INDIANAPOLIS — An NCAA volleyball rules committee wants to change the winning score from 30 points to 25 in each of the first four games. A fifth game, if necessary, would still require 15 points to win.

The change would conform with international volleyball rules.

"The 25-point sets will add an intensity and excitement level to our matches that has been missing," Marcia Alterman of the Women's Volleyball Rules Committee said today. "I believe that players, coaches and fans will agree that the critical nature of every point will emphasize the need for focus and consistency to every play."

The proposals must be approved by a rules oversight panel, which is scheduled to meet Feb. 27.

The committee, which includes coaches and administrators from all three NCAA divisions, also recommended changing the term "game" to "set" for volleyball matches and reducing the number of substitutions from 15 to 12.

It also proposed less stringent officiating on what might be a marginal infraction of ball handling rules.

"I think the game will benefit from a decrease in the whistles that stop a rally ... especially when there's been a great athletic attempt to keep the ball alive," said Penn coach Kerry Carr, the committee chairwoman.