Darcy Ellarby (Burnsville, MN) lost 8-1 to Sarah Walsh (San Francisco, CA) in the Final of the USA Women's Arena Nationals, held May 10 - 15, 2016 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
 
Ellarby finished 3-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ellarby defeated Christiane Mallett (Lansing, MI) 7-2, then won 11-3 against Sarah Wruck (Kansas City, MO). Ellarby went on to lose 8-5 against TC Altus (San Francisco, CA). Ellarby lost 6-2 to Elizabeth Spencer (Bowling Green, OH) where Ellarby responded with a 9-0 win over Sherri Odlevak (Greenville, SC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Ellarby did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ellarby ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.