. The match began with Andrea taking the early lead, but Adele hung close as the game progressed. It was apparent that the two ladies weren't consistently sharp due to the 30-40 minute break from the intermission after the semi-finals. However, Lanahan and Asimenios both made some key shots at critical times. By the game's end, appropriately in a match between two hall-of-famers that had its ups and downs for both bowlers, the game would ultimately be decided by one ball in the 10th frame by the last bowler performing in the match. Adele scored with enough in her half of the 10th to force Andrea into needing a mark and 2 pins to win the contest. Lanahan left the tricky 4-7-8 'triangle' after her first ball, and this was the 'one-ball to win' scenario mentioned earlier. Andrea proceeded confidently and then successfully converted the spare, and applied a subsequent 7-count to take the game, 129-123.

The next game featured Lanahan vs. the ever-dangerous 3rd seed, Jackie Adams. Both women opened with spares, and the stage was set for a gritty battle between two pros. But Jackie met with misfortune, leaving the 7-8 split in her half of the 2nd frame, while Andrea counted strong and spared again. The game soon reached a lull in scoring and after six frames, Lanahan was ahead by 10 pins. Both women then reached down and came up with marks in the 7th and 8th frames. The 9th frame ended up being the difference in the match as Adams opened, while Lanahan struck. After all was said and done, Lanahan had won her second match, 137-118.

Game 3 on the ladder had a different 'brand' on it before the match even started, as an atmosphere of 'Experience vs. Youth' was in the air. The young and rising superstar, 2nd seeded Lisa Pyles was ready to step onto the lanes to tackle Lanahan on her ascent up the ladder. The match began uneventfully as far as marks were concerned, as both ladies were flat through four frames. However, these four frames would end up telling the tale in the game, as Lisa was able to clean up her wood a little better than Andrea, attaining a 6-pin lead. Things soon got real interesting and evolved into excitement in the latter stages of the match. Pyles got her bearings and marked in 3 of the next 5 boxes. Andrea also dug in, and made a number of pressure shots, converting 4 spares out of 5. Lanahan went first in the 10th frame, and after an '8' on her first ball, the match was dead-even in the 9th. Staying true to form in her match-play toughness, Andrea picked up the '2-4' spare break in the 10th frame. After counting 7 on her final spare, Lanahan had shifted the pressure onto Pyles' shoulders for the game's climax. Needing a mark and an 8-count to win the match, Lisa buried her first ball in the pocket, leaving the 5-pin single pin. Unphased by the heat of the moment, Pyles nailed the spare, and then needed 7 to tie and 8 to win. With every eye on her, Lisa rolled another solid ball for her count, although it was high on the headpin. Momentarily, the dreaded 7-8-10 split remained for an apparent tie, but a late kick-out from a messenger pin on the 10-pin provided Lisa with the necessary pin count to gain a 130-129 victory.

The Ladies All-Star event was now down to the final 2 competitors as Lisa Pyles was now in line to face the Number One Seed, Lisa Huber. In a 'battle of Lisas', Huber elected to start first in the match, and proceeded to come out the gate strong with an emphatic '9-drop' after her first ball, leaving only the '7-pin single' for a spare, which Huber covered gracefully with no problem. Pyles then started her game, answering with a strong opener of her own in which she left a '5-pin single'. Lisa knocked off that spare without a hitch, and the game was deadlocked after a frame. In a match that looked like it was going to be a classic one-on-one encounter between two of the duckpin game's brightest young starlets, a third member of the contest interceded and came to the forefront--enter the fickle finger of fate. The unknown entity that produces so many defensive struggles in all of sports was now fully engaged and not only focused, but fixated on the championship match. After the 2 women spared so impressively in the first frame, a series of uncanny and unfortunate counts plagued both Lisas, along with a number of undeserved splits and rips on solid headpin hits, thus leading to a couple of bad wood boxes. Just a not-so-subtle reminder that the game of duckpins can't ever be mastered. A game that began so promisingly as an offensive slugfest had slipped into becoming a struggle for survival for both players. After the first frame had completed, only a few marks were able to be scattered by the two combatants throughout the rest of the contest, and by the latter stages of the game, Huber was able to gain a significant but not insurmountable 17-pin advantage after 7 boxes. Both girls valiantly tried to put something together, but neither Lisa was able to mark in the last 3 frames, and Lisa Huber ended with a 16-pin victory to claim the Ladies All-Stars title for 2009.

Traditionally, under the tireless work and diligent direction of the event's top organizer, Pat Rinaldi, the tournament was again another tremendous success, drawing a substantial 107 entries. The unique combination of superior organization and the delivery of top-notch competitive performances from the nation's best bowlers once again allowed the Ladies All-Stars to cement itself as one of the premiere events throughout the entire sport of bowling.