Quick Links on the University of Mary Washington Athletics Website

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The University of Mary Washington athletics site (umweagles.com) surfaces its fast-navigation options through Quick Links sections that sit alongside the main schedule, results, and news content. Based on the page structure, these areas are built to move visitors straight to the most-requested destinations rather than making them dig through menus. If you are looking for a specific team page, ticket info, or recruiting contact, the Quick Links blocks are usually the fastest route.

What the Quick Links sections are

The page evidence shows "Quick Links" appearing more than once in the content stream, positioned near the schedule and headline areas. That repeated placement is deliberate: the same set of shortcuts is offered at different scroll depths so you do not have to return to the top of the page.

In practice, a Quick Links block on an athletics site like this typically gathers the destinations fans, parents, and recruits reach for most often, such as:

  • Team-specific pages (sport-by-sport navigation)
  • Schedules and results
  • Roster and coaching staff information
  • Ticket and event information
  • Recruiting or prospective-student resources
  • Facilities and directions

The exact labels live on the site itself, so treat the list above as the categories these blocks are designed to cover rather than a fixed menu.

Why they matter for navigation

The homepage is organized around three content types: Events Results, Schedule, and a Static Promo area, plus a Content Stream of top stories and headlines. That is a lot of moving parts. Quick Links cut across all of it by giving you a direct jump instead of a browse.

Two practical effects:

  1. You skip the news layer. If your goal is a schedule or a roster, you do not need to scan headlines first.
  2. You get consistent entry points. Because the blocks repeat, the same shortcuts are reachable whether you land at the top of the page or scroll into the content stream.

How to use them

  1. Load umweagles.com.
  2. Scan for the Quick Links heading — it appears in the page's content areas, not buried in a footer-only menu.
  3. Click the destination that matches your task (schedule, a specific sport, tickets, and so on).
  4. Verify you landed on the right section by checking the page heading against what you clicked.

Expected result: you reach the target section in one click rather than navigating through the composite calendar or headline feed.

Common snags

  • Looking only at the top of the page. The Quick Links blocks repeat lower down; if you do not see what you need immediately, scroll.
  • Confusing Quick Links with the Composite Calendar. The calendar is a scheduling tool; Quick Links are general shortcuts. They serve different purposes.
  • Assuming a fixed set of links. Athletics sites revise these shortcuts by season, so a link you used last year may have moved.

If your goal is simply to find schedules and results, the Quick Links route and the dedicated Schedule section both work — Quick Links is faster when you already know which sport or page you want.